Founded in 1990 the Indigenous Environmental Network is a North American network of Indigenous Peoples fighting for environmental justice & healthy communities.
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Chief Ninawa, President of the Huni Kui People’s Federation of the Brazilian Amazon, is urgently asking for least 15,000 PPE masks & sanitation supplies necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19 racing through his homelands.
Please donate if you can
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UPDATE FROM OCETI SAKOWIN MEDIC - Standing Rock EMT on the ground, medics working hard to keep Water Protectors warm & treat wounds #NoDAPL
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Veteran Chris Turley walked over 200miles to Standing Rock to show solidarity f/t water protectors. Let's show him some love. Share! #NoDAPL
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Centering and uplifting Indigenous voices and knowledge should be an everyday practice when you are living on occupied stolen land.
#landback #IndigenousPeoplesDay2020
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The Andrew Jackson statue at the @WhiteHouse was redecorated! Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay but don’t get it twisted, colonization is not over. Native ppls are still fighting settler violence via fossil fuel extraction across Turtle Island! #PeopleVsFossilFuels
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⚠️ HAPPENING NOW ⚠️ DC law enforcement has brought out the LRAD to use against elders on Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
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Video of water cannons being used on protectors in 26°F/-3°C at barricades at barricades in North Dakota 📷: @johnkdangers #NoDAPL
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BREAKING: North Dakota HB 1203, otherwise known as the bill to turn protestors into roadkill, just failed!!!! #MniWiconi via @ehiggins3rd
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Thousands have traveled to rural northern Minnesota to stand with the Anishinaabe in their homelands to demand @JoeBiden #HonortheTreaties and #StopLine3 including @Janefonda.
Consultation is not consent.
Respecting treaty rights benefit us all not just Indigenous communities.
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After more than 10 years -- we have finally defeated an oil and gas giant! Keystone XL is DEAD!
We are dancing in our hearts for this victory! #NoKXL #NoTarSands
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GOOD MORNING. It's today. 300+ rallies & actions in all 50 states & the globe #StandWithStandingRock #noDAPL. LOVE FOR THE WATER & EACHOTHER
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MUST WATCH: Video evidence of #Nov20 violence is starting to be released by Renegade Media. A clip.... #noDAPL #WaterIsLife
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Native leaders are rounddancing in front of the @WhiteHouse after shutting down its entrances to demand climate action & stop fossil fuel projects ✊🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾 #BuildBackFossilFree
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"The Army corps of engineers has DENIED the permit for the Missouri crossing here at the Cannonball Ranch" just now from Oceti Sakowin
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Just 3 days after #COP26, @POTUS is slated to hold a major offshore oil and gas lease sale. This is NOT climate justice! We need a #ClimatePresident not an #OilandGasPresident and we need one NOW! #NoNewLeases
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BREAKING! Tonight Federal Judge Brian Morris rescinded the Presidential Permit of #KeystoneXL Pipeline - in a lawsuit filed by Indigenous Environmental Network @IENearth. Judge Morris’s 54-page Order overturns the Trump Administration’s approval of the KXL Pipeline #NoKXL
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Today we must recognize that Thankstaking was designed to hide the ongoing genocide of Indigenous people, even in the present day. Indigenous lands and bodies have been brutalized and exploited for greed for the past 500 years.
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Thousands are taking direct action today demanding @JoeBiden honor the treaties and #StopLine3.
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We're at #COP26 to remind @JoeBiden the only way to keep global warming below 1.5°C is to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
Any new fossil fuel production is incompatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the false solutions are Article 6 will not save us.
#nixarticle6
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Indigenous Women at the People's Climate March 4-29-2017 #IndigenousRising #KeepItInTheGround WE DEFEND PROTECT RENEW RESIST
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BREAKING: @realDonaldTrump violates Indigenous Rights by removing monument protection of #BearsEars and #GrandStaircaseEscalante. 2 million acres are now vulnerable to oil and gas development. #PublicLands #MonumentsForAll #StandWithBearsEars
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Breaking: #CloseTheCamps Led by Indigenous peoples, about 400 protestors will march on Fort Sill against proposed camps. pscp.tv/w/cAM4vzFyYWpaUnJyeF…
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Congratulations to all the Black, Indigenous, LGBTQIA, people of color who have long fought the systems of colonial white supremacy that embrace the racism Trump represents.
This defeat is because of your hard work, because of your love for your community.
The fight continues.
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On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, the world celebrates our cultures. But what they don’t see is the ongoing fight to protect and revitalize our cultures, languages, and traditional lifeways.
