It Takes Roots -- Grow the Resistance

International Indigenous Youth Council leads Resistance March in DC today.

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Right now more than 70 grassroots feminist leaders from the front lines of movements for climate, gender, indigenous, racial, housing and economic justice are convening in DC for the #ItTakesRoots to #GrowTheResistance delegation. The delegation is convened by Climate Justice Alliance, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Right to the City Alliance and Indigenous Environmental Network who are joining together as an unstoppable force to grow the resistance. Right now more than 70 grassroots feminist leaders from the front lines of movements for climate, gender, indigenous, racial, housing and economic justice are convening in DC for the #ItTakesRoots to #GrowTheResistance delegation. The delegation is convened by Climate Justice Alliance, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Right to the City Alliance and Indigenous Environmental Network who are joining together as an unstoppable force to grow the resistance. Tomorrow, (Jan 21) these powerful and bold leaders will take action at the Department of Energy and HUD to defend the land, water, our homes and our bodies and to plant the seeds for bold, visionary resistance in the face of the incoming Trump Administration. We need you to amplify the message that women of color, gender-non conforming folx and communities on the front lines of fighting for liberation and justice for all will and must lead in the months and years ahead. THREE WAYS TO JOIN US: Social Media, Take the Pledge, and Donate! SOCIAL MEDIA Post or Schedule these Facebook & Twitter Posts from your Organizational and Personal accounts at 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT TOMORROW January 20 ahead of our direct action at the DOE and HUD! FACEBOOK: (Directions For Scheduling Posts on Facebook) Share the image with this text... BREAKING: Women of color, indigenous leaders and tenantsare  taking action this morning at the Department of Energy and HUD this morning to defend the land, water, our homes and our bodies and #GrowTheResistance against Trump. Follow @ourcity @ggjalliance @CJAourpower @IENEarth on twitter for live action updates and take the pledge at: www.GrowTheResistance.org #GrowTheResistance #ItTakesRoots #GrassrootsFeminism TWITTER: (Directions For Scheduling Posts on Twitter) Share the image with this text... BREAKING: Frontline leaders taking action at the DOE and HUD to #GrowTheResistance. Take the Pledge at bit.ly/ITR_GTR #ItTakesRoots Follow the action and repost/retweet/share live updates from the ground. Hashtags to follow: #ItTakesRoots #GrowTheResistance #GrassrootsFeminism Follow on Twitter: @GGJAlliance @CJAOurPower @ienEarth @OurCity Write Your Own Posts, Share local updates and use the hashtags! Check Out our Social Media Toolkit Here: http://ittakesroots.org/translocal-toolkit/ PLEDGE To Grow The Resistance - Sign & Share! This week is just the start of what's to come for bold and visionary opposition. We're taking action in the first 100 days of trumps regime and beyond. Take the pledge and share it with your networks at: www.growtheresistance.org This week is just the start of what's to come for bold and visionary opposition. We're taking action in the first 100 days of trumps regime and beyond. Take the pledge and share it with your networks at: www.growtheresistance.org SUPPORT the Movement - Support Frontline & Women Of Color Leadership Our members are raising funds to support the costs of doing this together. Will you make a donation to support the It Takes Roots to Grow the Resistance mobilization?  All donations are tax-deductible. Click here to donate online TODAY: https://www.crowdrise.com/it-takes-roots-to-grow-the-resistance/

 

