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my banner for "Trails to Yachats" streetlamp banner project 🐾 it's titled "Waóye", which is a trail made by animals 🌍 Uŋčí Makȟá (Grandmother Earth) overlooks as Kȟaŋǧí-tȟáŋka (Raven), Matȟó (Bear), and Hoǧáŋša (Salmon) follow their ancestral trails to Yachats (that’s the green bit of land, the town viewed from the south side of the bay)" #picoftheday #picaday2022 #publicart #communityart #banner #acrylic #canvas #yachats #yachatsoregon #waóye #trails #UŋčíMakȟá #grandmotherearth #kȟaŋǧítȟáŋka #raven #matȟó #bear #hoǧáŋša #salmon #lakȟótiyapi #lakota #lakȟótawiŋyaŋ (at Touchstone Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdgjnE-PnM7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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i've been thinking a lot about the racial politics in RDR2 lately, as the racial politics of that time in america have always compelled me (and were directly relevant to my family) and i like RDR2 and i've been toying with the idea of a larger essay on it but i'm worried that i'll never finish it. so if i don't i'm making this post just so i can get my basic thoughts on the wapiti tribe down on paper.
the wapiti tribe is uniquely frustrating to me as it's clear that RDR2 was trying to make up for their godawful treatment of natives in RDR1 and be at least somewhat conscious of the state of things for natives at the time, but it's just.. so... lukewarm.
i'm always going to have issues with the usage of fictionalized tribes. i have issues with the miagani in batman. i have issues with the red star tribe of red dead revolver, the precursor to the red dead redemption games we have now. and i have issues with the wapiti of rdr2. the wapiti are a fictional tribe, yes, but they pull heavily from the real-world lakota people. they speak lakȟótiyapi (despite 'wapiti' being a shawnee word???? i suppose it could be an exonym, but i digress). their existence is based around the lakota people, but the lakota themselves are absent from the game. why? why make a fictionalized tribe and then pull from a real one? so you don't have to worry about getting sued? that's cheap. that's lazy. work with the tribe. it can be done. native people are not ephemeral or uncontactable.
when i think about the wapiti tribe i can't help but contemplate the fictional native (or, more accurately, the fictional native tribe as opposed to the individual), and the comfort it brings to the colonizers. the fictional native and the dead native go hand in hand. the dead, extinct native is suffering in perpetuity, immortalized in time as a martyr to the indigenous cause. being killed by the white man forever.
the fictional native, too, often falls into this trap, particularly in games like RDR2. people love to cry over the dead native (and the fictional native) and mourn "what could have been". this is in part because the dead native (and the fictional native) require no more work on the part of the colonizer. the dead native (and the fictional native) do not call for land back. they do not call for reparations. they do not live among you as people, and so you are not required to see them as such. they allow you to confront your history, but gently. they give you the opportunity to turn away when you are uncomfortable. the dead native (and the fictional native) does not intrude on the workings of everyday life for the colonizer. the alive native (the real-life native), on the other hand, inconveniences the colonizer with demands of monetary assistance, land back, and forces the colonizer to continually acknowledge and live with the fact that they are living the way they are in no small part due to the suffering of the native.
i think often of kim tallbear, a professor of native studies at the university of alberta and author of native american DNA: tribal belonging and the false promise of genetic science's quote: “i think what people are scrambling for is this ancient noble savage or noble indian in their bloodline. they’re not very interested in contemporary indigenous people who are alive, who are living in a still very colonial society at a severe income and class disadvantage, people living with multiple generations of trauma from residential schools, from other forms of discrimination and systematic exclusion” (emphasis mine).
this isn't to say that depictions of the real life suffering that people went through should be ignored or written out of the narrative. i'm grateful that RDR2 acknowledged (in their own lukewarm way) the suffering of the time. but with the rest of the racial politics of RDR2 (see: arthur saying he understands the wapiti because hes an outlaw?????? see: arthur's general unawareness of racism as a structure of society) it feels often to me while playing that the devs, while making a historical game, are uncomfortable with actually engaging with history in any meaningful way.
in any case, i'm one person and i'm by no means an expert on the native experience (being racially white and raised away from the culture and only beginning to try to reconnect some 7 or 8 years ago) and i would genuinely like to hear other people's thoughts on this, particularly lakota people.