We fight for regenerative systems that reflect our worldviews and an #IndigenousJustTransition!
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Less than a week till #NativeNationsRise in D.C. where thousands of Indigenous Peoples will make their demands to the #POTUS known. #NoDAPL
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Relatives, it's time to organize and mobilize. Join an action on November 15th to stop this pipeline bit.ly/nodapldayofaction #NoDAPL
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"Earth does not expect you to save her, she expects you to respect her. And we, as Indigenous peoples, expect the same." Nemonte Nenquim theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Every day, Indigenous Peoples fight to defend our lands and territories from the oppressive systems that threaten our sovereignty. Join us in demanding an #IndigenousJustTransition ensuring a healthy and healed Mother Earth for the next seven generations. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
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NEW REPORT: #IndigenousResistance has stopped or delayed greenhouse gas pollution equivalent to at least 25% of annual U.S. & Canadian emissions. #IRAC21 #FreePriorInformedConsent
Read more: ienearth.org/indigenous-resi…
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⚡ 75+ Indigenous women from Tribes & Nations across the country are demanding @JoeBiden take executive actions to halt the #KXL #DAPL #Line3 pipeline projects, all of which pose threats to Indigenous Rights, local environments, & our global climate.
bit.ly/2KazSUa
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On the eve of the #NativeNationsRise March in D.C. , Indigenous and reps met with @SenSanders. Here's a recap of the day...
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NOW: Water cannons, tear gas, mace, rubber bullets used on water protectors in N.Dakota. It's 27F/-2°C facebook.com/kevin.happychap… #NoDAPL
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BREAKING:
The Army Corp announced that they will not be shutting down the Dakota Access pipeline despite it lacking the proper operating and environmental permits.
For years the @StandingRockST has been vocal about their opposition and the project violating their treaty rights.
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KXL IS DEAD! We celebrate this as a win for the countless native ppls & allies who held the line for over 10 years!
But it is not a complete victory while oil still flows in #DAPL & ppl are getting arrested against #Line3. IEN's full statement: bit.ly/IENKXL
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🆘 EYES ON LINE 3 🆘
Dozens of law enforcement officers have surrounded the Water Protectors and their ceremonial tipi down at the Minnesota State Capitol in an attempt to forcibily remove them from the premises!
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Flashback to this guy & all water warriors that pushed open the door "This pipeline is a pipeline to the past" #NoDAPL
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Over 300 Indigenous protectors showed up today to protect unceded Očeti Šakowiŋ land in the Ȟe Sapa, also known as the “Black Hills”, from @realDonaldTrump's visit to "Mt Rushmore" Independence Day fireworks show.
12 were arrested.
Help free them here:
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Many of the Water Protectors have traveled 256 miles ON FOOT to be here at #TreatiesNotTarSands to #StopLine3 🙏🏾 It's hard to tell from the smiles & energy all around us because this is what COMMUNITY IS MEDICINE and PEOPLE POWER look like 💥
Photos: Ron Turney & Chris Trinh
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Biden Administration Breaks Climate Promise & Approves Willow Project❗️
The Willow Project is a massive oil drilling development in Alaska’s western Arctic that threatens local communities, wildlife & the global climate.
Read our statement at ienearth.org/biden-administr…
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#shutdownDAPL
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BREAKING:
Indigenous water protectors have constructed tripod blocks on the street in front of the White House demanding @JoeBiden #ShutdownDAPL and #StopLine3.
We will not be ignored. We told you we didn't want these projects in our communities.
Consultation is NOT consent.
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Heads up!! This December, every single day is a #NoDAPL day of action ✊🏽✊🏾
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#WaterIsLife
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US military veterans say Dakota Access pipeline 'will not get completed. Not on our watch' #waterislife #defindDAPL cnbc.com/2017/02/01/standing…
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We thank @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris for saying #NoKXL on #InaugurationDay. To shut down super-polluting #tarsands crude oil and #HonorTheTreaties, they must #NowDoLine3
Follow @GiniwCollective for more information
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BREAKING #CloseTheCamps
Led by Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island over twenty protectors have locked down the entrance to Ft. Sill— the proposed concentration camp in Lawton, O.K. after over 400 marched to it’s gates.
