Native Americans protest building of pipeline through their lands...

[phill4paul]

2,500 Native Americans Successfully Block Oil Pipeline Construction — State of Emergency Declared

The Camp of the Sacred Stones has swelled from a few dozen to more than 2,500, according to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe officials. They are calling for further review of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the end of July without a full environmental assessment. Source: Indian Country Today

Last week, a few dozen Native Americans showed up to protest the $3.8 billion, 1,172-mile-long pipeline that would cross right through their sacred land. As word spread, however, the few dozen turned into more than 2,500 native Americans. Because of the large turnout, a brief victory ensued for the people after the developers of the four-state oil pipeline agreed to halt construction until after a federal hearing in the coming week.

In spite of both the company building the pipeline, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, and the federal government applying pressure, the Native Americans from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe have remained resilient.

On Tuesday, the government placed a restraining order on the protesters prohibiting them “from interfering with its (Energy Transfer Partners’) right to construct the Dakota Access Pipeline (the “Pipeline”) in accordance with all local, state, and federal approvals it has obtained.”

However, the protestors remained steadfast — and peaceful.

“As we have said from the beginning, demonstrations regarding the Dakota Access pipeline must be peaceful,” Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II said in a statement to reporters on August 17. “There is no place for threats, violence or criminal activity. That is simply not our way. So, the Tribe will do all it can to see that participants comply with the law and maintain the peace. That was our position before the injunction, and that is our position now.”

“The pipeline presents a threat to our lands, our sacred sites and our waters, and the people who will be affected must be heard,” Archambault told reporters. “Peaceful demonstration can be very powerful and effective. But the power of peaceful demonstration is only diminished by those who would turn to violence or illegality. We cannot let that happen. The Tribe is committed to doing all it can to make sure that the demonstrations are conducted in the right way.”

In spite of the threat to the sacred land and the unscrupulous action of the state in taking that land on behalf of big oil, government officials maintain their justification.

“Dakota Access has obtained the necessary easements and rights of way to construct the Pipeline in North Dakota and the necessary federal, state, and local permits for the Oahe Crossing,” the court said. “In accordance with the permits and approvals obtained for the Pipeline project, Dakota Access has commenced construction activities in North Dakota.”

http://countercurrentnews.com/2016/0...ency-declared/

For a good laugh watch the NPR video at the 13 second mark.



It's good to see cops backed up by mounted protesters as a change.

[Danke]

Just relocate them to another reservation.


"sacred land" LOL

[oyarde]

Just relocate them to another reservation.


"sacred land" LOL

at 2 1/3 million acres there are only 4 Reservations larger. Maybe you should go see the sacred rock , it is at the gate of Ft Yates . Standing Rock is where Crazy Horse was born. They have a sacred stone in Mecca too , but you cannot see it .

[Danke]

Captain George Yates, who was killed by the Lakota Oyate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

Oyate got banned.



http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...g-you-prophecy

[phill4paul]

Captain George Yates, who was killed by the Lakota Oyate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

Oyate got banned.



http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...g-you-prophecy

Oyate, reading your prophesy again made me hopeful, but sad that you're not still posting around here. Us under-30, potential 7th-gen'ers sure could use your guidance and wise counsel.

Hope you're doing well, brother.

[oyarde]

Captain George Yates, who was killed by the Lakota Oyate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

Oyate got banned.



http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...g-you-prophecy

Yates and Custer were civil war buddies that meet in Michigan , Custer got Yates a staff job with General Pleasonton during the war . Yates body was moved to Ft Leavenworth from where it was first interred. There used to be an Arty Battery in San Fran named after Yates .

[oyarde]

Captain George Yates, who was killed by the Lakota Oyate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

Oyate got banned.



http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...g-you-prophecy

Ft Yates should be renamed Lame White Man , which was the name of the Cheyenne War Chief killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn . He was the only Cheyenne Chief killed in that battle. The Lakota called him Bearded Man . Lame White Man was a person of greater importance than some civil war staff officer.

[phill4paul]

Ft Yates should be renamed Lame White Man , which was the name of the Cheyenne War Chief killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn . He was the only Cheyenne Chief killed in that battle. The Lakota called him Bearded Man . Lame White Man was a person of greater importance than some civil war staff officer.

Do you know how many taxpayer FRN's it would take to do that?

[oyarde]

http://countercurrentnews.com/2016/0...ency-declared/

For a good laugh watch the NPR video at the 13 second mark.



It's good to see cops backed up by mounted protesters as a change.

Those look like regular sheriff deputies , if that footage is on the Res , they should not have any jurisdiction there .

[oyarde]

Do you know how many taxpayer FRN's it would take to do that?

Danke will donate out of his deep respect for those who were there before him .

[oyarde]

Just relocate them to another reservation.


"sacred land" LOL

You could visit Medicine Rocks in Montana or I could show you Enchanted Rock in Texas if you would like to hire me as a Guide .

[phill4paul]

Those look like regular sheriff deputies , if that footage is on the Res , they should not have any jurisdiction there .

Definitely look county to me. I'm still cracking up and watching them back the $#@! off at the.13 second mark.

[puppetmaster]

This should be anther reminder that when you go invade a people's land you should kill everyone of them from the very beginning and never ever put them on reservations.

[oyarde]

Never Surrender .

[Danke]

This should be anther reminder that when you go invade a people's land you should kill everyone of them from the very beginning and never ever put them on reservations.

