November 19, 2014

Greg Grey Cloud free after Lakota song in Senate defending Mother Earth

Photo Frank Thorp V via Twitter

Lakota song as Keystone XL vote fails in the US Senate

By Brenda Norrell

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French translation by Christine Prat http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=2580
Dutch translation by Alice Holemans NAIS
http://www.denaisgazet.be/nieuws/greg-grey-cloud-vrijgelaten

Greg Grey Cloud, Crow Creek Lakota and co-founder of Wica Agli on Rosebud in South Dakota, was free last night after being jailed for sounding out in the US Senate the song of the people whose water and land is threatened by the dirty Keystone XL pipeline. The Keystone XL pipeline vote failed in the US Senate yesterday, after being passed in the US House.
Grey Cloud continued singing as he was knocked to the floor and against the wall and handcuffed with zip-ties.

Grey Cloud expressed thanks to those who paved the way, especially the Indian Nation presidents and grassroots people, for the long fight against the tar sands mining in Alberta, Canada, and the threat of the dirty oil pipeline, which threatens the massive Ogallala Aquifer in Lakota territory.
Grey Cloud said last night, “As I lay here trying to calm down from today's actions and go to sleep, I have to give thanks! I express a great deal of gratitude to all the pipeline fighters! My relatives in the great state of Nebraska who are the cowboys to our alliance! To my native nations that support, we are the indians to our cowboys! To all the grandmothers, and aunts who are strong and influential women who have paved the way for us young nephews to stand in support with them! To the tribal presidents who back is in our fight against KXL and a big thanks to our, ‘elected officials, grassroots, and community’ leaders!”
Grey Cloud translated the song he sang in the Senate for Lakota Voice: “Grandfather look at me, I am standing here struggling, I am defending grandmother earth and I am chasing peace."

Grey Cloud goes on to say that the song was :not just from me, but my brothers in Wica Agli. We’re defending our women and children in our community. The song itself was very influential for why I sang that here.”

Read the article by Ann-erika White Bird and watch videos from Senate in Lakota Voice:
http://lakotavoice.com/2014/11/19/pipeline-fighterwica-agli-co-founder-arrested-in-senate-chambers/

Listen to Lakota song after vote is announced:

Watch below: Greg Grey Cloud continues singing as he is being taken away from the US Senate

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Listen to Democracy Now coverage, audio:
http://ec.libsyn.com/p/c/0/9/c09e36bea7e2ea73/2014-1120_podcast.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d06c98132d5cb55a1a7&c_id=7912564

November 18, 2014

Senate vote fails on Keystone Native chant sounds out

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UPDATE: Greg Grey Cloud, Lakota, free after Lakota song in the US Senate defending Mother Earth from Keystone XL pipeline tarsands:

By Brenda Norrell

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http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/11/greg-grey-cloud-free-after-lakota-song.html

As it happened late Tuesday:
MORE VIDEO

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/native-american-chant-interrupts-senate-as-keystone-vote-fails/

CSPAN2Anontanymous (@Anontanymous) tweeted at 6:36pm - 18 Nov 14:

Greg Grey Cloud of the Rosebud Sioux bellowed a tribal song wore a headdress, as he was knocked to floor.

Video:

#KXLhttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/native-american-chant-interrupts-senate-as-keystone-vote-fails/

'NO! Keystone tar sands!' Wica Agli in DC to support Rosebud President

Wica Agli Travels to Washington, D.C. to Support President Scott of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Cowboy and Indian Alliance

November 17, 2014 Press Release

Reposted from Lakota Voice

http://lakotavoice.com/2014/11/17/wica-agli-travels-to-washington-d-c-to-support-president-scott-of-the-rosebud-sioux-tribe-and-the-cowboy-and-indian-alliance/

Wica Agli members are in Washington, D.C. to stand in solidarity with President Cyril Scott of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the multistate, activist organization, the Cowboy Indian Alliance. On November 14, President Scott issued a statement that declared the House vote in favor of the Keystone XL Pipeline an act of war. Scott said, “We are outraged by the lack of intergovernmental cooperation. We are a sovereign nation, and we are not being treated as such. We will close our reservation borders to the Keystone XL.”

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