We can't 'drink oil' Indigenous water activist tells UN

NEW YORK -- Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier addressed hundreds of international guests at UN headquarters in Manhattan Saturday. The 15-year-old activist from Wiikwemkoong First Nation on Manitoulin Island in northern Ontario urged the global community to respect the sacredness and importance of clean water. "I've said it once, and I'll say it again, we can't eat money, or drink oil." Peltier spoke at the Global Landscapes Forum, a platform on sustainable land use founded by UN Environm