An extractive relationship as opposed to a symbiotic relationship.

this is extremely interesting!

The idea that humans will only stop wasting water once it costs them money is frustrating but also true ?

and also tries to establish that the white person is the standard or the default.

Moral agency is so specific to humans. The idea that a nonhuman should be held to this standard to deserve rights is extremely anthropocentric.

The catchphrase of the capitalist state.

The idea that the colonizers were "utilizing" the land in a more productive way and therefore the land was theirs ties in with the dehumanization of native people. That they were working towards "modern development"

subliminal messaging can effect collective mainstream thought to a large degree.

its disheartening when the discourse about tokenization is deterred by the argument that people are "too sensitive", this is asking for the bare minimum.

Horrendous!

I often think about how, especially in the post colonies - Internalising colonial ideals is always rewarded - from better job opportunities to access to better education and so on and so forth

The Hegemony of English is deeply problematic.

Although the idea of assuming personhood and legal rights for water bodies is credited to western scholars and activists, it was always the Indigenous way of life.

Yet Indigenous groups and other minorities are disproportionately effected by the climate crisis and destruction of our ecology.

The settler colonialism in North America is premised upon the claim of "inferiority" of Indigenous people and the subordination of Indigenous forms of governance to settler ones.

The entitlement over a water body or the the assumption that it is merely a resource to be exploited has proved to be extremely harmful to our physical and social ecosystems.in 1972 Christopher Stone, argued that the environment should be considered as a subject and given legal personhood – – with human guardians able to seek legal redress if a natural feature is damaged or destroyed. Lake Eerie is an example of a water body that has legal rights.

The personification of water in this statement is so poignant.

Modern development- but at what cost and whose expense?

The Oceti Sakowin Oyate (People of Seven Council Fires, aka Sioux Nation) are located in Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana in the United States, and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada.

as opposed to local indigenous knowledge. This points to the larger problem of academic imperialism where "Western" Knowledge structures are considered superior to local or indigenous knowledge.

and by a lack of concern for the 600 residents of Lake Shoal 40.

It took 24 years for shoal lake 40 to get its own water treatment facility. Meanwhile here is a link to an image of a plaque that celebrates the Winnipeg Aqueduct as an Engineering marvel. https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/plaques/plaq1321.html

The idea of trying to "tame" or confine natural resources like water is a colonial idea. This reminds me of Dilip Da Cunha's explorations on water bodies. His work challenges the belief that land and water are separate entities. He advocates for fluid occupancies not defined land uses and for negotiated moments between land and water instead of hard edges.

or erased?

On further research related to clean tap water acess - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data from 2016-2019 reveals that public water systems that constantly violate the Safe Drinking Water Act are 40% more likely to serve people of color, and take longer to come back into compliance among communities of color.

Although the mistreatment of indigenous people is such a recurring theme in North American History it never fails to shock me that they acted with such cruelty and disregard.

If your local health officials issue a boil water advisory, you should use bottled water or boil tap water. This is because a boil water advisory means your community’s water has, or could have, germs that can make you sick.

This reminds me of Navajo Nation, a native American reservation where the residents were unaware that uranium mining had made the water extremely hazardous.

definition - a North American swamp or bog consisting of a mixture of water and partly dead vegetation, frequently covered by a layer of sphagnum or other mosses.

An antipode is a point that is on the exact opposite side of the earth from a given location