Water Protectors Continue to Resist, Blocking Active Work at Line 3 Construction Site

Water Protectors Continue to Resist, Blocking Active Work at Line 3 Construction Site

Giniw Collective
August 16, 2021
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PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- This morning, four water protectors locked to each other and to machines, halting work at an Enbridge Line 3 worksite near Hay Creek, Minnesota.
The action comes as the latest in a long arc of fierce ground resistance in the Line 3 fight; over 700 Water Protectors have been arrested to date.

Drought conditions continue across northern Minnesota, with water restrictions in place in numerous municipalities. Enbridge continues to pump water for its tar sands pipeline, now turning to city aquifers, including Park Rapids.

Mohawk Nation News 'Afghan Band Council Flees'

AFGHAN BAND COUNCIL FLEES Audio

Posted on August 16, 2021

Mohawk Nation News

AUDIO Listen at MNN:

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2021/08/16/afghan-band-council-flees-audio/

TALIBAN RESUME JURISDICTION OF AFGHANISTAN

MNN. Aug. 16, 2021. The “band council system” is the Western empire building system of enslavement. In Canada, The band councils – the CCC – “Canadian Corporate Chiefs”, violate 100% of our sovereignty to steal our land and resources, were set up by the invaders. In Afghanistan thousands of traitors work in the American embassy. Over 30, 000 soldiers’ protect the US invaders. The Afghans who support the invaders have their hand out for money and favors.

Today the Afghan traitors are fleeing because they committed treason against their own people. They helped the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, Spain, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands to commit horrors. Western interests have always tried to subdue Afghanistan. Historically the Afghans are known as the “graveyard of empire”. No one has ever beaten them. Like Vietnam, the British, Japanese, French and United States were all driven out in disgrace. Many NGOs were sent in to create divisions. The band councils were set up by Canada to divide us and set us up for the genocide and murders. They betray us just like in Afghanistan.

Yaqui Bacum Pueblo: Kidnapped Men Remain Missing

Photo: Facebook / Carmen García de Aldama)

Yaqui in Bacum Pueblo, in the orginal homelands in Sonora, south of the Arizona border, went for a cow for a traditional feast one month ago. They were kidnapped and remain disappeared after being overtaken by men on motorcycles with long guns. During an initial standoff with the kidnappers, a minor and two women were released. Later, an adult and minor, who were badly injured, the victims of violence while being kidnapped, were released, Infobae reports. Yoeme (Yaqui) families said before the men were kidnapped, the Mexican Army invaded their Bacum community and planted drugs. They point to the mining companies, who are creating fear, following the discovery of lithium in Sonora, and the long battle over a gas pipeline. This comes after the assassinations of Tomas Rojo in nearby Vicam Pueblo, and other Yaqui water and land defenders. Years of a courageous highway blockade in Vicam Pueblo opposed an aqueduct for the City of Hermosillo, which continues to steal Yaqui River water. Meanwhile, little support, or news coverage, is coming from the United States. -- Censored News

No answers: one month after the disappearance of 10 people in Yaqui territory

This August 15, the National Search Commission will join the families of the victims and traditional authorities in the missions to find the 10 men still missing.

By Infoebae

En Espanol

https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/08/15/sin-respuestas-se-cumple-un-mes-de-la-desaparicion-de-10-personas-en-territorio-yaqui/

August 15, 2021

They left for cows for the traditional festivals of their town, but they did not return (Photo: Facebook / Michelle Rivera)

The Yaqui people, located in Sonora, have been one of the most affected historically. Their activism to protect natural resources, as well as the violence that has arisen by drug trafficking groups and the lack of participation by the authorities, place these people in a vulnerable situation.

To such a degree has come the forgetfulness of this community, that this August 14 marked a month since the disappearance of 10 members of this nation, who simply left for cattle for the festivities that take place in the region, but never returned.

It was on July 14 when 15 people, seven Yaquis and eight from outside the community (but who carry out buying and selling activities) left the Yaqui Loma de Bácum community, in southern Sonora, heading to the ranch known as Agua Caliente to bring cows to the traditional festival of Bataconsica.

'Find Your Bravery' Tara Houska Shot with Rubber Bullets and Jailed in Solitary Confinement

By Tara Zhaabowekwe Houska

Censored News

Fifteen days ago I got shot with rubber bullets, mace, and pepper balls paid for by Enbridge. I heard shouts, cries, and gasping coughing punctuated by the sound of munitions firing and a huge drill out of a sci-fi movie boring thru the river we were there to protect. I heard a woman paid to organize against Line 3 screaming at us that we were violent, that we needed to stop.