Indigenous Groups Protest Outside Trump Gala

Indgenous Environmental Network

Photos by Jade Begay

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 20, 2017 Contact: Jade Begay, jade@ienearth.org , 505-699-4791 Diane May, diane@megaphonestrategies.com, 317-292-2922 Indigenous Groups Protest Outside Trump Gala Sponsored by Kochs and Phillips 66 Washington D.C. Jan. 20, 2017 - On the eve of the 58th presidential inauguration, indigenous leaders of the Indigenous Environmental Network and youth of the International Indigenous Youth Council led a march and a flash round dance to send a message to Trump and Big Oil. At 7PM EST nearly one hundred people gathered on the steps of the National Portrait Gallery, then at 8PM EST began to march to Hotel Monaco where the Oklahoma State Society was hosting a Trump inauguration gala, sponsored by Phillips 66 and Koch Industries. The Indigenous group brought messages from Standing Rock, ND as Phillips 66 has investments in the Dakota Access Pipeline. In addition, the Koch Brothers are long time supporters of fracking which has negatively impacted Indigenous communities across the nation and especially in Oklahoma. The following statement was made by Kandi Mossett of the Indigenous Environmental Network: "I invite everyone inside this building, at this Oklahoma State Society Gala, to come to North Dakota, where I'm from, in the heart of the Bakken Shale Formation and to see for yourself what it looks like to be on the frontline. Because it's not like coming to a fancy event in D.C. The oil industry is literally killing my people. The community that I grew up in is no longer safe. When the oil and gas came, the violence against women increased by 168%. As they dig into the earth and violently extract, they are also raping and oppressing our communities." The mobilization ended at 9PM EST after three Indigenous leaders and youth spoke and after a few rounds of the round dance. Traffic was directed to other routes by marshalls. No arrests were made. A video of the round dance can be watched here: https://www.facebook.com/Indigenousrisingmedia/videos/1601335066549980/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE ###  The Indigenous Environmental Network was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues across Turtle Island, also known as North America. PHOTOS: https://flic.kr/s/aHskSRCGvU A video of the round dance can be watched here: https://www.facebook.com/Indigenousrisingmedia/videos/1601335066549980/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

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Mohawk Nation News 'Same Plantation Different Day'

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Standing Rock Water Protectors -- Court Victories, Police Brutality on Backwater Bridge Jan. 18, 2017

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Article by Sacred Stones Camp

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UPDATE: At least 22 water protectors were snatched by law enforcement last night, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. Some were taken to a hospital.

Today saw four significant legal developments in the Dakota Access Pipeline campaign.  

This afternoon, US District Court Judge James Boesberg denied Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) attorneys’ request for a Temporary Restraining Order, which sought to block publication in the Federal Register of the Army Corps’ Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Lake Oahe crossing.

This morning, the Army Corps of Engineers officially published a notice of intent in the federal register to prepare a partial EIS. This opens a formal scoping comment period lasting through February 20th, where the public and interested parties can give the Army Corps input on the scope of the EIS. The notice “invites interested parties to identify potential issues, concerns, and reasonable alternatives that should be considered in an EIS.”

The proposed scoping fails to include the entire length of the pipeline or downstream impacts of other tribes of the Great Sioux Nation.  The Army Corps asks only for comments on 1) Alternative locations for the pipeline crossing the Missouri River; 2) Potential risks and impacts of an oil spill, and potential impacts to Lake Oahe, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's water intakes, and the Tribe's water, treaty fishing, and hunting rights; and 3) Information on the extent and location of the Tribe's treaty rights in Lake Oahe.

Also today, The US Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s appeal of the September, 2016 US District Court decision to deny their request for a preliminary injunction that would have stopped construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in order to protect a concentration of sacred archaeological sites. The appeal was dismissed as moot because the majority of the construction has already been completed on the sites in question.

The ND Supreme Court ruled today to partially grant a petition allowing non-North Dakota licensed lawyers to more easily represent the more than 600 water protectors facing criminal charges.  The ruling did not change the requirements for a temporary state bar license, as the petitioners requested, but instead streamlines the existing process for ‘pro hac vice’ admission, which allows an out-of-state attorney to represent a client under a North Dakota associate attorney’s license.  The ruling waives the normal filing fee as well as the requirement that that ND licensed lawyer appear in person and remain in court for all proceedings.  Out of state attorneys representing water protectors in ND are required to provide services pro bono, but can be reimbursed for expenses.

Meanwhile, clashes continue in Standing Rock as law enforcement unleashed teargas and rubber bullets on water protectors who set up a tipi on Backwater bridge. Some riot police advanced to the encampments’ side of the barricade, snatching an unknown amount of water protectors.