The anishinaabemowin word for water is nibi, and this installation speaks of the roles and responsibilities of Anishinaabe women as water carriers. When a woman becomes pregnant, her child travels like a light from the stars to her womb; she takes on extra water, brings forth life, and is considered a water carrier. This water connection is why women are water protectors in their community. Relational maker KC Adams formed this vessel using her extensive research to make woodland pottery vessels like her Indigenous ancestors from the ancient Lake Agassiz region. Her pot is shaped like the swell of a pregnant woman’s belly, the markings on the rim are like the spiral of an umbilical cord, and the punctuates are reminiscent of grandmother’s moon. Her clay vessel sits on a bed of sand with rocks in the shape of a spiral to reference the start of a new life.