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Standing Rock (PEACEFUL PROTEST ("You think prayer/cannot change the…

- - - - "Sovereignty is an exclusionary concept rooted in an adversarial and coercive Western notion of power." "Sovereignty" from Native Studies Keywords
        
        Excluding the very people whose land this truly belongs to proves the government is purposefully trying to keep them invisible. History shows the continued and consistent dehumanization of the Indigenous people. In both the past and present, Indigenous people have had to fight for their right to exist. They've had to endure tremendous wrongs done to them. Hopefully, that is not their future.
        
        "I have a history of painting about history," he said recently. "And I saw this as history in the making."--Jim Denomie
        
        Dylan Miner
        Aniibiishaaboo Miinawaa Makade-mshkikiwaaboo
        
        "it is eel-like/the reach of corporations/who worm their way thru/loophole after loophole/to take imminent domain/over the landscape.for the sake of some coal/or even black gold..."
        Joel Waters: "Death of Hydra" SWSS
      - It is a severe injustice to our Indigenous brothers and sisters for us as a society to forget their history, culture and very lives. We must do better! We must do our part to let them know that they are not alone and we stand for what is right.
        
        “Stand Up To The Madness !!!”
        
        "This isn't just an Indigenous issue; water is life for all of us and we have a responsibility to the Earth and future generations to protect it."
        "The history of genocide and stolen land and stolen labor in America will forever link Black folks and Indigenous folks (and let us be clear that the two are not mutually exclusive) as there can be no black liberation without Indigenous sovereignty/"-Miski Noor (BLM)
        Kevin Bruynell SWSS
        
        "Many Americans are also accustomed, whether consciously or unconsciously, to tuning out the environmental justice battles roiling communities of color and the underprivileged."
        “All along the production line—from extraction, transportation, to production and export—you have marginalized communities.”
        Nick Martin: "The Next Standing Rock Is Everywhere"
        
        "Fist Up" Jaida Grey Eagle
- - - - "Our medicine isn't based around capitalism or death politics"
        
        "When the Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Missouri River in 1958, it took our riverfront forests, fruit orchards, and fertile farmland to create Lake Oahe. Now the corps is taking our clean water and sacred places by approving this river crossing." David Archambault II: "Taking a Stand at Standing Rock" SWSS
        
        Coda (January, 2017): "In January, 2017 during the dead of winter, I brought my babies back to look over the camp...I know it might be the last time. I was thinking everything's in limbo. But I look at the camp and I'm happy."
        "It was always the people that led...common people."
        "I'll ask you once again; will you join us?"
        "Awake, A Dream from Standing Rock, (2017)"--Film
      - "Our medicine isn't based on social hierarchies of oppression"
        
        "Our people and our histories have a right to live. We have a right to to share our history with the next generation. Our history is amazing. Our history enhances the American history."--LaDonna Bravebull Allard
        Nick Estes: "They Took Our Footprint Out of the Ground" SWSS
        
        Thunderbird Strike Game by Elizabeth LaPensée
        
        "LaPensée created, designed and wrote the game that takes aim at the oil industry while raising awareness about taking care of Turtle Island. She said the game also passes on Thunderbird stories from her communities."
        
        This game was created before Standing Rock and does not depict the same pipeline(s). LaPensée: "Thunderbird Strike: Sovereign Game Development Without Borders" YouTube
      - "Our medicine doesn't enslave the earth or attempt to conquer the land..."
        
        "When this pipeline breaks, it would not only affect us, as people, but the animals and aquatic life would be impacted too. Basically everything that my people value and care for is at great risk of being harmed."--Zaysha Grinwell
        Jaskiran Dhillon: "This Fight Has Become My Life, And It's Not Over" SWSS
- - - - "The media will always try and silence Indigenous people. They will always try and silence the voice amplifying injustice. But when you control the messaging and when you can put art on the front line, no matter what angle they take photos from, no matter who the media outlet is, the only photo they can publish is one that has the art in it, and the art contains the messaging. You can't be silenced as long as art is part of the movement."
        Sarain Fox: "How Art Immortalized #NoDAPL Protests at Standing Rock"
      - "First Nations peoples have always operated within an oral culture. Our culture and traditions are passed on through storytelling, and these stories embrace a world view where the cultural world-both human and nonhuman-is a relative. And when you see your relatives all around you, it suddenly becomes much harder to enact violence toward which you love." Michelle Latimer: "Lessons from the Land: Peace Through Relationship" SWSS
  - - - "For water protectors, the fight against the pipeline was only the latest episode in two centuries of native resistance to U.S. government incursion into the northern Great Plains, part of a lineage that includes the 1876 Battle of Greasy Grass, where indigenous people defeated the U.S. 7th Cavalry in defense of their treaty rights to South Dakota’s Black Hills; the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee, where as many as 300 Lakota people were killed by U.S. soldiers; and the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, where armed members of the American Indian Movement faced off with federal agents in protest of a corrupt local government and the U.S. government’s legacy of broken treaties." Brown et al: "Law Enforcement Descends on Standing Rock a Year Ago and Changed the DAPL Fight Forever"
        
        How trustworthy is our government if they are willing to consistently break treaties with the people whose land they stole and whose people they terrorized (and continue to terrorize)?
        
