Lakota Youths Arrive in DC to Demand Pipeline Shutdowns, Biden Appoints Environmental Justice Council

Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Lakota youths from North Dakota and South Dakota walking in Iowa and making a stand for the water. Photos courtesy Standing Rock Youth Council.

Lakota youths arrive in DC to demand President Biden shut down Dakota Access and Enbridge Line 3 pipelines

By Brenda Norrell

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Standing Rock and Cheyenne River youths arrived in Washington, DC, to demand that Dakota Access Pipeline and Enbridge Line 3 be shut down, after joining Meskwaki relatives in Iowa to make a stand for the water.

On Sunday, Lakota and Dakota youths walked with Meskwaki relatives in Iowa to support the shutdown of the Dakota Access and Enbridge Line 3 Pipelines threatening safe drinking water for the masses in the heart of the continent.

UK coronavirus variant on Navajo Nation, patient had been vaccinated

In the western Navajo Nation, a Dine' elderly patient was hospitalized with the UK variant of the coronavirus, more than one month after being vaccinated.

By Brenda Norrell
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The UK variant of the coronavirus has been identified on the Navajo Nation, Navajo President Jonathan Nez said in a statement today, March 30, 2021.

The Dine' patient had been vaccinated for the coronavirus. The patient received the COVID-19 vaccine more than one month before testing positive for the virus variant.

The elderly patient in the western Navajo Nation was hospitalized and is now at home recovering.

In an interview, Nez said that the Dine' who had the virus was a man in his 80s living in the western area of the Navajo Nation.

Bioneers 'The Power of Matriarchy'

Watch panel discussion 

https://bioneers.org/power-of-matriarchy-intergenerational-indigenous-womens-leadership/

BIONEERS

The Power of Matriarchy: Intergenerational Indigenous Women's Leadership

Women are leading the struggle for climate justice and ushering in a new approach to creating a sustainable future for our planet. Restoring balance in climate leadership produces equity that fundamentally transforms our relationship with culture, identity, humanity, and the Earth. Creating a livable world without pollution and systemic violence depends on our ability not only to dismantle but to nurture and restore relations with ourselves and each other.

This week, we share wisdom from brilliant women leaders as they discuss their visions for a more equitable climate movement.

Hosted by Cara Romero, Bioneers Indigeneity Program Director. With: Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca), Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee), and Naelyn Pike (Chiricahua Apache).


Broadcast on Free Speech TV on Sunday, March 28, 2021.

Water Protector Legal Collective Challenges DAPL SLAPP Subpoena

Casey Camp-Horinek, InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights, Jamiacia, Photo by Brenda Norrell, Censored News

Casey Camp Horinek, Ponca, testifying in Jamaica before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Casey said today, “I was among hundreds who were attacked by a militarized police force and pepper-sprayed, zip-tied, had numbers written on our arms, put in dog cages in the freezing basement of Morton County jail along with my son and other relatives."

WATER PROTECTOR LEGAL COLLECTIVE CHALLENGES ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS/DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE’S SLAPP SUBPOENA

By Water Protector Legal Collective
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March 18, 2021

French translation by Christine Prat

Contact: Michelle Cook, Board Member, Water Protector Legal Collective, michellecook@email.arizona.edu Natali Segovia, Staff Attorney, Water Protector Legal Collective, defense@waterprotectorlegal.org

BISMARCK, North Dakota - Five years after Standing Rock, the #NoDAPL struggle continues and the fight is not over for the Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC).

WPLC is an Indigenous-led legal non-profit organization formed in the legal tent at Standing Rock. There, attorneys provided legal support and services to thousands of Water Protectors who had responded to the call from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and were engaged in prayer, peaceful assembly, and protection of the water for future generations. WPLC provided free legal defense to more than 840 Water Protectors and successfully defeated the vast majority of charges.

Now, Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), has served WPLC with a SLAPP subpoena seeking access to confidential records and legal documents that are protected by the First Amendment and attorney-client privilege. WPLC has filed an objection to this subpoena in North Dakota District Court and will continue to fight it.