Potawatomi women are the Keepers of Water with sacred responsibility

Evidence

Among our Potawatomi people, women are the Keepers of Water. We carry the sacred water to ceremonies and act on its behalf. “Women have a natural bond with water, because we are both life bearers,” my sister said. “We carry our babies in internal ponds and they come forth into the world on a wave of water. It is our responsibility to safeguard the water for all our relations.” Being a good mother includes the caretaking of water. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 319

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to ecofeminism’s water-body linkage and the daughter-of-Skywoman lineage from chapter 1.