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Figure 8.3 Map of Four Directions Water Walk, 2011.
Source: Water Walkers, 2013.
roadsides. This required a team of dedicated people to set up camp, provide food,
coordinate public relations, and to make sure everyone was on target for the final
convergence.
So, what started out as a singular journey, ballooned into a troop of people who
joined the cause. Looking at the schedule makes you realize the logistics associated
with this type of event (see Tables 8.2 and 8.3: Josephine's schedule and the Walkers
from the West schedule. The other schedules are available in the Appendix.).
After 3 months of walking - and thousands of kilometers - the Anishinaabe
Grandmothers, women, men, and youth from Canada and the United States con-
verged in Bad River, Wisconsin to celebrate. The next day all four pails were
released - in unison - into Lake Superior. Hundreds of people participated in this
journey. However, the journey touched thousands more. For each town they
walked through, a public relations volunteer was one day ahead of the Walkers,
contacting local media and generally trying to raise awareness about the event.
People could also participate virtually. The age of social media, which has shown
 
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