Tag: Standing Rock

“The U.S. government is wiping out our most important cultural and spiritual areas. And as it erases our footprint from the world, it erases us as a people."

Last month, bank officials met face to face with leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux, and this week they announced the bank had sold the loan at the request of tribal leaders.

The Dakota Access pipeline is set and oil will flow. But this is not the only fight about water, and Standing Rock is only one chapter somewhere in the middle of a long story.

The camp may be gone, but the fight will continue. The seeds have been planted, and they will continue to grow.

“Allies around the world acting in solidarity with Standing Rock cannot stop now.”

Activists remain defiant, with three new camps springing up in recent days.

Let’s do what it takes to remind the companies, and the government itself, who’s really in charge of the economy.

This is a clear sign that the fight between water protectors and law enforcement is far from over.

“When big cities such as this do the right thing, it sparks hope in the world.”

The Navajo Nation is making moves to join a growing number of tribes that have already respectfully, but conclusively, shown Wells Fargo the door.