Should have just rounded them up and deported them to their native land, Asia.

[oyarde]

Should have just rounded them up and deported them to their native land, Asia.

You could go to Ft Lame White Man and debate with the Lakota if they think they are from Asia , LOL

[Danke]

You could go to Ft Lame White Man and debate with the Lakota if they think they are from Asia , LOL

Why debate with dishonest people?

[NotAnIllegalImmigrant]

Just relocate them to another reservation.

Reservations should be nationalized and then auctioned off.

[Danke]

Reservations should be nationalized and then auctioned off.

True, I think Oyarde and his family should be allotted a small portion of the land to administer the transfer. Maybe even some casino royalties for his work.

[oyarde]

Reservations should be nationalized and then auctioned off.

They already are Nationalized . The Bureau of Indian Affairs police are Federal .

[oyarde]

Why debate with dishonest people?

You can never tell , but I could throw some whiskey & Tomahawks in the mix and see if that keeps everything truthful .

[Carlybee]

You could go to Ft Lame White Man and debate with the Lakota if they think they are from Asia , LOL

I have a friend with AIM..I'll ask, lol.

[oyarde]

Just relocate them to another reservation.


"sacred land" LOL

I sold three old medicine bags today , but I saved you one . I used to use them for buckshot and ball for my old muzzle loader rifle and shotgun.

[TheTexan]

LOL through "their" lands.

[NotAnIllegalImmigrant]

I have a friend with AIM..I'll ask, lol.

Cool, you also still use AOL Instant Messenger?

[TheTexan]

Cool, you also still use AOL Instant Messenger?

I prefer ICQ myself

[Carlybee]

Cool, you also still use AOL Instant Messenger?

Heh

[oyarde]

Cool, you also still use AOL Instant Messenger?

I have smoke signals

[Lucille]

Why There's A Media Blackout On The Native American Oil Pipeline Blockade
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-0...eline-blockade

As the Lakota Sioux continue their peaceful blockade of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, the story’s absence from the national media narrative is palpable. Considering the corporate media’s chronic quest for controversial stories on government versus public standoffs, you’d think this situation would garner the typical media frenzy invoked during a right-wing militia occupation of a federal building, for example, or a tense standoff between the Black Lives Matter movement and police. But it’s not.

As of late, the media has faced criticism for its selective coverage of certain events — like, say, focusing on single terror attacks in Western Europe that garner thousands of headlines while basically ignoring similar or worse attacks that occur on a constant basis in Muslim-majority countries.

But the confrontation unfolding in North Dakota, in particular, is strikingly similar to the recent standoff at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, which involved a right-wing militia advocating land rights against the federal government. The militia was led by the controversial Bundy family, which previously drew sensationalized coverage during a similar standoff in Nevada in 2014. So why were these stories covered extensively while the other — also centered around land rights — has been mostly ignored?



The first point is actually very simple: Native Americans standing up for themselves is not polarizing. In an age of institutionalized media divisiveness and hyper-partisanship, the story of Native Americans in North Dakota fighting for land and water rights just doesn’t fit the script of deep, societal divides plaguing the nation’s law and order, nor does it fit in with the left-right paradigm. People from both sides of the political spectrum pretty much agree that Native Americans have been screwed by the U.S. government and resource-snatching corporations long enough. Considering this sentiment, there’s really no exploitable controversy on this issue from the mainstream media perspective, which inherently drives topical, superficial news narratives.

It’s easy to create a controversy out of right-wing white nationalist militias occupying an obscure federal wildlife preserve building (if that sounds petty and not exactly newsworthy, that’s because it was petty and not exactly newsworthy). I witnessed liberals so incensed by the Oregon occupiers they were calling for the FBI to literally gun them down. Meanwhile, the alt-right movement hailed them as heroes and harbingers of the second American Revolution. It made for a great, divisive controversy. But in the end, nothing was accomplished. It was topical. It was superficial. It was essentially meaningless — and the media loved it so much it dedicated a month’s worth of prime time TV coverage to it.

In contrast, the only thing the mainstream media would accomplish by publicizing the growing tribal opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline would be to effectively kill the prospects of the pipeline. Providing ongoing coverage would likely inspire national outrage toward the oil company, Dakota Access LLC, and the government agencies currently trying to evict the indigenous people from their own ancestral lands.

It’s important to understand that the media doesn’t always cover certain stories just because they’re actually newsworthy. Often, the media’s coverage is intended to promote and drive narratives, and the divisive flavor has been a top seller for a long time. This coverage has accomplished at least one thing in the United States: the country is now the most divided it’s been in a very long time. Maybe that has been the media’s intention all along.

The second and more obvious reason why mainstream outlets have not focused on the situation in North Dakota is money — oil money, to be exact. The corporate media in the United States is deeply in bed with oil interests. From fracking advertisements on MSNBC to individuals on Big Oil’s payroll literally working for Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, the ties cannot be understated. Why would mainstream media publicize a standoff that could potentially kill an oil pipeline when their own financial interests would be negatively affected? The answer is they wouldn’t.

And there you have it. That’s why right-wing militias pointlessly occupying a wildlife refuge is one of the biggest stories of the century but Native Americans stopping the construction of a multibillion-dollar pipeline isn’t worth a single headline on CNN.

[NotAnIllegalImmigrant]

I prefer ICQ myself

As long as you don't use encryption it's fine by me. Only someone with something to hide uses that.