Water is life.
Working with Angela Ellsworth’s Museum of Walking, Sharon Day of the Ojibwe nation performed a five-day sacred water walk along the Arizona Salt River, from its headwaters near Roosevelt Dam, through Phoenix, to its confluence with the Gila River west of the city. Tribal members, ASU faculty, students, and staff, and members of the public joined in sections of the walk to honor the river, respect water, and engage with this indigenous ceremony.
Documentary film maker Krista Davis with Jenny Zander created an animation and live-shot documentary which travels with the Salt River Water Walkers, describing this Indigenous-led ceremony as it creates community and builds relationships with the earth through the shared goal to care for the water.