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Keystone XL ‘black snake’ pipeline to face ‘epic’ opposition from Native American alliance --
By Jorge Barrera, January 31, 2014. Source: APTN National News
Members from the seven tribes of the Lakota Nation, along with tribal members and tribes in Idaho, Oklahoma, Montana, Nebraska and Oregon, have been preparing to stop construction of the 1,400 kilometre pipeline...
“It poses a threat to our sacred water and the product is coming from the tar sands and our tribes oppose the tar sands mining,” said Deborah White Plume, of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, which is part of the Lakota Nation in South Dakota. “All of our tribes have taken action to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline.”
The nation has led the formation of a project called “Shielding the People” to stop the pipeline. The Lakota also launched a “moccasins on the ground” program to train people in Indigenous communities to oppose the pipeline.
There are also plans to set up spiritual camps along the pipeline’s route. But when and where those camps will spring up remains a closely guarded secret.
“It will band all Lakota to live together and you can’t cross a living area if it’s occupied,” said Greg Grey Cloud, of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. “If it does get approved we aim to stop it.”
The pipeline has been called the ‘black snake’ in reference to prophecies that had previously been linked to construction of highways and railways. In recent ceremonies, however, discussions sifting through the prophecies noted that the black snake goes under ground.
“They aren’t recognizing our treaties, they are violating our treaty rights and our boundaries by going through there,” said Antoine.
http://climate-connections.org/2014/02/04/keystone-xl-black-snake-p...
update Dec 13, 2013 OKLAHOMA CITY – Protesters from two groups, Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance and Cross Timbers Earth First
http://kfor.com/2013/12/13/protestors-chain-themselves-to-devon-tow...
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