Winona LaDuke, Malala Yousafzi, Maria de Jesus Patricio Martinez
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Title: Winona LaDuke, Malala Yousafzi, Maria de Jesus Patricio Martinez
Inscription: We are the people who live by the water. Pray by these waters. Travel by the waters. Eat and drink from these waters. We are related to those who live in the water. To poison the waters is to show disrespect for creation. To honor and protect the waters is our responsibility as people of the land.
Winona LaDuke – A member of the of the Ojibwe Tribe from L.a. In 1982, upon moveing to the White Earth Reservation, Winona took a job as the principle of a local reservation high school where she became involved in a lawsuit to recover lands stolen from the Anishinaabekwe people. This led to her founding WELRP; or the White Earth Land Recovery Project, funded by a grant for $20,000 from the Reebok Human Rights Award. She also founded the Indigenous Women’s Network and is the Program Director of the Seventh Generation’s Fund, an organization that advocates on behalf of Native Americans and the environment. LaDuke was Ralph Nader’s running mate in 1996 and 2000 for the Green Party.
Malala Yousafzai – A Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In 2012, Malala and two other girls were shot by a Taliban gunman in an assassination attempt in retaliation for her activities; the gunman fled the scene. Yousafzai was hit in the head with a bullet and remained unconscious for some time. Following her recovery, Malala fled to the U.K. where she founded the Malala Fund, a non-profit organization that supports and funds girl’s education around the globe.
Maria de Jesús Partico Martínez – Originally from the central Mexican state of Jalisco, Maria is the spokeswoman for the National Indigenous Congress, the political arm of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), and in May 2018, was picked to be the group’s 2018 presidential candidate. She is a traditional healer and native Nahuatl speaker.
