To all of you who do not understand why I am posting so much about the Native American protests against the pipelines & mines...
It is ALL About Life: Their lives, the non-two-legged's lives, the lives of the children, and our LIVES......
WATER Is LIFE.... without Water we will all die.... and in case you have not noticed we are living in a time of "Water Wars".....
We can not afford to lose anymore WATER....
The Dakota Access Pipeline will cross over/under 209 bodies of water including the Missouri River in two separate places.....
When the pipeline leaks many many lives will be lost...... and who will be those to suffer? Not those who own the oil, Not those who built the pipeline, Not those who own the pipeline... Not one person working for the u.s. Army Corps, Not one share holder, Not one board member, not one person from Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners.....
"The proposed Dakota Access Pipeline would transport 570,000 barrels of crude oil per day, across four states. Oil companies keep telling us that this is perfectly safe, but we’ve learned that that’s a lie: from 2012-2013 alone, there were 300 oil pipeline breaks in the state of North Dakota."
"On July 26, 2016 the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe was stunned to learn that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had given its approval for the pipeline to run within a half-mile of the reservation without proper consultation or consent. Also, the new 1,172 mile Dakota Access Pipeline will cross Lake Oahe (formed by Oahe Dam on the Missouri) and the Missouri River as well, and disturb burial grounds and sacred sites on the tribe’s ancestral Treaty lands, according to SRST officials.....
Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners will build, own and operate the proposed $3.78 billion Dakota Access Pipeline and plans to transport up to 570,000 barrels of crude oil fracked from the Bakken oil fields across four states to a market hub in Illinois. The pipeline—already facing widespread opposition by a coalition of farmers, ranchers and environmental groups—will cross 209 rivers, creeks and tributaries, according to Dakota Access, LLC.
Standing Rock Sioux leaders say the pipeline will threaten the Missouri River, the tribe’s main source of drinking and irrigation water, and forever destroy burial grounds and sacred sites."
Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/08/15/dakota-access-pipeline-standoff-mni-wiconi-water-life-165470
Wicosi ni wioki: Mita Kuya Oyacin
Our relatives to the west are fighting for their lives as construction begins on the Dakota Access pipeline, after an egregious rubber stamp job by the states and the US Army Corps, without tribal consultation or meaningful environmental review. We stand with all the warriors fighting to protect their lands, water, and future generations. We stand with the Dakota and Lakota tribes filing lawsuits and seeking justice. We stand opposed to Dakota Access and to any new pipelines anywhere.
A MESSAGE FROM WINONA ABOUT THE SANDPIPER
On Monday, August 1, we finished the spiritual ride of our 4th annual Love Water Not Oil tour, with a celebration feast in our community, Rice Lake, on the White Earth Reservation. We rode and prayed for 2 weeks, along the route of the proposed Sandpiper and Line 3 pipelines. It is a beautiful year in our territories, and we were honored to ride with our Dakota relatives to protect our lands. On Tuesday, we held a final party to conclude the tour in Bemidji with fabulous music, food, and friends. As we drove away from the venue and watched the northern lights dance on the horizon, we got the call that the Sandpiper project was likely dead.
Earlier that day, Enbridge Energy and Marathon Petroleum announced a new joint investment in the Dakota Access pipeline, a line in the early phases of construction which would carry fracked oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota, through South Dakota and Iowa, to Illinois. In their statements, Enbridge and Marathon announced that when the deal is done, they will terminate their joint venture partnership in the proposed Sandpiper Pipeline. Without a major financial commitment from a shipper like Marathon, there is basically no project, and with oil prices low and the Bakken busting, it is very unlikely that any other company would be interested in trying their luck against the Anishinaabe and Minnesotan pipeline fighters here. Let’s be clear, they initially planned to be digging and welding right now, but we stopped them.
As the people who would be most impacted by these projects, we are of course very happy to hear this news. For four years our community has said Gaawiin, NO - from the wild rice harvesters to the tribal governments. For four years we have had ceremonies to stop this pipeline. We’ve also fought in the courts, in regulatory hearings, in the media, in the streets, and on the land. It is important to acknowledge and celebrate this victory. When we stand up we are so powerful. But it is a bittersweet victory, for while we have won the battle, the war remains. The black snake is a hydra - cut off one head and 2 more will emerge.
Our relatives to the west are fighting for their lives as construction begins on the Dakota Access pipeline, after an egregious rubber stamp job by the states and the US Army Corps, without tribal consultation or meaningful environmental review. We stand with all the warriors fighting to protect their lands, water, and future generations. We stand with the Dakota and Lakota tribes filing lawsuits and seeking justice. We stand opposed to Dakota Access and to any new pipelines anywhere.
And here in the Great Lakes, we still face the new Line 3 proposal along the same ill chosen route, threatening our lands, waters, wild rice, and literal survival as Anishinaabe people. We also still face the expansion of the Alberta Clipper, plus a set of 4 ancient, crumbling pipelines already in the ground - catastrophes waiting to happen. Our relatives to the east face the proposed Line 66 which would ship an additional 800,000 barrels of tar sands dilbit each day across Wisconsin. The bomb trains continue to derail in our communities. And nickel and copper mines are proposed for our territories that would poison everything we have left. These corporations are some of the most powerful in the world. And the regulatory systems are set up to protect them, not the water, and definitely not us. In other words, our fight continues. So we must continue to devote our full selves, and all our power, towards protecting our water and our Mother Earth, from all that which would destroy us.
And at the same time, we must create the future we want. In our Anishinaabe prophecies it is told of a time when we would have a choice between two paths… one path would be well-worn but scorched, and the other path would be green. This is known as the prophecy of the seventh fire. And that is where we are today. As the death of one black snake this week shows us, this is a moment when we can do something. We are not just fighting against something, but clearly and decidedly walking with open eyes and hearts down the path that is green. This is our opportunity to be pono, to do the righteous thing. We call this land Anishinaabe Akiing. This is the land we belong to, and we will continue to protect it, as our ancestors did before us. This is our covenant with the Creator and with Mother Earth. Let us take time to be grateful for this victory. Let us celebrate the courage and commitment it took from all of us. And let us keep moving forward.
Miigwech,
Winona
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