Waterfall Unity Alliance
The Waterfall Unity Alliance was formed in 2015 when traditional Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) leaders from the Akwesasne Reserve returned to their ancestral valleys to stand with local residents against a major fracked gas pipeline planned for the area. As part of a coalition of grassroots groups, they successfully pressured New York State to deny the pipeline’s construction permit, setting a historic precedent as the first defeat of a federally approved interstate pipeline. It was a huge win, but our prayer was not just to stop a pipeline but to open the doorway for the Kanien’kehá:ka to return to their ancestral lands. This central prayer has guided the work of the Waterfall Unity Alliance over the last seven years. We continue to work on protecting the Earth, building relations across movements and cultures, and collaborative solutions to the existential threats of our time, including community-supported landback initiatives in the Schoharie Valley.
The mission of the Waterfall Unity Alliance is to protect the Schohairie Valley and all Earth, build alliances across movements & cultures, and create solutions to the existential challenges of our time.