Entrance to the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock It’s Cannonball, North Dakota but with the temperature hovering around -25 degrees Fahrenheit with windchill factored in it feels like the planet Hoth in “The Empire Strikes Back.” The whiteness of the landscape and the intense cold brings such comparisons to mind. The NoDAPL camp, which … Continued
The Lakota Creation Story explains how Skan (that which moves everything, the sky, the Great Spirit) came from the waters on earth after Inyan (soft, shapeless, and had all power), created Ina Maka (Earth Mother) and Inyan became the rock after draining himself of his blood. The story tells how Inyan’s blue blood became the … Continued
Lakota leaders including (clockwise from top left) Standing Rock’s Phyllis Young, Oglala Sioux Tribe President Julian Bear Runner, Cheyenne River Chairman Harold Frazier, and Rosebud President Rodney Bordeaux have come together to call for a public hearing on a proposal which would nearly double the oil running through the Dakota Access pipeline. The following is … Continued
xYouTube Video Via the Guardian, Tipis have been set on fire and 76 people have been arrested at Standing Rock [Note: not at the main camp but nearby on private property]. North Dakota police have arrested 76 people at Standing Rock one day after federal officials suggested that the government could soon approve the final … Continued
LaDonna Brave Bull Allard: A Rebel with a Cause LaDonna Brave Bull Allard established the Sacred Stone camp on her own property near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in order to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. On May 24, I had the privilege of hearing her speak when she was recognized by Conservation Colorado as … Continued
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D. NM) Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D. NM): There are many issues facing Indian Country, but the recent violence against the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and those standing with them is fundamentally wrong.That is why I am calling on President Obama to work with the Army Corps … Continued
Broken From Indigenous Rising: Today, the Department of Army send a notice of intent to grant the final easement to Dakota Access pipeline to cross Lake Oahe, also known as the Missouri River. The letter also states the Department of Army has waived its policy to wait 14 days after Congressional notification before granting an … Continued
If the camp is evicted or raided, it will only hinder or stop the cleanup It’s raining and hailing hard at the Oceti Sakowin camp right now where the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux plus their allies having been protecting the precious water source, the Missouri River in North Dakota, from being compromised by … Continued
#NoDAPL TV Spot Exposes Discrimination and Hypocrisy in Moving of Dakota Access Route YouTube Video To our netroots relatives: We want you to know that, despite the raids clearing the frontline camps, our movement to stop the Dakota Access pipeline isn’t over by a long shot. Oil has not yet begun to flow, and new … Continued
Over 10,000 people have been elected to Congress, but never a Native American woman. Congress has never heard a voice like mine. This year, I aim to change that. I’m running for Congress in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District. If I win, New Mexico, rich in Pueblo culture and traditions, will have the distinction of … Continued
