First Nations are facing some of the worst water crises in Canada and throughout North America. This book is a call to respect the water rights of First Nations, and through this create a new water ethic in Canada and beyond.

"In Denying the Source, Merrell-Ann Phare summarizes the many complex legal and ethical questions that have resulted in the water crisis facing Canada's First Nations. She proposes that only immediate action to develop a new water ethic involving Indigenous Peoples, our waterways, and the watersheds that flow to them, will ensure our freshwater supplies for the future," states David Schindler, Killam Memorial Professor of Ecology at University of Alberta.