![]() ![]() Vets are about to enter the scene and blow the loudest whistle the country has ever heard. With police fighting to protect an oil company’s illegal drilling activity, the state and feds blocking journalists, emergency services and human rights organizations from attending the scene just as an estimated 2000 U.S. And it leaves all of us unsettled.īut it seems like that is the untold story of America - an unjust regime built on stolen land, broken friendships, false promises and genocide. People are talking about it around the world elders sitting in Tim Hortons, high school students in Brant County, community clinic workers in Ireland, Sami traditional communities in Norway are all declaring this is not right. Even this far from the frontlines of the battle the frustration is palpable. Now, the water protectors and allies standing in solidarity with the Sioux are facing forced removal from Sioux treaty lands. How can this be happening in North America in 2016? So many things seem almost unbelievable a girl has her arm blown off, another shot in the eye may be permanently blinded, police shooting water at humans in freezing cold temperatures, women being arrested and charged with attempted murder without evidence of a weapon - the list is long and nauseating. ![]() It is hard to sit back and passively take in the limited information we, the public, are being provided about the events unfolding at Standing Rock Sioux Territory.
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