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Standing Rock (Water Is Life (The Great Sioux Nation (Oceti Sakowin (Seven…

- - - - Seven Council Fires
        
        Mdewakantonwan
        
        Sissintonwan
        
        Wahpekute
        
        Sicangus
        
        Wahpetonwan
        
        Ihanktonwan
        
        Ihanktonwanna
      - "The last time the Oceti Sakowin was ever together was before and during the encroachment of white people or Europeans onto our lands. We united to resist this initial encroachment. Then it was reunited during standing rock" (Lewis Grassrope).
    - - WATER IS MEDICINE
        A CONTINUAL CEREMONY
        IT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER (DineYazhi)
  - - - "The planet prays for us, for itself"
      - "Prayer is contagious
        prayer is that dangerous
        prayer rages like a bonfire
        no fire hose can quench."
      - "Come harvest your prayers
        come pound them into meal
        come mix them with this river water
        come cook them on this blazing rock"
- - - - Built from the Canadian border to Indiana, crossing North Dakota
      - Parallels the North Dakota Access Pipeline route (crossing under the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Reservation)
    - - Construction began in May of 2016
      - Supported by Energy Transfer Partners
      - Construction completed on March 27, 2017
      - Opposed by the Army Corps of Engineers and many other environmental agencies and corporations
      - Various legal disputes opposing it's construction
      - Transportation of Oil began on June 1, 2017
      - Threatens the Missouri River which supplies 12 million people with water
- - - - Pepper spray
      - Guns with rubber bullets
      - High-pressure water cannons with freezing cold water (in freezing weather conditions)
      - Attack dogs
      - Tear gas
      - Tasers
      - Sonic weaponry
    - - Live-streaming protests and incidents of police brutality could be considered "riot boosting" and may result in fines, under South Dakota's new law
      - "It's part of a nationwide trend to deter pipeline protesters" (Friedler)
      - The Riot Boosting law says that anyone encouraging people to use force as part of a riot can be sued for damages, regardless of whether they were present at the riot themselves.
      - "The suit, filed with the US District Court in South Dakota, also alleges that the “riot boosting” law will “chill” free speech and peaceful protests by creating a heavy deterrent—penalties of up to three times the cost of damages incurred—for any statement that can later be linked to behavior the state construes as violent." (Friedler)
  - - - Set boundaries for Plains Indian tribes in the present-day Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska. It established the 25-million-acre Great Sioux Reservation
- - - - Founded in February 2017 by veterans who participated in the Standing Rock protests
      - "A humanitarian aid organization with a vision of working with veterans and whole communities to lift up everyone" (VSC)
      - Projects
        
        Rehabilitating housing for homeless veterans on the Cheyenne River Lakota reservation, as well as providing safe housing for women and children
        
        Restoring the tribe's veterans center
        
        Rennovating an old building into the Cherry Creek Youth Center, dedicated to being a gathering and enrichment place for the youth in Cherry Creek (a community with the highest teen suicide rate in the U.S.)
  - - - "Indian"
        
        A word originated in Christopher Columbus's mistaken idea that he found an alternate route to India
        
        The issue of proper nomenclature is widely debated
        
        In Mexico, "Indian" is highly insulting, and "Indigenous" is the preferred term
        
        Wide agreement has developed that the it is most appropriate to use names of specific tribal groups
        
        "Native American" has gained currency more recently in the U.S. and Europe
        
        Many individual Native people in the U.S. feel completely comfortable calling themselves and others "Indians
      - Indian Removal Act
        
        Signed by President Andrew Jackson May 28, 1830
        
        Gave Native American Tribes land in exchange for land that is taken from them
        
        Over 3,500 of the 15,000 Creek Indians that made the voyage to Oklahoma died
        
        Trail of Tears
        
        Over 5,000 Cherokee died
        
        Over 60,000 Native Americans relocated from their ancestral homelands in Southeastern U.S. to areas west of the Mississippi River
    - - "The the authority of a state to govern itself or another state"
        
        In 1832, the Supreme Court granted the Cherokee Nation sovereignty, with authorization to govern themselves
    - - "Indigenous people are grandparents, parents, children and siblings. They are doctors, teachers, social workers, entrepreneurs and artists - they are human beings."
      - Every human has a basic right to human dignity, respect and equal access to resources
      - 10 Ways to be an Ally
        
        Listen to and follow the community
        
        Center the stories around community
        
        Know the historical and cultural context
        
        Never show up empty handed
        
        Always seek consent and permission
        
        Be responsible for yourself
        
        Know when to step back
        
        Saviors are not needed, solidarity is
        
        Be mindful of others' time and energy
        
        Do no harm to the community