Lakota Matt Remle: When Standing Rock's Burials were Bulldozed, They Went After the Banks

Standing Rock 2016: Defending the Water

Lakota Matt Remle: When Standing Rock's Burials were Bulldozed, They Went After the Banks

"They didn't have a permit -- and they still don't have a permit to be operating, that's why we shifted focus to the financial institutions, and launched a very targeted campaign." -- Matt Remle, Hunkpapa Lakota

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, November 2024
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SEATTLE -- Speaking at the Salish Sea Assembly, Matt Remle, Hunkpapa Lakota from Standing Rock, describes how the Dakota Access Pipeline used Standing Rock's map of burial places against them, and brought in attack dogs as the pipeline bulldozed their sacred burial place.

Remle, whose Lakota name is Wakíƞyaƞ Waánataƞ (Charging Thunder,) said it was then that they made the decision to target the banks and financial institutions that funded this pipeline, the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Live from The Salish Sea Assembly in Seattle Day 1

Live From the Salish Sea Assembly in Seattle

Watch Day 1 video by Govinda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp2VHfE_pq8

Watch 'The Extraordinary Salish Sea' video introduction

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Nov. 6, 2024

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SEATTLE -- The Salish Sea Assembly welcomes everyone on Wednesday evening. "There's a fire going outside, and fresh salmon is being cooked," Govinda said as the gathering began.

The Warrior Song began the gathering.

Paul Chiyokten Wagner: Protectors of the Waters, From the Salish Sea to Standing Rock

Paul Chiyokten Wagner

Paul Chiyokten Wagner: Protectors of the Waters, From the Salish Sea to Standing Rock

Protectors of the Waters: Paul Chiyokten Wagner speaks on carrying forward the sacred way of life, from the Salish Sea to Standing Rock

"Our people hold the road map to paradise. Our people have that memory within us."

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Nov. 11, 2024

SEATTLE -- The Protectors of the Salish Sea baked camas on their ancestral island for the first time in one-hundred years, occupied the Washington State Capitol, and  journeyed to Standing Rock to build warm structures for the elders to brace against the blizzards, said Paul Chiyokten Wagner, WSANEĆ (Saanich) sharing the history from the Salish Sea to Standing Rock and beyond.

Coast Salish Water Warriors, The Salish Sea Assembly, Day 3

'State of Emergency for the Salish Sea' 

in Seattle, Day 3

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Nov. 8, 2024

Watch video by Govinda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct0JKlCZtVc

Watch 'The Extraordinary Salish Sea' video introduction

Water Warrior Patricia Gonzalez, Puyallup, Screen capture Censored News

"All of those waters lead back into one," said Patricia Gonzalez, Puyallup, Water Warriors Council, during the Coast Salish Water Warriors Panel.

"If you ever need healing, just go to the water."