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Rather than just read about what's happening near the DAPL, please call your local politicians and Pres. Obama until they step in to stop the madness near or on Standing Rock reservation.  Police in riot gear?  Accusing the protectors of violence when they are the ones interrupting peaceful prayer ceremonies?  Really?   Yesterday's posting includes a lot of videos and things said about the current action on the land.  This is a beginning of what I read/watched this morning.   21 Arrested During Peaceful Prayer Ceremony at Standing Rock Native Hawaiians, Asian Americans Show Support For North Dakota Pipeline Protest Peaceful Prayer at Dakota Access Pipeline Disrupted by Police Oil Company Lied About Safety of DAPL – Report Exposes Thousands of Spills in Last 6 Years Alone As tribes continue to resist Dakota Access pipeline, oil exec suggests paying them off    (he obviously has no clue)   Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chairman Rele...

Indigenous Women Leaders of Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance to Speak Out For Protection of Earth and Water The press release for the above article Stenehjem givess Dakota Access 30 days to explain land purchase Important Message From Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe 5 Things every non-native needs to consider before visiting Standing Rock Robert Redford: I Stand With Standing Rock Sioux House Democrats Call for New DAPL Permitting Process After 2-Hour Forum in DC  Exclusive: Witness Describes The Fight for Sovereignty at 'Standing Rock' Obama Meets with Tribes but Keeps Silence on Dakota Pipeline Military Style Raid Ends Native Prayer Against Dakota Pipeline State Terrorism at Standing Rock Protest (video) Media Silent as Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Spread, Construction Blocked in Iowa

Here are a few links to articles I read this morning: ABC. NBC Censor Largest Native Mobilization in Decades Against Dakota Access Pipeline The Sioux's battle against a Dakota oil pipeline is a galvanizing social justice movement for Native Americans From Prairie to White House: Inside a tribe's quest to stop a pipeline The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell September 20, 2016 (posted on Facebook by Cultural Survival) Pipeline Developer Buys Ranch Near North Dakota Protest Camp - ABC News Contractor for Dakota Access Pipeline Environmental Assessment Was Working on Connecting Pipeline for Same Company Hundreds of Tribal Leaders in Washington for the Tribal Relations Conference 2016 White House Tribal Nations Confer ence - Pres. Oba ma's speech Rockefeller descendant joins camp, protests oil Tribes' Message to Obama: Help Us Block the Dakota Pipeline At White House Conference, Tribes Push President to Act on Dakota Access 

More articles against the Dakota Access Pipeline, most that were found reading posts shared on Twitter by Bill McKibbens, Indigenous, Indigenous Environmental Network, Honor the Earth, The Huffington Post and the Bismark Tribune : Company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline Spills More Oil Than Any Other Pipeline Operator in the US CJA Letter to AFL-CO on Dakota Access Pipeline Faced With Massive Opposition to Dakota Access, Banks Could Still Pull Out  'We Belong to the river': Images of the Dakota Pipeline protesters Cowboys vs. Indians Redux Over the Dakota Access Pipeline Tribal Consultations: Government-to-Government Consultations Set-All Tribes Invited   Russell Means' Wife, Pearl Means, Calls for Boycott of Banks Funding the Dakota Access Pipeline Attorney says DAPL land purchase violates anti-corporate farming law United Nations Experts Validate Standing Rock Sioux Opposition to Dakota Access Pipeline Sacred Burial Grounds Sold to Dakota A...

In the wetlands this morning before the day's heat hits.  Everything looks so quiet.  Something looks different.  But soon it's obvious what the change is.  The brush has been cleared away, quite a bit of what was brush, making the trail wider, easier to walk.  Because we've had a horrific fire season, perhaps this is the reason. the trail sunrise the rabbits do have some places to hide further up the trail then on the way back, a fairly short walk this morning.

Please read the articles at the following links: Native American Standing Rock Protectors Proven Right as Three Oil Pipeline Spills Pollute US Rivers in Only One Week (imagine that! - my comment) -  http://theindigenouspeople.com/2016/09/20/native-american-standing-rock-protectors-proven-right-as-three-oil-pipeline-spills-pollute-u-s-rivers-in-only-one-week/ On Slate: Neil Young Released a New Protest Song Called "Indian Giver" -  http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/09/20/listen_to_indian_givers_a_new_protest_song_from_neil_young_video.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top Company Executives Could Now Be Tried for Land Grabs and Environmental Destruction -  https://www.globalwitness.org/en-gb/press-releases/company-executives-could-now-be-tried-land-grabbing-and-environmental-destruction-historic-move-international-criminal-court-prosecutor/ From Center for Biological Diversity Analysis: Company Behind Dakota Access Pipeline Has Record of Spills, Property Damage - http:...

These links relate to those things I've read today or received today through emails.  NDRC's petition to stop the pipeline -   https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4079&s_src=TWODAPACTSOC0916TKSC#.V-GSsCmyO5Q.twitter Dave Achambault II making his statement at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW0d_WsuL0Y Thank you for listening -  https://vimeo.com/183394751 More will be added as I read them.  

More information in support of No Dakota Access pipeline: From Grist: Inside the camp that's fighting to stop the Dakota Access pipeline -  http://grist.org/justice/inside-the-camp-thats-fighting-to-stop-the-dakota-access-pipeline/ From Earth First: Open Letter to NoDAPL Struggle, from the Zad:  http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2016/09/19/open-letter-to-nodapl-struggle-from-the-zad/ MoveOn Petition to Sen. Barrasso Indian Affairs petition:  http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/sen-barrasso-hold-indian?source=c.em&r_by=16475639 Go Fund Me - to fund a portable media hub on the land: https://www.gofundme.com/IndigenousMediaVan US Army Welcomes Dakota Access Protesters -  http://cleantechnica.com/2016/09/19/us-army-welcomes-dakota-access-protesters-to-stay/

Just a few to share, some at low tide, others not any water. Sunrise ~ Low tide - wetlands Wetlands later ~ More directed ~ Birds of paradise looking in both directions

Anything is worth a try.  The following is a link to a petition to President Obama, asking that he stop this action for good.  The link is here . Here are a couple recent videos about what is going on on the land.  Know that Energy Partners has its workers continuing.  At times it appears that Facebook may be censoring material being posted as well.  Video of epic solidarity action in Vancouver! - https://www.facebook.com/Westcoastwomenwarriors/videos/587134918155230/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE From Honor the Earth - https://vimeo.com/182875115 (arr ests ) Source - a tweet from Honor the Earth:  https://www.facebook.com/WinonaLaDukeHonorTheEarth/posts/1091080337679081 Update from Dallas Goldtooth -   https://www.facebook.com/dallasgoldtooth/videos/10105711411192993/

North Dakota tribe's request to stop work on pipeline denied   Joint Statement from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army, and the   Department of the Interior Regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps    of  Engineers Native women are the protectors, not protesters, on the frontline of the #NoDAPL fight: pic.twitter.com/U0ICFiegRd — Fusion (@Fusion) September 9, 2016             Lawrence O'Donnell Talks About His Visit To Standing Rock Amy Goodman of @democracynow shares her shocking account of #DakotaAccessPipeline protests https://t.co/O1QFb0OXhT #PMJoy — AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) September 5, 2016 Yes, this is the 21st century and still we have people disrespecting the rights of others.   This has to stop now!