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Separatist and irredentist movements in the world
Lakotah
Proposed state: Republic of Lakotah
Region: Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, United States
Ethnic group: Lakota
Goal: independence
Date: 1974
Political parties: -
Militant organizations/advocacy groups: Lakota Freedom Movement
Current status: inactive
History
1851 - Treaty of Fort Laramie
1974 - Oglala Declaration of Continuing Independence
2007 - declaration of independence; creation of the Lakota Freedom movement
2008 - proposal of free association
The proposed boundaries of the Republic of Lakotah coincide with those set by the Treaty of Fort Laramie, agreed by representatives of the United States and several Native American tribes.
The motivations for independence are the colonial apartheid and oppression of the reservation system, which has led to unemployment, poverty, and disease, and the Oglala Declaration of Continuing Independence.
In 2007, the Lakota Freedom Delegation proclaimed the independence of Lakotah. However, tribal governments do not recognize or support the Republic of Lakotah.
Lakota
There are more than 115,000 Lakota, one of the three subcultures of the Sioux people. They are divided into seven bands and speak Lakota.
Their traditional religion is known as Wocekiye, which is described as a form of spirituality and based on the mythology of the Great Mystery.
Vocabulary
Lakȟóta - Lakota people
Lakȟótiyapi - Lakota language
Háu kȟolá - Hello
Mitaku Oyasin - We are all related
Pilameya - Thank you
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🎫 tankha,, the name intrigues me 🤔
Send me the emoji and an oc and get some trivia!
Tankha's name is derived from an attempt at anglicizing (based on hearing it) tȟáŋka, referring to kȟaŋği tȟáŋka (Raven) in Lakȟótiyapi (Lakota language).
They are nonbinary, their Ghost is named Sapa ("Sápa", "Black"). So together their name is Black Raven or Raven Black. because i think ravens are Neat and that was gonna sorta be their theme, and some of their storyline was going to be inspired by different stories abt Raven from various other nations and tribes.
#caydeposting#destiny#destiny 2#making rep for myself. flex emoji#im still learning bits and pieces of the lakota language
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Lakȟótiyapi Lakota
Alexia Evellyn - Lakota Lullaby
Ah hí yé, yo hí eyá,
Ya wé yeló eyá
Čhaŋté wašté hokšíla l-akhé ištíŋma
Haŋhépi kiŋ wašté
Wé yeló eyá
Ah I say, I say to you
To you I am saying it
My kind-hearted boy go to sleep
Tomorrow will be nice
I am speaking to you
L Y R I C S
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#Lakȟótiyapi#Lakota#language#language music#Lakȟóta#North Dakota#South Dakota#Siouan#Native American#indigenous
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Zitkala-Ša (Lakota/Lakȟótiyapi for “Red Bird”)—also known as Gertrude Simmons—was born in 1876 on the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota. At eight years old, she left the reservation to attend White’s Indiana Manual Labor Institute, a missionary boarding school where her hair was cut against her will, she was forbidden to speak her Lakota/Lakȟótiyapi language, and she was forced to practice a religion she didn’t believe in. This was a common experience for thousands of Indigenous children in the wake of the Civilization Fund Act of 1819, which provided funding for missionaries and religious groups to create a system of Indian boarding schools that would forcibly assimilate Indigenous children. While she took interest in some of the experiences in her new environment, such as learning the violin, she resisted the institutional efforts to assimilate her into European American culture—actions she protested through a lifetime of writing and political activism.
When she returned home to her reservation, Zitkala-Ša chronicled an anthology of oral Dakota stories published as “Old Indian Legends” in 1901. The book was among the first works to bring traditional Indigenous American stories to a wider audience. Zitkala-Ša was also a gifted musician. In 1913, she wrote the text and songs for the first Indigenous American opera, The Sun Dance, based on one her peoples ceremonies.
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Ilia's last name change - guessing you either didn't want to use a Native name or didn't want to name her 'rainbow' just bc gay? (I might recommend googling Amirault though, I figure you mean the painter or smth but my first and overpowering result was. yikes. dunno if that guy was what you're aiming for)
[one quick Google search later]
…well, shit.
