There's a revolution happening in #StandingRock, at the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ camp, and across the country. Over 200 indigenous American nations and 6,000 people have travelled to the community in an unprecedented act of solidarity.
Catalyzed by the fight against Dakota Access Pipeline, Native American tribes are protecting their water, but even more, protecting their sovereignty in the face of a colonialist State. In a time when we still celebrate Christopher Columbus, violent colonizer, the indigenous rights movement is more important than ever.
On Indigenous People's Day 2016, we're #StandingWithStandingRock. Journalist Jonathan Klett connects what's happening in North Dakota to what's happening in D.C. Chase Iron Eyes US Representative Candidate for North Dakota; Judith LeBlanc, director of the Native Organizers Alliance, and the International Indigenous Youth Council are among the many indigenous leaders speaking to the stakes of this fight.
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Facebook TwitterHeavy Crude Bitumen Petroleum Fracking Oil requires high temperatures to liquefy & move, creating excessive friction as it flows furthermore, it’s highly corrosive. These pipes will inevitably require routine maintenance & upkeep in order to observe & monitor the operations & the efficiency of. 60’ under a lake? Is our nation being sabotaged?
Abraham Lincoln stated; “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot long retain it.” Growing up in the United States of America I pledged allegiance to “all.” “One Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty & justice for all.” I had no understanding that being a “republic” meant “we the peoples” were pledging allegiance to a “government in which power resides in elected individuals representing the citizen body.” With respect, I feel that representatives need be held accountable to “liberty & justice for all.”
People>profits
Protectors>protesters
Prosperity>pollution
In a “Republic,” “governmental power resides in elected individuals representing the citizen body.” In a Republic such as the United States, “elected individuals representing the citizen body” need to be held accountable for the “gross negligence” of environment & civil rights with excessive abuses of power.
This nation is imploding due to it’s ego, arrogance, & ignorance.