Glad the tribes are calling bullshit.
Far Right Oath Keepers Seek to Exploit Water Protectors’ Stand
Worth the read. It says that Oath Keepers Media Director Jason Van Tatenhove ...
may be presenting himself as a reporter with the Northwest Liberty News, a Kalispell, Montana-based far right website run by James White.
I am sending this letter to provide some background on a far right group that appears to be using the defense of water at the Sacred Stone Camp to further its own narrow goals. The group is Oath Keepers, a Las Vegas, Nevada-based paramilitary organization that has mobilized armed protests to oppose federal regulation of federal lands.
While Van Tatenhove’s writings are sympathetic with the protectors gathered in North Dakota, he is misleadingly casting the gathering to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline as similar to armed mobilizations by far right militia activists. While it is true that both have been opposed to federal actions, the commonalities end there. As the Media Director of Oath Keepers, Jason Van Tatenhove has promoted bigotry toward immigrants and Muslims alongside promoting paramilitary organizing. In addition, James White of the Northwest Liberty News has praised the efforts of Elaine Willman of the Citizens Equal Right Alliance to oppose the sovereignty of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
(The bold type face is mine for emphasis.)
The letter goes on to describe the Oath Keepers and CERA (Citizens Equal Right Alliance) in detail. It’s written a lot more respectfully and calmly than I’m feeling right now.