How Do You Feel About The No Dakota Access Pipeline Protest

I am surprised that there are no threads on the No DAPL Protests.

This is the largest gathering of Native American tribes in well over 100 years. With chants such as Water Is Life! they are fighting the construction of a pipeline across a river that provides drinking water to one of the Sioux Reservations, and through their sacred lands.

I am pretty active in the Native community here in Denver, in part through a small Native non-profit organization that I am a board member of (I am the token white boy). I have many friends that are up in North Dakota protesting right now, and many others that have organized protests down here in Denver.

The construction was brought to court, but the court did not rule in their favor. Obama said he would not authorize further construction, but a closer look at his statement and the situation with the Army Corps of Engineers suggests that he may have just been extending time to allow tensions to ease up so that the construction could continue. It is hard to say.

Meanwhile a Security firm was hired which sprayed protesters with pepper spray and brought in dogs, some of which were allowed to bite protesters including women and children.

The National Guard has been called out and they set up checkpoints with the State Patrol and appear to be limiting access. The state of North Dakota took away their water and their toilets, but the Indians are bringing in their own. More troops are headed out there, even though this is, always has been, and always will be a peaceful protest. The National Guard is claiming they are building up troops to protect everyone----but then why are they needing guns and tanks and so forth? (Any of us old Hippies should remember what the National Guard did at Kent State!)

If you can get up there and help support, they will gladly welcome you and feed you in any of the camps. If you can donate or support the cause, I believe you can find links with the hashtag, #NDAPL or #No DAPL.

But why is everyone so quiet on this? Where are the threads on this protest?

 

The topic has come up in the Stoners Lounge, but nobody has started a thread other than this one.

 

I would love to join the protest if I lived in the region

This not only affects tribal lands, a spill would threaten the water supply for millions of people. No big deal I guess, the human body can survive for 2 whole days without it so why bother to protect it. Not like it's a precious resource or anything.

 

It's been discussed in another thread too.

"It was in that Black Lives Matter But Native Americans..." thread.

 

I don't talk about everything on Hip Forums.

I have other groups that discuss and support various causes.

Some of you might be surprised but most of you wouldn't.

 

STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE - DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE DONATION FUND
August 25, 2016
Official Standing Rock Sioux Tribe DAPL Donation Fund through PayPal. We thank you for your support!
Donations can be mailed to

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Attention: Donations
PO Box D
Building #1
North Standing Rock Avenue
Fort Yates, ND 58538

Please make checks payable to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe - Donations
Donations will be used for legal, sanitary and emergency purposes!



http://standingrock.org/news/standing-rock-sioux-tribe--dakota-access-pipeline-donation-fund/

 

Thank you Aerianne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Or as they would say in Lakota Pilamiya yelo (Thank you)!

Wopila (A special thank you)!

 

I think it's a bloody outrage it is!

 

Thanks aren't necessary.

 

Look at the crowd they don't want you to see!



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Wonder if I should start actually keeping up with current events..... I never know what's going on until it's done and gone. Oh well ignorance is bliss right

 

^^^ Media wasn't carrying this at first... hoping it would blow over and be too late to do anything before anybody knew about it.

 

The excuse they gave for arresting her is that she spray painted on a bulldozer blade.



Reporter Arrested After Documenting Corporate Mercenaries Using Attack Dogs To Injure Protesters

http://indigenousamerican.com/2016/09/12/reporter-arrested-after-documenting-corporate-mercenaries-using-attack-dogs-to-injure-protesters/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuZcx2zEo4k

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/4/dakota_access_pipeline_company_attacks_native

 

http://livestream.com/unicornriot/events/6340986/videos/135622692

There have been arrests today. Heavy police presence.

 

This guy is reporting that medics and journalists are being arrested.

https://m.************/unicornriot.ninja/

 

Facebook has blocked his live feed. You have to get it here http://www.unicornriot.ninja/?page_id=216

 

California Congressman Paul Ruiz is asking for a congressional hearing after visiting in North Dakota.

He wants to know, “If this pipeline was too much of a contamination risk for clean waters in the northern route, why would they consider it OK now to put it near Native Americans and their waterways?” http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-updates-california-congressman-calls-for-1473795799-htmlstory.html

 

I don't know how correct this is, but I read that almost every major pipeline crosses over Native land, yet they come no where near golf courses, suburban parks, churches, etc.

 

I don't know how correct this is, but I read that almost every major pipeline crosses over Native land, yet they come no where near golf courses, suburban parks, churches, etc.