Nibi Eteg: Where the Water Is

Authors

Grace Lindquist, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Brennan Lafeber, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
George Dornbach, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Ryan Revoir, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
Ashley Yang, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
Maggie Grunow, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Olivia Hogan-Stark, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
Will Johnson, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
Marin Jaszewski, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
Mackenzie Kuhl, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
Sela Weber, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Abby Rader, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Emily Nagel, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Padra Xiong, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Lucy Dornbach, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
Alexis Solheid, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Danica Simonet, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
Salvador Garcia, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
Charly Frisk, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

Document Type

Video

Publication Date

2018

Abstract

Over this past year, ETL produced a documentary on the spiritual and cultural significance individuals have with water. The two stories the team chose to parallel were from the perspectives of Hindu individuals in India and the band of Chippewa Native Americans in Red Lake, Minnesota. Both of these stories explored the connection people share with water, either by religious or cultural practice. Throughout the film, we identified the presence of a gap within American ties to water. The gap, we learned, is not a failure in forming a connection, nor understanding the significance of water, but that individuals struggle to perceive the connection they have with water. In failing to form connection, we succeed at forming apathy towards the water we survive by.

Following our documentary premiere, ETL worked in partnership with 13 other campus clubs and organizations ranging from Women’s Leadership and Campus ministry to Chemistry Club and College Democrats and Republicans, to put together Water Week, a week-long journey allowing students to see the importance of and connection we share with water as we walk along our everyday lives. This initiative is one that will continue every year with these clubs, and we hope will expand to even more as the years continue.

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Originally published at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By58jlBw0lI

Recommended Citation

Lindquist, Grace; Lafeber, Brennan; Dornbach, George; Revoir, Ryan; Yang, Ashley; Grunow, Maggie; Hogan-Stark, Olivia; Johnson, Will; Jaszewski, Marin; Kuhl, Mackenzie; Weber, Sela; Rader, Abby; Nagel, Emily; Xiong, Padra; Dornbach, Lucy; Solheid, Alexis; Simonet, Danica; Garcia, Salvador; and Frisk, Charly, "Nibi Eteg: Where the Water Is" (2018). Extending the Link (ETL). 11.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/etl/11