Treaty violations/ Environmental racism battle.

@shinobinoz Said

Dakota Access Pipeline Standoff: Mni Wiconi, Water is Life.

"The controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project is back in the news. Over the weekend, tribal activists faced off against lines of police in Hunkpapa Territory near Cannon Ball as construction crews prepared to break ground for the new pipeline, while Standing Rock Sioux governmental officials resolved to broaden their legal battle to stop the project.

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."


Read more at https://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/08/15/dakota-access-pipeline-standoff-mni-wiconi-water-life-165470
May need to head up there to lend support.

@adrinachrome Said

In the United States we call this progress

@Ratty Said

The US government has a history of deciding when to end or violate treaties. Primarily if big business can benefit from it. Thanks to lobbyist of course.

Money always always overrides f***ing everything. Just follow the money as the old saying goes.

@shadowen Said

The desire for big companies/governments to maximise their revenue always has, and seemingly always will, trump everything else.

@shadowen Said

Apparently the US government have signed over 500 treaties with native peoples, primarily for land cessations. And the US government have broken, changed or nullified pretty much all of these treaties when it served their interests.

@shadowen Said

The desire for big companies/governments to maximise their revenue always has, and seemingly always will, trump everything else.

@Ratty Said

One of the saving graces here in Ca is that the voters voted in that the Natives can operate casinos some years ago and over the years they've made tens of millions of bucks on that move.

I like that part.

@Ratty Said

The US government has a history of deciding when to end or violate treaties. Primarily if big business can benefit from it. Thanks to lobbyist of course.

Money always always overrides f***ing everything. Just follow the money as the old saying goes.

@shinobinoz Said

As my son likes to say. "Taking back the country one nickel at a time!"

@shinobinoz Said

As my son likes to say. "Taking back the country one nickel at a time!"