Wendaajiwondehnong Bimoseyan – Mother Water Walk (May 17 – June 21, 2025).
Join us online on Wednesday, April 16th at 7pm to share space with knowledge keeper, water protector, and multidisciplinary artist Bewasaya as she prepares for her 9th annual Mother Water Walk for the Great Lakes
The Agency for Water focuses on uplifting and animating Indigenous leadership on water protection. The 2025 Agency for Water featured project is 'Wendaajiwondehnong Bimoseyan – Mother Water Walk,' hosted by water walker Bewasaya.
Bewasaya (also known as LeeAnne Stevens) is a dedicated land-based knowledge keeper, water protector, and multidisciplinary artist. Committed to safeguarding the natural world and preserving Anishinaabemowin, she blends activism with creativity, using art as a tool for cultural resilience. She designed the Water Walk logos and has spent years honing her craft in drawing, watercolor, and beadwork. She also cares for and works with sled dogs, deepening her connection to the land through traditional practices. Through her work, she upholds traditional knowledge, resists colonial harm, and advocates for the integrity of Indigenous identity, ensuring the protection of land, water, and culture for future generations. Bewasaya is the founder of Wendaajiwondehnong Bimoseyan Mother Water Walk
She has single handedly taken up the important ceremony of honouring the waters of the “High Heart Forever Life Flowing Place” now known as the Niagara Escarpment, which is the largest freshwater source in the world. She has done this work for the past 8 years. This year will be the ninth. Bewasaya walks to pray for and honour the waters of this unique geologic feature, home of the headwaters of most tributaries within this part of the Dish with One Spoon territory. She refers to the flowing waters here as being ‘like our Mother’s Heart pumping life’.
Join us on Wednesday April 16th, 7pm to learn more about Bewasaya’s vision and this upcoming Water Walk.
The 9th Annual Wendaajiwondehnong Bimoseyam – Mother Water Walk starts on May 17, 2025 at Fort Mississauga and ends at Sacred Site Nochemowenaning on the Saugeen Peninsula on June 21, 2025.
Please give generously to support this fully Indigenous led Sacred Water Walk.
Water Watchers supports this initiative and takes no administrative fee for supporting this important work. We are indebted to Bewasaya and the tradition she comes from on behalf of all relations and future generations.
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