Please consider signing a petition to the White House titled: Stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline which endangers the water supply to Native American reservations.
Here’s some background information:
Published on Aug 24, 2016
Native American activists have been protesting against the Dakota Access Pipeline for months. Police are making up lies to demonize the protesters, much like they did during Occupy Wall Street. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
In the coming weeks or maybe even days, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will issue a decision as to whether or not they will allow the Dakota Access Pipeline, also known as the Bakken Pipeline, to be constructed.
Until then, citizens and allies of the Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires of the Great Sioux Nation) will continue to protest the pipeline, urging stakeholders to recognize the devastation that would ensue should the pipeline be built.
“The DAPL poses a threat to our people, cultural and historically significant areas,” said Paula Antonie, Chair of Shielding the People and a Rosebud Sioux tribal citizen. “We will stand by our Hunkpapa relatives in defending against any major environmental, public health and safety hazards within our treaty territory.”
I know some may be cynical about White House petitions, but it’s immediate and impressive when a petition moves quickly.
Be strong.