The discussions around that issue needs to be broadly voiced and all efforts to help those young people require urgent attention. Moreover, she is a public speaker and a feminist.

However, what sets water rights activist Autumn Peltier apart is her age and strong Native American heritage. She is passionate about fighting for the environment — especially when it comes to issues of clean water. Autumn Peltier, 12, has been honoured as a water protector by the AFN. She has spoken in the United Nations Climate Action’s summit in 2018 and 2019. She was eight years old and attending a water ceremony on a First Nations reserve 1.5 hours from her home in Wiikwemkoong Unceded First Nation. Autumn Peltier grew up with an understanding of the importance of water and the need to protect it, but she vividly remembers when she first saw why this is such an urgent cause. She lives on Lake Huron, one of North America’s Great Lakes — the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth.

She’s a member of the Wikwemikong First Nation in northern Ontario. The inspiring thirteen year old has been advocating for clean drinking water all across Canada since the age of eight (Alex, “Meet Autumn Peltier”). A year before Thunberg’s emotional “#HowDareYou” speech made global headlines, then-13-year-old Autumn Peltier gave an impassioned address to the UN General Assembly on World Water Day while standing on a stool behind the podium in order to reach the microphone. Autumn Peltier is a 15-year-old, indigenous, clean water activist. AFN Honours Chief Water Commissioner, 14-year old Autumn Peltier Our most recent post highlighted the alarming suicide rates threatening many of our young Community Members. Autumn Peltier is a Canadian water activist who is recognized nationally and internationally as “Water Warrior.” She is also an advocate for clean water for Anishinabek Nations.