Standing Rock Pipeline Protest

[thorfourwinds]

Published on Oct 17, 2016

Chief Arvol Looking Horse's lecture on water crisis, environmental justice, and unity will break the surface of the numerous perturbing issues affecting the Native American community that have been unrecognized and disregarded for centuries.

As the 19th Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe and Bundle, Chief Looking Horse was the youngest to have been given this responsibility in history at only twelve years old. Also the spiritual leader of the Lakota Nation of South Dakota and all three branches of the Sioux tribe, he has dedicated his life to "letting the world know how beautiful [their] way of life is".

The intensifying suppression of his people's spiritual preferences is what has encouraged Chief Looking Horse to fight for the religious freedom, cultural survival, and revival for Native Americans across the country and restore pride to their lands. He met with the Dalai Lama in 1995 to establish a relationship between Tibet and the Lakota Nation, and has lectured at many reputable universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and UCLA.

Chief Looking Horse is also the author of White Buffalo Teachings and columnist for Indian Country Today, as well as the founder of the Big Foot Riders in memory of the massacre at Wounded Knee. He has won many awards, such as the Juliet Hollister Award from the Temple of Understanding and the Canadian Wolf Award.

[thorfourwinds]

Correct me if I'm wrong, and I probably am, but isn't the pipeline on privately own land and not on reservation land? And isn't the problem of a water crossing that is also on privately own land? And the Indians are concerned about water contamination of their water source?
Just trying to be clear.

Those questions are valid and thank you.
And all answered previously, more that once.
Here is the latest:

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/forum/index.php?topic=9739.msg129736#msg129736

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

A simple yes or no would have sufficed. I don't have time to sit and read one sided opinions or watch propaganda videos.
Your answer tells me all. There's more to this than meets the eye.
Thank you anyway.
Rock

[thorfourwinds]

How would you know that everything that I posted is "one sided opinions or propaganda videos"?

Unless you are ArMaP, who devines what is in a video without 'wasting time.'   

Thank you anyway for your interest.

Here is the real deal:



Breaking News - Black Snake Prophecy Happening NOW - Standing Rock

Published on Nov 1, 2016
Ancient Native Prophecy of the Black Snake is happening at this very moment. This is number 8 of 9 Hopi & Lakota Prophecies. The first 7 have all come into fruition. It is of the utmost importance that you watch, share and get involved now for the future of our water and all of humanity is at stake right now.

Right now thousands of natives and others have come together to stop the black snack Dakota Access Pipeline from crossing over the Missouri river into the land of the Lakota Indians. According to prophecy, if the black snake crosses the river into the land the waters will be poisoned and it will mark off the end of the world. They do not call themselves protestors but instead they are the water protectors.

They are protecting your water and your future so you must not sit there, you must get involved, if you at all care about the future of your children and grandchildren.

Spiritual Medium Joseph Tittel describes in detail the prophecy along with the last prophecy to come true. Joseph explains the current situation along with signs that have appeared from spirit. Very powerful signs. Included is detailed information on how you can get involved.
You can start by sharing this video with everyone you know.

Do you stand for Standing Rock?

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

It's not? Well will wonders never cease. 
I don't care one way or the other. But if the pipeline is on private land, then what legal right do the Indians have to block it? If it's a water rights issue then that's another issue, which it sounds like it is, I'm pretty sure the legality of them blocking it has been judicially decided against the Indians. Hence the police action.
All this mumbo jumbo about the great spirits and Mother Earth is kinda of mute.
Your either legally in the right or in the wrong.

With great respect
Rock

[zorgon]

Your either legally in the right or in the wrong.

QUESTION

WHO gave anyone legal right to any land anywhere?

As far as I know ALL land owned by anyone was originally just TAKEN

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

Come on Z, we're talking real world here. If that's the case, can Jose' and his familia move in with ya?

[thorfourwinds]

[thorfourwinds]

Sgt.Rocknroll  "All this mumbo jumbo about the great spirits and Mother Earth is kinda of mute."

Mute or moot, we wuz hoping that you would understand about the Great Spirit and our ties to Mother Earth... but that's OK. I respect your point of view. Someday, it will become quite clear to you.   

And from our friend, Steve Olson, who is 'boots on the ground.'



WSO - Nov 21 - North Dakota Pipeline Report #1


And this:



Standing Rock Police Targeting Heads With Rubber Bullets

Published on Nov 21, 2016

Shooting people in the head with rubber bullets can kill them. Police are doing it anyway as they viciously crack down on Standing Rock water protectors. Mass hypothermia has also been reported as protesters are hosed with water cannons and pepper spray. Ben Mankiewicz, Michael Shure, and Jimmy Dore, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.