Breaking: #CloseTheCamps Led by Indigenous peoples, about 400 protestors will march on Fort Sill against proposed camps. pscp.tv/w/cAM4vzFyYWpaUnJyeF…
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Thank you @LeoDiCaprio for standing w/us and recognizing our fight to #KeepItInTheGround ! #ClimateMarch
Honored to join Indigenous leaders and native peoples as they fight for climate justice. Join me in standing with them. #ClimateMarch
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Demanding @joebiden #StopLine3 Indigenous climbers removed the flags today at the Army Corps building in DC replacing them with “Free, Informed and Prior Consent” & “Consultation is Not Consent” flags.
Line 3 impacted tribal nations oppose the project. #HonorTheTreaties
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"As long as my heart beats I will protect my planet for sake of all our children" - Shiyé Bidzííl & daughter @ #OcetiSakowin #NoDAPL
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The U.S. must immediately declare a climate emergency and stop fossil fuel expansion. We reject the framework of “Net Zero”. Frontline communities including those in “sacrifice zones” will bear the disproportionate burden of continued pollution. #COP26 #FrontlineSolutionaries
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The Amazon fires are no accident.
”Look what they did to our reservation. We spent 2 yrs working hard on it. Now our village is in flames. They weren’t satisfied with destroying the river, with our sources of life- now they set our village on fire. We will not stay quiet.”
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On this day, and since the beginning, standing for the water: Joye Braun, Tania Aubid, Ladonna Allard #noDAPL #WaterIsLife 📷 Toni Cervantes
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⚠️ They have used the LRAD on Indigenous Elders, Water Protectors, and their allies on Indigenous Peoples’ Day ⚠️
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Nuthin but love for veteran Chris Turley as he entered Oceti Sakowin camp. More vets arriving! #noDAPL 📽 @Alphamale69
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Our youth are leading the way.
We must uplift and support them. Today, they are leading us to through the streets of DC after a historic week of resistance. #peoplevsfossilfuels
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Good morning from the Minnesota State Capitol! It's a beautiful day for ceremony, solidarity, and action to #StopLine3! Check out our feed throughout the day for more of this beautiful #TreatiesNotTarSands content!
[Photos: Ron Turney and Chris Trinh]
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Tom Goldtooth and Chief Ninawa Huni Kuin are here to challenge carbon pricing and carbon market schemes. These mechanisms do not do enough to stop #climatechange. We must keep oil in the ground if we are to survive the climate crisis. #RiseForClimate
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Yesterday, Anishinaabe womxn gathered at Line 3 drill pad set 2 cross the Mississippi 2 draw attention 2 how violence on the land & our bodies are connected. No arrests were made even tho Police threatened 2 do so.
Our communities will not relent. #StopLine3 @GovTimWalz
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Today at PCM @LeoDiCaprio, Tom Goldtooth Exec Dir IEN Marching for Climate Jobs & JUSTICE! #IndigenousClimateAction #IndigenousRising
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"I will fight for my grandkids till I leave this world" - Helen Red Feather, Oceti Sakowin camp #noDAPL #KeepItInTheGround📷 @_Ayse_G
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"National forests are stolen Indigenous lands and home to sacred sites and are of cultural & historical significance to Indigenous Peoples that must not be disturbed. We must keep fossil fuels in the ground, not expand the polluting industry by fast-tracking CCS." -Tom Goldtooth
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Indigenous lands are NOT sacrifice zones. Extractive industries encroach on Indigenous communities, forcing them to bear the brunt of extractive development. Our communities have long been disproportionately impacted by climate change and the forces responsible for creating it.
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This fight is done when the oil stops flowing! DAPL continues to violate Indigenous Peoples’ rights and threatens the drinking water of over 10 million people.
Submit your public comment to the USACOE by December 13!
#KillTheBlackSnake #NoDAPL #ShutDownDakotaAccess
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Portrait of Sky Bird Black Owl, first woman to give birth @ #StandingRock resistance camp #wateristhefirstmedicine #MniWiconi #NoDAPL
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And yet you are allowing Enbridge to remove 5 BILLION GALLONS of water for their dirty tar sands pipeline Line 3.
Do your job and protect Minnesota’s water and wild rice.
#StopLine3
I met with @POTUS today to share what I’ve been hearing from Minnesota farmers, ranchers, and livestock producers about the historic drought we’re experiencing. Things are likely going to get worse before they get better. It will take all of us working together to help them out.
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Approving the Willow Project, Biden has failed to meet his climate promises, and in the process has violated Indigenous Peoples’ rights and committed the US to more climate pollution.
#StopWillow #DefendTheSacred #ProtectTheArctic
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Call your senators and tell them to support #DebforInterior.
