Bois Forte Ojibwe Grandmother Sharon Day has just finished this year’s Nibiwalk. It was an 11 day journey — 387 miles along the Wisconsin River.
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Bois Forte Ojibwe Grandmother Sharon Day has just finished this year’s Nibiwalk.
It was an 11 day journey — 387 miles along the Wisconsin River.
On the first day of the walk, Day collected water from the river’s headwaters in Michigan.
The group of walkers carried it each day as they offered prayers of gratitude for the water —
and prayers for its health and healing.
Their final stop in Wisconsin was where the Wisconsin River meets the Mississippi.
Sharon Day explained.
DAY: We end at a park that’s at a high bluff in Wisconsin overlooking the Mississippi - about 1100 feet elevation. And then they have a pathway that gets down to boat landing and that’s where we’ll pour the water into the river.
On the last day, Sharon Day posted a facebook update describing that final ceremony ending the walk:
She says when they did the final ceremony at the river’s edge, - “it rained on everything gently.“
You can learn more about Nibiwalks online at nibiwalks.org.