"In North Dakota, more than 100 Native Americans and allies fighting the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline have been injured by police, who attacked them with rubber bullets, tear gas, mace canisters and water cannons in freezing temperatures Sunday night. The attack was on a bridge near the main Oceti Sakowin resistance camp. It began after the water protectors attempted to clear access to the public bridge, which has been blocked by authorities using military equipment chained to concrete barriers. Medics on scene say multiple people were shot by rubber bullets.

Leland Brenholt: "My name is Leland Brenholt. I'm a medic here at Oceti Sakowin. And we have seen at least four gunshot wounds, three of them I know of to the face and head. Rubber bullets. Right now we're trying to keep people warm. We're trying to get them decontaminated, and treating all kinds of different wounds. People have been hit with canisters in the chest or the leg and that sort of thing."

Water protectors say the police also fired rubber bullets at journalists, shot down drones being used to document the attack and fired flares which ignited grass fires. Legal observers with the National Lawyers Guild said multiple people temporarily lost consciousness after being shot. Witnesses say one elder also went into cardiac arrest and was revived on scene by medics. Both the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe sent medical first responders. This is Angela Bibens, a lawyer with the Red Owl Legal Collective, speaking in a telephone interview recorded by Dallas Goldtooth Sunday.

Angela Bibens: "Right now we've seen people who have been maced. They deployed 20 mace canisters in a small area in less than five minutes, to the point where people have lost bowel function. At least one seizure has been witnessed at the front lines by our legal observation team. There have been people vomiting from the exposure to the mace. The water cannon has been mixed with the mace, and so even our legal observers have been exposed and are trying to deal with that while they're doing up their notes. And canisters were shot at the medic area at the front line. There is at least one woman who has a broken kneecap. At least one elder went into cardiac arrest and was revived through CPR at the front line by medics.""*

Standing Rock Water Protector injured 11/21/16

Please donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/30aezxs

Dakota Access CEO LIES About Digging Up Native Graves

Published on Nov 19, 2016

PBS Interview w/ Kelcy Warren: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/ceo-behind-dakota-access-protesters-building-pipeline/


And a couple of tasty comment from the internet:

Nitronerd • 6 days ago

Please understand that Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST) is a sovereign nation. Like any sovereign nation, it is not obligated to jump at a corporation's call. It has a government-to-government relationship with other sovereign nations, specifically, the USA. Standing Rock does not take orders from North Dakota or ETP.

Moreover, Standing Rock has a 2007 resolution that says it will NOT allow oil pipelines to traverse its ancestral lands. Ancestral lands include the current Army Corp land, which is unseeded treaty land taken by the federal government.

Standing Rock said at the first meeting it will not allow an oil pipeline. No need for subsequent meetings. No negotiation. SRST will not rescind its resolutions to keep oil pipelines off its ancestral land.


And this:

Nitronerd • 6 days ago

Kelcy Warren is a LIAR. His pipeline is only one-half mile off the north point of the Standing Rock reservation, not 70 miles as he said. Col. Henderson, Army Corp, said on Wednesday, that if DAPL "touches" Corp land, he will request federal level law enforcement to stop DAPL.

Kelcy Warren is a desperate CEO.

DOJ said on Wednesday that it is making a list of Dakota Access security [human rights] violations. DOJ said, "It doesn't look good."

The UN has denounced North Dakota, Morton County sheriff and Dakota Access mercenaries for "rights" violations and "inhumane" treatment.


We call upon the President to protect the safety and 1st Amendment rights of these protesters to peacefully congregate by withdrawing the Governor's access to the EMAC funds until a true emergency declaration is warranted.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-emergency-management-assistance-compact-funds-being-used-against-peaceful-protestors-standing-rock?



We pray for and envision the madness at Standing Rock must end in a peaceful way.

With great respect
thorfourwinds

Peace Love Light
Hec'el oinipikte

TheYoungTurks Playlist:

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

'Mute or moot, we wuz hoping that you would understand about the Great Spirit and our ties to Mother Earth... but that's OK. I respect your point of view. Someday, it will become quite clear to you.'

I meant 'mute' as in I don't hear it.

I'm a catholic, and the only 'mother' is Mary, the queen of angels! The earth is just a pile of rocks and has no gender. The great spirit is the Lord God of host who created all things.

And yes I too respect your opinions, they're just not mine.