        "South Dakota is one of at least a dozen states that have enacted anti-protest laws since Standing Rock. Many of these laws specifically target protests against pipelines and “critical infrastructure” projects, with sentences of up to 10 years in prison for individuals, and fines of up to $1 million for “conspiring” organizations." Delilah Friedler: "South Dakota’s “Riot-Boosting” Law Aims to Curb the Next Standing Rock Before it Even Starts"
        
        How far is our government willing to go to stop lawful Americans from exercising our right to peacefully protest?
        
        "How can we expect the same colonial government that is partnered with a international mercenary security firm enlisted to brutally halt opposition to a pipeline project to work in the service of climate recovery? We can't." Jaskiran Dhillon: "What Standing Rock Teaches Us about Environmental Justice" SWSS
        
        With the Help of Allies
        
        "As he stood on that concrete divider with the razor wire, he told them "If you're going to shoot, shoot at me, at this uniform"/Ancestors who loved us/ The captain and the other officers told him they appreciated his service./He answered, "I wish I could say the same."/The sacred instructions we almost forgot." Karenne Wood: "At Standing Rock"
        
        "My Wife and I were in the living room, and we were kinda cruising through FaceBook, chitchatting and she said "have you seen this?" It showed some of the unconscionable violence that an over-militarized police force were willing to exert on an unarmed civilian population. And not on my fucking watch!"-Chris Vickers (Former US Army Medic): "These veterans explain why they went to Standing Rock" YouTube
        
        "I remember being deeply moved when I read that over 2,000 military veterans traveled in Standing Rock from all over the country in December 2016. Their goal was to stand between the National Guard and the pipeline protestors, who had been subjected to tear gas, rubber bullets and security dog bites. Probably worst of all, the protestors were sprayed by water cannons in below freezing temperatures." Veteran Service Corps: "Veteran Service Corps Featured by Citizen Truth"
        
        "People (veterans) from all over the world have been coming to see what is happening at Standing Rock"
        "If this was happening to a minority in another country, I bet the United States government would be talking about military intervention to stop it."--Chris Duesing
        "Chris Duesing Interviewed by Fox Business"
        
        The Mirror Project
        
        "As a Native veteran, when I went to Iraq, a lot of those people are similar to Natives. I actually felt more aligned with them than I did with my own people at times because the same thing we were doing to those people is the same thing that Americans did to us."--Veteran: "Veterans Stand Ground With Pipeline Protesters At Standing Rock | NBC News"
        
        "A lot of Native Veterans were like, why the hell did I serve if they're going to come do this to us here (referring to Standing Rock)"
        
        Indigenous Ally Toolkit:
        Step 1: BE CRITICAL OF ANY
        MOTIVATIONS
        Step 2: START LEARNING
        Step 3: ACT ACCORDINGLY
        Step 4:
        
        10 WAYS TO BE A GENUINE ALLY TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES:
        Step 1: Listen to and follow the community
        Step 2: Centre the stories around community
        Step 3: Know the historical and cultural context
        Step 4: Never show up empty-handed
        Step 5: Always seek consent and permission
        Step 6: Be responsible for yourself
        Step 7: Know when to step back
        Step 8: Saviours are not needed, solidarity is
        Step 9: Be mindful of others’ time and energy
        Step 10: Do no harm to the community
  - - - Madison Hye Long “A-Ga-S-Ga U-Yo”
      - “The exhibition is entitled ‘Echame Aguas’ which translates to ‘keep a lookout for me’ as a gesture of solidarity for all communities being affected by water-related issues that threaten the well-being and existence of our Earth,” Madison Long "Long brings NoDAPL message to life in photos"
      - "We, the Palestinian Youth Movement - United States Branch, stand in solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux, the Great Sioux Nation, and our other Native sisters, brothers, and siblings in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)..."
    - - Tlingit artist Nahaan's 'Coastal Wombyn’s Resistance.'
- - - - "Under U.S. law, the federal government does not have the authority to return lands illegally taken..."
        The Sioux Nation, however, has consistently rejected monetary compensation for the stolen lands and has instead argued for the return of the majority of Black Hills lands that are under federal ownership."
        Ostler & Estes: "The Supreme Law of the Land" SWSS
        
        If the government stole the land, how on earth don't they have the authority to return it?
  - - - As a Black woman, I understand the inequality and injustices the marginalized people go through. However, the fact that Indigenous people were originally helpful to colonizers, only to be betrayed is sickening. And it's even worse that they continue to be betrayed over and over again. Where is the humanity? How can the United States claim to be the best country in the world, yet they won't do better by those who first welcomed them here?