Okay, so that’s definitely getting changed. Fortunately, it’s a relatively easy fix—I can just voice the dental plosive and change it from [t] to [d], so Amirauld instead of Amirault. Thank you for catching that, anon! Rest assured, that was absolutely not my intention, and I’ll be making sure I do more thorough name-checking going forward.
There’s a few reasons why I changed Amitola to Amirauld. The first, as you correctly guessed, is because the name is Lakota (Lakȟótiyapi). I talked about it briefly here, but suffice to say, I wasn’t exactly impressed with Rooster Teeth’s choice to use a word from an endangered indigenous language, and give it an in-universe minority introduced in the show as an antagonist working for a terrorist group. The whole appropriative aspect notwithstanding, it just really struck me as offensive and rather tone-deaf.
The second is because Ilia, as it currently stands, is one of only a few canonically queer characters. Is it possible that she was called “rainbow” because she has a color-changing ability? Sure. But she was, at the time the episode debuted, the show’s first openly queer character. And tokenly calling your gay character rainbow, while also framing her motive as revenge for being rejected by a love interest, really didn’t sit well with me.
As for why I chose Amirauld, I wanted a surname that was still loosely similar-sounding to the canon, but that was also of French etymology.
I noticed a while ago that several characters from Atlas have names that are either Western Romance (Ciel Soleil, Jacques Gelé) or Germanic (Weiss Schnee). The pattern is probably a coincidence, but since Ilia is also from Atlas, I figured that I might as well roll with it.
#asks#anon#i speak#characters#character meta#general character asks#renaming#ilia amitola#seriously anon thank you for letting me know#that was a. horrifying revelation#on a related note#if you look at the genealogy chart i created for weiss#you'll notice that most of her relatives all have french or germanic names as well#meta content#character meta asks
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White Buffalo Calf Woman (Lakȟótiyapi: Ptesáŋwiŋ)[1] or White Buffalo Maiden is a sacred woman of supernatural origin, central to the Lakota religion as the primary cultural prophet. Oral traditions relate that she brought the "Seven Sacred Rites" to the Lakota people.
The traditional story is that, 19 generations ago, there was a time of famine. The chief of the Lakota sent out two scouts to hunt for food. While the young men travelled they saw a white cloud in the distance. Then, from the cloud, they saw a woman. As they approached, they saw that it was a beautiful young Native woman in white buckskin. She had dark hair, skin and eyes. One of the men was filled with lust for the woman. He approached her, telling his companion he would attempt to claim her as a wife. His companion warned him that she appeared to be a sacred woman, and to do anything sacrilegious would be dangerous and disrespectful, but his advice was ignored.
The second man watched as the first approached and embraced the woman, during which time the cloud enveloped the pair. When the cloud disappeared, only the mysterious woman and a pile of the first man's bones remained. The remaining man was frightened, and began to draw his bow. But the holy woman beckoned him forward, telling him that no harm would come to him, as she could see into his heart and he did not have the motives the first man had. As the woman spoke Lakota, the young man decided she was one of his people, and came forward.
At this time, the woman explained that she was wakȟáŋ (holy, having spiritual and supernatural powers). She further explained that if he did as she instructed, his people would rise again. The scout promised to do what she instructed, and was told to return to his encampment, call the Council, and prepare a feast for her arrival. She taught the Lakota seven sacred ceremonies to protect the Mother Earth and gave them the čhaŋnúŋpa, the sacred ceremonial pipe.