Rock

Non nobis, Domine, non nobis,sed nomini tuo da gloriam.

[thorfourwinds]

Happy Thanksgiving - #NoDAPL Update

jonnieboyful
Published on Nov 24, 2016

[thorfourwinds]

#NoDAPL Happy Thanksgiving (The Dragon's Flood)
24 November 2016

ATTENTION #NODAPL

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/veterans-organizing-military-unit/

Veterans Organizing "Like a Military Unit"
to Defend DAPL Protesters from Militarized Police

There are OVER A 1.000 VETERANS HEADED TO STANDING ROCK Dec 4th to peacefully protect the water protectors in solidarity.

Having witnessed the police state brutality inflicted on Native Americans attempting to protect sacred land and natural resources, the former service members feel compelled to stand with the Standing Rock Sioux.

According to the Veterans for Standing Rock GoFundMe page:

"We are veterans of the United States Armed Forces, including the U.S. Army, United States Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard and we are calling for our fellow veterans to assemble as a peaceful, unarmed militia at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation on Dec 4-7 and defend the water protectors from assault and intimidation at the hands of the militarized police force and DAPL security."

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, the first Native American member of Congress and a combat war veteran, will be joining the act of resistance, according to the Facebook page Veterans Stand for Standing Rock.

As Task and Purpose notes, federal government ignored their duty under the National Historic Preservation Act to consult the Standing Rock Sioux before approving DAPL. Some of the pipeline construction will take place on sacred land that was taken from the tribe over the past 150 years, and the pipeline will be buried under the tribe's drinking water source.

While federal government abandoned Native Americans once again, law enforcement are acting as militarized protection services for Energy Transfer Partners, the Texas-based company behind the 1,170-mile pipeline. State and local governments are set to reap millions in taxes once the oil begins flowing.

Numerous violent crackdowns have already been carried out by cops in riot gear – drenching protestors with water cannons in freezing temperatures, blowing arms apart with concussion grenades, choking protestors with tear gas and sending people into cardiac arrest.

"This country is repressing our people," said Michael Wood, a Marine Corps veteran and former Baltimore police officer. "If we're going to be heroes, if we're really going to be those veterans that this country praises, well, then we need to do the things that we actually said we're going to do when we took the oath to defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic."

The main man behind it all is Wes Clark, Jr., son of Gen. Wesley Clark, a former Supreme Allied Commander who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004. Clark Sr. called for action on climate change, and this motivation is also driving his son to fight against DAPL.

Wes Clark, Jr., is best known as a co-host for the Young Turks, and sees the Dec. 4 resistance at DAPL as "the most important event up to this time in human history.

"We're not going out there to get in a fight with anyone. They can feel free to beat us up, but we're 100% nonviolence."

They are gathering funds to help with ride shares and gear. Please donate to this fund if you can @ https://www.gofundme.com/veterans-for-standing-rock-nodapl to help them get there!!

Also if you are a veteran and would like to join them in this mission there is STILL TIME @ https://www.facebook.com/events/1136540643060285/ !!

Pease visit the event page and fill out the forms in the pinned post at the top of the page!!! Please message coordinator directly for specific questions.

Thanks and have a great day!!

In case you missed this:



Obama Betrays Standing Rock
Published on Nov 11, 2016

PLEASE CALL THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES NOW:
ND Office of the Governor: 701-328-2200.
Morton County Sheriff's Department:
701-328-8118 & 701-667-3330.
ND National Guard: 701-333-2000
202 224.2043 call the senator of North Dakota
202-456-1111 Pres. Obama
Call often, please.

[Phedre]

If nothing else, this is a "Mess" of great proportions .  In my vast readings I have come across some interesting information that smacks of Conspiracy for sure. But, since current administration has come to power the "Divide and Conquer"idea has become more than "theory" for those with eyes to see.

Some time ago I read an article written by a Tribal Lawyer. Part of this administrations plan for the U S, was open  boarders and loss of US  Sovereignty, except for the Indian Tribes they would retain their sovereignty and  be given dominion over ALL lands, this "Plan" was quietly and covertly offered to specific Tribes. She was (the Lawyer) was not for this, and warned the Tribes against the act. The "Plan" I am sure would be very appealing to the Tribes Offered, in this day of revenge and primal guilt by non- Indians.  It plays well well with BLM folkes as well, Paid Agitators For Every One! And ALL sides against the middle. Not to mention a thing about 1000s of people tromping around and destroying the ecology of the very land that they say they are making a big show of protecting?

