Lakota Pipeline Protest Using Spirit Horses

[Donkees]

Published on Aug 15, 2016
Protesting the Dakota Pipeline which could/will destroy our drinking water. The Sicangu Lakota show up with the spirit horses, running the police back, and causing the workers to quit construction.

[RapSoDee]

1. In beauty it is done.

k and r

[stonecutter357]

2. K&R!

[yellerpup]

3. This was truly moving.

I hope people realize what this is and what this means. Sending prayers. (I don't speak Lakota)

[yuiyoshida]

15. I have a friend who is pure Lakota

He is going to school in Denver, so I doubt he was there, but that was moving, and I loved how they pushed the cops back, and surprised the Cops didn't react like some city cops we have seen in the recent past! .. Mahalo for this!! Ya'ah'tee (Navajo- good!)

[yellerpup]

16. I am so proud of our Native tribal people.

I'm sure your Lakota friend would love to be there. Yes, they are quite the tacticians. The word for thank you in Cherokee (western) is wado. Because we have no tradition of royalty or rank, there is no word for 'you're welcome.' If someone really wants a response to thank you, we say 'gadugi' which means, "We all paddle together." (loosely, 'no big deal' - ) Community, consensus, compassion, is the Native way.

[yuiyoshida]

18. That's cool that you know that

I have some heavy Hawaiian native blood in me, and my grandfather is 100% Hawaiian Native ( I have never met him) but I never really learned any of the Hawaiian language. Since my folks and ancestors were mostly Japanese, I did manage to learn that on my own. (My parents come from three generations of Japanese living in Hawaii and never bothered to maintain their language roots. Why should they? They say they are Americans!) Anyway, maybe some day I can learn more Hawaiian, but I want to master Japanese first.

[yellerpup]

19. Aloha, then!

I know (kind of) what you mean being of mixed ancestry. I didn't join the Cherokee tribe until I was sixty; my father was a racist who denied our native heritage and lied about being part Cherokee. Lucky for me the Cherokee Nation gives on line language lessons for free, so I started studying the language before I was accepted. It took several years to gather the documents that proved blood kinship back to my great-grandmother and a few other paperwork hoops & affidavits proving that she was listed on the Dawes Rolls, both of which are required to be accepted into the tribe. I have found the search for my true heritage to be fulfilling and inspiring. I wish you joy in your journey.

[yuiyoshida]

20. A thing I have often heard

That Japanese families who mixed with Native Hawaiians were never sent to Internment camps, because at the time, Hawaii was still run by Hawaiians. While Some Japanese families in Hawaii did go to such camps even in Hawaii, mixed Hawaiian Native families did not. If you are occupying an island like Hawaii, you don't piss off the natives, by throwing their family in internment camps even if they are part Japanese. My ancestors never went because they were mixed with Native Hawaiians. They may have been questioned by the US Military but never interned.

[yellerpup]

21. So glad your family did not have to go to an internment camp.

Also happy & a little surprised that Hawaiians had enough leverage to keep their kin out of jail. I hate to think of what would have happened to them it Hawaii had been a state at the time. Such a fascinating history! On the mainland, they aren't so worried about pissing off the natives at all.

[yuiyoshida]

22. Hawaii became a state in

1949. So yeah, the natives had a lot of pull with the US government before that, when they actually still technically owned it.

[yellerpup]

23. Are you going to join the tribe?

Or try to meet your grandfather if he is still living? I understand you have a lot on your plate just learning Japanese, but if you want to meet him you shouldn't waste time. I envy your learning Japanese. I signed up for conversational Japanese lessons locally, but ended up doing ballroom instead because they cancelled the class for lack of participation. My niece and nephew had a Japanese grandmother and are part Cherokee as well.

[yuiyoshida]

24. I don't know when I will have

money for a trip to Hawaii. Was hoping my parents would change their mind and take me there for vacation but they have no desire to go back. Some kinda feud thing. Anyway, I am going to keep plugging away with Japanese, maybe some day I will get to go and meet my relatives!

[yellerpup]

25. Good luck to you!

I hope you can visit Hawaii again and best of luck with your language lessons!

[geardaddy]

4. K & R

Philámayaye

[yellerpup]

17. Assinibone?

If not your must be very close to it.

[geardaddy]

26. Lakota.

I know that Assiniboine is related to Lakota, Dakota, Nakota.

[yellerpup]

27. Wado!

I think they are of the Nakota language group. I don't know much, but I do know an Assinibone playwright whom I helped raise funds for a production in NYC. The name of our second fundraiser was "Pinamaya" so what you posted looked similar.

[Motley13]

5. I'm with them!!!!

Haven't been on a horse in 40 years but I might try it again to help out.

[Plucketeer]

7. In a sense...

we ALL have horses. We just have to get up on them and join the Lakota in spirit.

[geardaddy]

6. Here are pictures from the protest.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/katebubacz/lakota-standoff?utm_term=.ttYGzePO1#.lawQl10xk



The rest at link.

[niyad]

9. thank you for sharing those amazing pictures.

[niyad]

8. “Mni Wiconi” (“Water is life” in Lakota).

[BumRushDaShow]

10. A bunch are riding bare back

Wow!

[Sunlei]

11. powerful & beautiful

[turbinetree]

12. Iginvtli & Igido ( Brothers & Sisters)

http://wagingnonviolence.org/2016/08/standing-rock-sioux-protest-dakota-access-pipeline/

You can donate at this site to help

http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2016/standing-rock-sioux-tribe-takes-action-to-protect-culture-and-environment-from-massive-crude-oil-pipeline

[Donkees]

13. North Dakota pipeline construction halted until court date

North Dakota pipeline construction halted until court date
By Associated Press Today at 11:42 a.m.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Morton County sheriff says developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline have agreed to halt construction of the project in southern North Dakota until a federal court hearing next week in Washington, D.C.


The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is suing federal regulators for approving permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline that will move oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Tribal officials filed the lawsuit last month against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The tribe's request for a temporary injunction hearing is slated Wednesday.

Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier says the agreement to halt construction until the court date was reached by state and local officials with pipeline developer Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners.

The company did not immediately return telephone calls or emails seeking comment on Thursday.

http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/state/4097005-north-dakota-pipeline-construction-halted-until-court-date

[Donkees]

14. Military Vets, against the pipeline, went to every cop and thanked them for their service...

Military Vets, against the pipeline, went to every cop and thanked them for their service. NO WEAPONS, JUST LOVE.

[Donkees]

28. Listen...

https://twitter.com/inyanhoksilia/status/766522786596593664?lang=en