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MUST WATCH: images from Standing Rock with spoken words by the late, great poet-activist #JohnTrudell that setting the theme. The short film is part of a series from filmmaker Cody Lucich who just returned from the #DAPL - Standing Rock.
A Message from Native Filmmakers Fighting the Dakota Pipeline at Standing Rock
Heather Rae, a Sundance-supported producer and the director of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival documentary selection “Trudell,” youtu.be/ukxfp-svFms was recently on the ground with other Native filmmakers, Cody Lucich and Ben Dupris, at Standing Rock in North Dakota telling their story of the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The following is an account of their time protecting Native lands.
Since April of this year, Native people from all over North America have been gathering on the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their fight against a pipeline proposed to traverse treaty land and impede their water source, the Missouri River.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved the 1,100 mile long Dakota Access Pipeline without full, effective, and meaningful consultation with the tribe. In a global landscape of non-renewable energy projects, tribal and treaty-protected lands are often the targets of these projects, and despite the fact that more than 500 treaties were signed by the U.S. government, they’ve broken every single one.
In the case of Standing Rock, North Dakota, something happened: A whispering spirit guided the people to rise up and demand an end to toxic fossil fuel projects already polluting their prairie homeland. A commitment was prayed upon – to put their lives on the line.
It started with the Sacred Stone Camp, set up in April to monitor the pipeline activity. Dozens of Native youth organized a spiritual run for awareness of the issue and ran 500 miles to the Army Corps of Engineers headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. They decided then to run nearly 2,000 miles to Washington, D.C. with a petition signed by more than 140,000 people.
In early August construction began on the pipeline despite the fact that permits had not been granted to dig under the river. The citizens of Standing Rock and their supporters physically blocked the construction with their bodies. The call for action went wide to all the Indigenous people of the world, to join together in solidarity to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Since early August, when this small group of ‘Protectors’ stopped the construction of the pipeline, there have been thousands of Native people representing more than 200 tribes who have poured into the camp near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. They have gathered on the sacred land of the Oceti Sakowin, the Great Sioux Nation.
The traditional camp is peaceful place and dedicated to non-violent, direct action in the spirit of past great movements that honor the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Marches, rallies, and traditional ceremonies have been consistent to the movement.
In a sea of tipis, tents, and tribal flags that blanket the landscape, an awakening of unity has been born. It is not something that most of us have experienced in our lifetime, but the story is unfolding as each day comes and history is being made. It is a cultural revival for people indigenous to the Americas.
“We are a spirit, we are a natural part of the earth, and all of our ancestors, all of our relations who have gone to the spirit world, they are here with us. That’s power.” –John Trudell
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Tags: Dakota Pipeline, North Dakota Pipeline, Standing Rock, Sundance, John Trudell
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Published: Nov 2, 2016, ID: FJ108 PSA 023
Category: Education, 2:27
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MUST WATCH: images from Standing Rock with spoken words by the late, great poet-activist #JohnTrudell that setting the theme. The short film is part of a series from filmmaker Cody Lucich who just returned from the #DAPL - Standing Rock.
A Message from Native Filmmakers Fighting the Dakota Pipeline at Standing Rock
Heather Rae, a Sundance-supported producer and the director of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival documentary selection “Trudell,” youtu.be/ukxfp-svFms was recently on the ground with other Native filmmakers, Cody Lucich and Ben Dupris, at Standing Rock in North Dakota telling their story of the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The following is an account of their time protecting Native lands.
Since April of this year, Native people from all over North America have been gathering on the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their fight against a pipeline proposed to traverse treaty land and impede their water source, the Missouri River.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved the 1,100 mile long Dakota Access Pipeline without full, effective, and meaningful consultation with the tribe. In a global landscape of non-renewable energy projects, tribal and treaty-protected lands are often the targets of these projects, and despite the fact that more than 500 treaties were signed by the U.S. government, they’ve broken every single one.
In the case of Standing Rock, North Dakota, something happened: A whispering spirit guided the people to rise up and demand an end to toxic fossil fuel projects already polluting their prairie homeland. A commitment was prayed upon – to put their lives on the line.
It started with the Sacred Stone Camp, set up in April to monitor the pipeline activity. Dozens of Native youth organized a spiritual run for awareness of the issue and ran 500 miles to the Army Corps of Engineers headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. They decided then to run nearly 2,000 miles to Washington, D.C. with a petition signed by more than 140,000 people.
In early August construction began on the pipeline despite the fact that permits had not been granted to dig under the river. The citizens of Standing Rock and their supporters physically blocked the construction with their bodies. The call for action went wide to all the Indigenous people of the world, to join together in solidarity to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Since early August, when this small group of ‘Protectors’ stopped the construction of the pipeline, there have been thousands of Native people representing more than 200 tribes who have poured into the camp near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. They have gathered on the sacred land of the Oceti Sakowin, the Great Sioux Nation.
The traditional camp is peaceful place and dedicated to non-violent, direct action in the spirit of past great movements that honor the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Marches, rallies, and traditional ceremonies have been consistent to the movement.
In a sea of tipis, tents, and tribal flags that blanket the landscape, an awakening of unity has been born. It is not something that most of us have experienced in our lifetime, but the story is unfolding as each day comes and history is being made. It is a cultural revival for people indigenous to the Americas.
“We are a spirit, we are a natural part of the earth, and all of our ancestors, all of our relations who have gone to the spirit world, they are here with us. That’s power.” –John Trudell
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Tags: Dakota Pipeline, North Dakota Pipeline, Standing Rock, Sundance, John Trudell
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Published: Nov 2, 2016, ID: FJ108 PSA 023
Category: Education, 2:27
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View On YouTube
youtu.be/S0a3WLsLtbo
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More from - Film For Justice - on YouTube
youtube.com/channel/UCP8nvJQH9zmZ-TD4hrm6IBA
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Phone your local public access TV station and ask them to broadcast this film to your local community. Your station can download the film in TV broadcast format from PEGMedia.org .
This film is available for any Public Access TV station in the country - and world - to broadcast.
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This episode is on PEGMedia - for public access TV stations - in ready for TV broadcast format
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