I propose  the standoff has nothing to do with the pipeline but Mainly about Power and Control and hopefully "false promises".  Barry only only addresses a problem , if those involved are black and dead.

My hope is that the situation at Standing Rock will disburse  before blood shed really takes place en mass.

Another thing I'm bound to bring up is the Fake picture of the Buffalo, they don't stampede in nice little lines like that and there is no dust and dirt, these creatures are huge and have lots of Bad Attitude.....


I will see if I can find something on the Tribal Lawyer. I Read  so many interesting things I get lost about where I saw it, might have even been here?   

[thorfourwinds]

North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp Presses White House on Dakota Access Pipeline

Nov 23 2016
http://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=3AB86BAB-0AAF-485B-9D32-74E1CEEBE6F2


MANDAN, N.D. – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today issued the following statement following her conversation this week with White House officials regarding the Dakota Access pipeline.

"This week when I spoke with a top White House official, I made it crystal clear that enough is enough – the president needs to act now to make a decision on whether to grant the easement underneath Lake Oahe, or he should let the Army Corps of Engineers make that decision immediately.

Continued inaction and delay is not justice, and it has brought our communities no peace – rather, it has put lives at risk. The Administration has failed to offer the federal assistance necessary to help law enforcement officers keep our communities safe and protect our families, workers, and ranchers.

Protesters should be able to exercise their First Amendment right peacefully and lawfully, but in many cases now, that isn't what we're seeing. Despite my continued meetings with the White House, the Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Department of the Interior, it is apparent that the White House either does not understand, or will not respect the severity of the situation on the ground – which I told them increases my fear that their failure to act will lead to an escalation of violence.

"For months, I've requested over and over the law enforcement resources to keep our communities safe. In the time the Administration has dragged its feet and offered scant support, our own law enforcement has grown weary – stretching and wearing resources thin not just near the protest sites but in communities rippled across our state. The White House promised me it would consult with the Corps in short order, and I'll be close on their heels – because for our communities, turning a blind eye is not an option, and neither is anything but a speedy conclusion."

For the past several months, Heitkamp and her staff have been meeting regularly with local law enforcement, land owners, workers, and residents about the Dakota Access pipeline protests. She has had continued conversations with the White House, Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Justice, and U.S. Department of Interior to push for a final decision on the easement going under Lake Oahe. She has also been working in a joint effort with the federal delegation and Governor Jack Dalrymple to push for federal funds to provide law enforcement with needed resources to support public safety during the ongoing demonstrations.
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Permalink: http://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2016/11/heitkamp-presses-white-house-on-dakota-access-pipeline

[thorfourwinds]

Another thing I'm bound to bring up is the Fake picture of the Buffalo, they don't stampede in nice little lines like that and there is no dust and dirt, these creatures are huge and have lots of Bad Attitude.....

Wow! Just wow!

We had no idea that we are blessed with a buffalo wrangler in our group.   

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I have friends there who witnessed both the buffalo traffic and the eagle landing on the fence rail first-hand. Therefore, it is not 'fake.'

Thank you for your input.

"... the water protectors are fighting for their rights and see the protests as the manifestation of responsibility to protect the sacred gift of water.

The Standing Rock protests are unprecedented in their scale and reach, and have triggered a self-examination by the U.S. government of its obligations to consult Indigenous peoples on infrastructure developments."

Jordan LOSES IT On Obama's DAPL Cowardice

Published on Nov 11, 2016

Above the Law?
Why is Kelcy Warren (DAPL) not in jail?

Why does he get a free pass from Obama to laugh in the face of Federal Law?

Why does DAPL get to break USACE law and drill on Federal land without the proper permits?

Here's why.

It financially expedient to pay the 'insignificant' fines (as if the law had teeth), break the law and continue screwing we, the People, rather than worrying about land, culture, ethics, etc.?

Obviously, the fix is in and we, the people are ignored again.


With great respect
thorfourwinds/rabunopsec
Peace Love Light
Hec'el oinipikte

USEFUL NUMBERS:
ND Governor Jack Dalrymple: 701-328-2200;  Fax: 701-328-2205
Morton County Sheriff's Department: 701-328-8118; 701-667-3330
ND National Guard: 701-333-2000
ND Senator John Hoeven (R);  701-250-4618;  202-224-2551;  800-223-4457
ND Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D);  202-224-2043   Fax: 202-224-7776
PresIdent Obama:  202-456-1111
Energy Transfer Partners: 214-981-0700
U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers: 202-761-0010;  202-761-0014
Department of Justice: 202-353-1555;  202-514-2000