| Oceti Sakowin SAVING THE EARTH Contributor(s): Vekre, Lori (Author) |
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ISBN: 1539827518 ISBN-13: 9781539827511 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $5.11 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 6" W x 9" (0.22 lbs) 60 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "From the north, a black snake will come. It will cross our lands, slowly killing all that it touches, and in its passing the water will become poison." -Native American prophecy - - - Water Protectors of Standing Rock, USA, 2017: "The situation has escalated quickly. Police and military are staging a few miles down the road from where the water protectors have set up barricades. People are preparing themselves both physically and mentally as they expect a raid by authorities at any moment. There is now a no-fly zone over the area. Police are targeting journalists and taking equipment and footage. Multiple militarized police checkpoints surround the frontline camps and screen vehicles driving in and out of the area. Helicopters and planes circle the camps to gather geospatial intelligence. The various camps are digging in and preparing to defend the barricades from an impending attack at any moment." - A Standing Rock volunteer, January 31, 2017: "I have returned from Standing Rock with my mind blown, my heart broken and my spirit troubled with this deepening tragedy. I have witnessed several confrontations between Water Protectors (WP) and law enforcement (LE). I observed WP with their hands in the air chanting 'hands up don't shoot' being fired upon at a range of 10 to 15 feet. Tear gas canisters and rubber bullets were used against unarmed WP who had been singing and praying. I observed national guardsmen chasing WP off the back bridge, firing at people running away. I heard people choking and gagging from tear gas. I saw access to the WP medic vehicles being blocked. I spoke with medics and WP who described bullets penetrating flesh and causing terrible injuries. I saw a photo of a sheriff aiming a rifle directly at a media woman who was standing apart from the crowd. I heard testimony of the medic pickup truck being awash in blood after evacuating wounded. The national guard were hiding behind WP vehicles parked along the road and firing rubber bullets at fleeing people. Many people were shot in the back, the neck, the head. When LE fired at people at close range, many were shot in the genitals or in the face. Driving away from the area I saw a convoy of construction vehicles heading to the drill pad. There are reports of drilling and construction coming from the drill pad. The Native Youth (who started the movement) vow to travel the nation to inform others of all these travesties. Without the eyes of a free press these attacks and trespasses continue - with the human rights and sovereignty of indigenous peoples denied. The UN Committee on Transnational Corporations and Human Right Abuses was in Standing Rock this week to take testimony of the many transgressions against people: crop dusters spraying poison pesticides and fertilizers on the camps; hair samples indicating the presence of these chemicals; people who have been injured, beat up, arrested, strip searched; media and medics being targeted by snipers (one medic told me he stopped wearing his Red Cross vest due to medics being targeted); praying people being attacked and the refusal of DAPL and our government to abide by the Rule of Law. Veterans who came last December to stand down against these crimes will arrive next month to help. We need to stand up for our brothers and our sisters and for their way of life." - February, 2017, all camps were forcibly evacuated. - - - What did the movement accomplish? Many people were made aware of the dire state of the health of the Earth. Thousands of people chose a more spirit-centered life. Greedy corporations' close ties with government, and the deep corruption surrounding that relationship, have been exposed along with abuses of power in law enforcement, court systems, and politics. And finally, Water Protectors brought renewed vigor to the worldwide struggle for sustainable living methods. - - - UPDATE - November, 2017: a bursting pipeline in South Dakota is the worse to date. - - - The |