Josephine Mandamin was an Anishinaabe grandmother, elder and founding member of the water protectors movement.
18 Facts About Josephine Mandamin
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Josephine Henrietta Mandamin was born on February 21,1942.
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Josephine Mandamin married Andrew Mandamin and was a mother to eight children, grandmother to thirteen children, and great-grandmother to sixteen children.
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From 1948 to 1954 Josephine Mandamin attended the St Joseph' Residential School for Girls in Spanish, Ontario.
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Josephine Mandamin served as executive director of Beendigen Inc and Ontario Native Women's Association.
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The water walk movement began in 2003 after grandmother Josephine Mandamin became concerned over the pollution happening to the lakes and rivers across Turtle Island.
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Josephine Mandamin was presented with a prophecy from an elder that in the year 2000 that warned that "water will cost as much as gold" by the year 2030.
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Josephine Mandamin was the Chief Commissioner of the Anishinabek Nation Women's Water Walk Commission, a member of the Great Lakes Guardian Council.
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Since 2003, Josephine Mandamin walked the shorelines of all the Great Lakes, around 17,000 miles.
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Josephine Mandamin completed her last water walk in the summer of 2017.
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In 2013 Josephine Mandamin graduated from Algoma University and Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig with a degree in Anishinaabemowin.
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Josephine Mandamin was a fourth-degree member of the Midewiwin society and a member of its Grandmothers' Council.
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On February 22,2019, Josephine Mandamin died the day after her 77th birthday.
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In 2012 Josephine Mandamin received the Anishinabek Nation Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2016 she received the Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation.
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On January 26,2018, Josephine Mandamin was awarded the Governor General's Meritorious Service Decoration in recognition for her contributions to Indigenous leadership and reconciliation.
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Josephine Mandamin received honours from the Native Women's Association of Canada and the Ontario Native Women's Association.
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Autumn Peltier, Josephine Mandamin's grand-niece, was inspired to continue her aunt's work by becoming a water protector and advocate.
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One of them is dedicated to Josephine Mandamin, marking her cultural contributions.