Being the first Indigenous person to head the DOI, and second in a Cabinet position, will inspire and provide hope, not only to the Indigenous Peoples of this land, but to all who have vision for the future.
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'Native Americans fight Texas pipeline using 'same model as Standing Rock' theguardian.com/us-news/2017…
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LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE! pscp.tv/IENearth/1ynJOBBNAmw…
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The power of this girls love - CAN YOU FEEL IT?! Then believe you have it too. Indigenous youth walk 300m to #StandingRock protect our water
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Day 02 of #PeopleVsFossilFuels has begun! Do you hear us @POTUS? We’re making out way to your front door ✊🏾
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$18,316,175.09 = current total citizens have withdrawn from banks funding/lending credit to Dakota Access Pipeline defunddapl.org/defund
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Our original instructions guide us to steward and sustain precious ecosystems, forests, waterways, and the climate. We are climate leaders because we truly put our values into practice, which is reflected in our dynamic knowledge systems, cultures, and ways of being and knowing.
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As 50 states rallied & marched for Standing Rock, Nov15, 500 people gathered to symbolize the coming together of the four directions #NoDAPL
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BREAKING: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been cancelled!
Lumbee leaders have scored a tremendous victory in stopping this fossil fuel pipeline. #NoACP
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Join us in celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Each and every day, we celebrate the resilience, diversity and beauty of our communities across Turtle Island. As Indigenous People, we assert our sovereignty to protect our environment and communities.
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.@JoeBiden rematriate the land, water & sky!
Indigenous Environmental Network w/ 37 affiliated Native orgs delivered a letter urging Biden to tap @RepDebHaaland as the next Secretary of the Department of Interior.
Read the letter here:
bit.ly/rematriate
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'These lands, there’s old Sundance grounds, old vision quest sites & burial sites here, we have every right to be here & protect our water'
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Canadian oil corporation Enbridge has been ordered to shut down its Line 5 tar sands oil pipeline and pay the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians $5.1 million.
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“Will humans continue on this path that they’re on right now? Or would you and I teach a new path that recognizes that we’re not protecting nature? We are nature protecting itself. We are nature protecting itself, you and I.” -Casey Camp-Horinek
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The news about DAPL is medicine to us all who fought against the pipeline.
But we must not forget the political prisoners who aren't free after standing for the water and for us all.
-Red Fawn
-Rattler
-Little Feather
-James White
-Dion Ortiz
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There are officially actions in all 50 states tomorrow! Join an action near you ! nodapldayofaction.org
#NoDAPL #StandWithStandingRock
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.@DebHaalandNM is the 1st Native cabinet secretary & the 1st Native to lead the Department of Interior!! We celebrate this historic and necessary step in healing the relationships with Indigenous peoples.
We look forward to working with the Madam Secretary! #DebForInterior
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As the original stewards of these lands, Indigenous Peoples and our Traditional Knowledge is what has, and will continue to sustain these lands for millennia. #LandBack is critical in ensuring a sustainable, and livable future for all.
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As 50 states & globe rallied to #StandWithStandingRock #Nov15 Indigenous youth led human mural symbolizing unity of the 4 directions #NoDAPL
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I guess they save the rubber bullets, dogs, and tear gas for Black, Indigenous and people of color only....
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#IndigenousWomenRise, the Indigenous bloc, joined over 500,000 women & allies at the women's march on Washington! #IndigenousRising
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Nov24: Water protectors continue to cross onto Turtle Hill, greeted by burning sage, blessings ...and yeah, police (via IRM) #noDAPL
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The world may only see us as a figment of the past...but we are here, asserting our rights & reclaiming what is rightfully ours! #IndigenousPeoplesDay
LAND BACK
WATER BACK
CULTURE BACK
CHILDREN BACK
LANGUAGE BACK
CEREMONY BACK
MATRIARCHY BACK
EVERYTHING BACK!
📸: Nedahness Greene
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On 9/4/21, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Corey Bush, Ayanna Pressley and Mary Kunesh-Podein came to Camp Namewag at the invitation of Giniw Collective to stand in solidarity and to hear firsthand the voices of our water protectors and land defenders fighting to #StopLine3
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The U.S. must immediately declare a climate emergency and stop fossil fuel expansion. We reject the framework of “Net Zero”. Frontline communities including those in “sacrifice zones” will bear the disproportionate burden of continued pollution. #COP26 #FrontlineSolutionaries
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DEVELOPING STORY: 200 water protectors in silent prayer Hwy 1806 where law enforcement used excessive force #nodapl #indigenousrising
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