STAND WITH STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE
As support for the peaceful Water Protectors at Cannon Ball, North Dakota continues to grow, and more people become aware of this critical standoff between the protectors and the continued advancement of the Dakota Access Pipeline across sacred Native lands, I’ve become aware that there is still some confusion and misinformation about this unfolding.
Many people are unaware of the historical collaboration developing between Native Tribes, with more than 200 tribes from around the world representing at Cannon Ball and pledging solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in this effort to protect the water sources threatened by the Dakota Access Pipeline. In addition to this massive and unprecedented gathering of tribes, climate-change activists are also gathering in Cannon Ball to offer their support of the protection of the land. Few main stream media outlets are offering comprehensive coverage of this unfolding and the perspectives of those people committed to preserving the land from the probable oil spill a pipeline the size of the Dakota Access Pipeline poses, so In an effort to offer clarity here, I’ve compiled a number of articles, resources and videos that provide an overview of the intensifying situation.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX, PLEASE SEE THEIR WEBSITE.
“The Oceti Sakowin Camp is a historic gathering of Indigenous Nations, allies and people from all walks of life standing in solidarity to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline. The most recent such assembly of Tribes occurred when the Great Sioux Nation gathered before the Battle at the Little Big Horn. In honor of our future generations, we fight this (Dakota Access or DAPL) pipeline to protect our water, our sacred places, and all living beings.
TO DONATE TO THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX FUND, please go HERE.
No donation is too small as the mounting costs of maintaining the camp; covering legal costs and caring for the land and people on it during this challenge continue to grow.
ARTICLES AND RESOURCES:
One of the most thorough articles I’ve encountered so far is this one offered on November 3, 2016, by The Guardian: Dakota Access Pipeline: The Who, What And Why Of The Standing Rock Protests
The Atlantic offered this thorough article on September 6 2016:
The Legal Case for Blocking the Dakota Access Pipeline
To understand the scope of the potential damage to U.S. waterways and watersheds, please see this November 2, 2016 article, on The Huffington Post, by Cartographer Nick Sack: A #NODAPL MAP
Drinking water could be polluted for millions of people if this pipeline were to break.
Please also see this March 20, 2017 New York Times article: The Conflicts Along 1,172 Miles of the Dakota Access Pipeline
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
1. SIGN THE MOVEON.ORG PETITION HERE.
2. DONATE TO THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX FUND HERE.
No donation is too small as the mounting costs of maintaining the camp; covering legal costs and caring for the land and people on it during this challenge continue to grow.
3. DONATE TO THE SACRED STONE CAMP ON AMAZON.COM
4. SUPPORT THE SACRED STONE CAMP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.
5. CHECK IN TO CANNON BALL ON FACEBOOK, even if you have no plan to actually join the on-the-ground efforts there. Checking in on Facebook shows support of the Water Protectors, as this November 1 2016 article by NPR clarifies:
NPR: More Than 1 Million ‘Check In’ On Facebook To Support The Standing Rock Sioux
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVISM, PLEASE EXPLORE:
This listing offered by the Zinn Education Project:
If you are a teacher, the entire Zinn Education Project website is an excellent resource.
And also please refer to my ACTIVIM RESOURCES page on this website, which includes a number of resources specific to Native American and Indigenous People’s Activism.
I’ll leave you with this song, All My Relations, by Ulali, the all-female Native American women’s group. I’ve loved this song for years and used to teach in my activism classrooms while on faculty at Penn State. Given the unfolding at Standing Rock, it is more fitting now than ever before.
“To our Elders who teach us of our creation and our past so that we may preserve Mother Earth for ancestors yet to come. We are the land.”
Mitakuye Oyasin.
All peace to each one of you. Dora
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