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Meet the matriarch who raised one of Canada's leading Indigenous water advocates

Meet the matriarch who raised one of Canada's leading Indigenous water advocates

Her middle daughter, 16-year-old Autumn, is known for her water activism and her role as the Anishnabek Nation's chief water protector. Stephanie Peltier maintains Autumn's schedule and travels all over the globe with her while also making sure that she has a chance to be a normal teenager. "I think what inspires me the most about my mom is the fact that she is a single mother and that she's raised three daughters on her own," said Autumn Peltier.