The seven ceremonies are:
Inípi (purification lodge)
Haŋbléčheyapi (crying for vision)
Wiwáŋyaŋg Wačhípi (Sun Dance)
Huŋkalowaŋpi (making of relatives)
Išnáthi Awíčhalowaŋpi (female puberty ceremony)
Tȟápa Waŋkáyeyapi (throwing of the ball)
Wanáǧi Yuhápi (soul keeping)[2]
Each part of the čhaŋnúŋpa (stem, bowl, tobacco, breath, and smoke) is symbolic of the relationships of the natural world, the elements, humans and the spiritual beings that maintain the cycle of the universe.[3]
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An update for backstory purposes! I recently made a post stating languages the main character would know/be familiar with from their parents, which includes Gaelic and American Sign Language from their adoptive father, but I have since decided on the ethnicity of their other adoptive parent as being Native American by way of being Lakota, so they would also be familiar with Lakȟótiyapi, if not actually conversationally fluent depending on how the individual player decides it
The game itself will go into this more extensively in later chapters, but as it isn't described in the demo I thought it would be best so as to give everyone a more thorough grounding in the character backstory
#i've been toying with this for months now but didn't firmly decide on Lakota u til very recently#i didn't want to make a post like this until i had decided because just saying they're native american without being able to be specific#felt like i was limping all the tribes together into a monolith you feel#tobias speaks
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Ómakȟa tȟéča oíyokiphi (Happy New Year)! Thank you for all the ❤️s in 2021. It's good to see the love for @yourdailytigerlily who had an adventurous spring and summer but a difficult autumn, our raccoon friend who we haven’t seen in a while because their tail wound’s all healed up and they’re living their best #raccoon life, #inspirednatives artwork, my #narwhal crush, and the beauty of where I live. 😍 #happynewyear #topnine2021 #lakȟótiyapi #lakȟóta #lakȟótawiŋyaŋ #nativebusinessowner @touchstoneyachats https://www.instagram.com/p/CYNO7sKPs-T/?utm_medium=tumblr
#raccoon#inspirednatives#narwhal#happynewyear#topnine2021#lakȟótiyapi#lakȟóta#lakȟótawiŋyaŋ#nativebusinessowner
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Lakȟóta phrase of the day
Lakȟótiyapi: Waŋčala wičhoni kšto.
Wašičuyapi: Life only happens once.
#indigenous#native aesthetic#lakota#language#native america#make america native again#ndn#ndn tumblr#decolonize#decolonization
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Languages of the world
Lakota (Lakȟótiyapi)
Basic facts
Number of native speakers: 2,100
Official language: South Dakota (United States)
Also spoken: Canada
Script: Latin, 38 letters
Grammatical cases: 0
Linguistic typology: polysynthetic, SOV
Language family: Siouan, Western Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Dakotan, Sioux
Number of dialects: ?
History
1840 - first written evidence
1970s - beginning of Lakota language instruction
2008 - adoption of consistent phonemic orthography
Writing system and pronunciation
These are the letters that make up the script: a aŋ b č čh č' e g ǧ h ȟ ȟ' i iŋ k kh kȟ k' l m n o p ph pȟ p' s š t th tȟ t' u uŋ w y z ž '.
Stress is marked using the acute accent, which can appear more than once in a word, as compound words have stressed vowels in each component.
Vowel contraction is a common phonological process in rapid speech.
Grammar
Nouns have two numbers (singular and plural). However, plural marking is optional.
There are four articles: an indefinite, a definite, an indefinite article used with hypothetical objects, and a definite article used with previously mentioned nouns.
Verbs are marked for tense, mood, aspect, person, and number. Some enclitics that are used to indicate certain verb characteristics as well as rhetorical questions differ in form based on the gender of the speaker.
Dialects
I have not found any information regarding dialectal variation.
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There is no Planet B we are all natives to earth
There is no Planet B we are all natives to earth
So work for this planet like its the only one we have, becasue it is. Every little positive step is a step in the right direction. Think fair, shop fair, act fair. Support the local, act global define what is your normal.
White Buffalo Calf Woman (Lakȟótiyapi: Ptesáŋwiŋ)[1] or White Buffalo Maiden is a sacred woman of supernatural origin, central to the Lakota religion as the primary cultural
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Brooklyn Butler
2702 Garland Avenue
Louisville, KY 40211
Phone: 859-445-3196
E-Mail: [email protected]
Key Qualifications
- Inspired and dedicated professional with 5+ years of experience working in multiple fields: mentorship, consulting, tutoring, youth development, and bookkeeping.
- Results-oriented with proven work ethic, communication, and administrative skills.
- Passion for creating and maintaining safe places where in which community and youth development can happen.
Professional Experience
Queen’s Gate Consulting, Corporate Trainer
February 2017 - November 2017
- Work with Human Resources staff to recruit, interview, select, and employ suitable new hires.
- Coach, mentor and develop new trainees by providing career development opportunities and planning techniques
Office of Inclusive Excellence, Student Worker
August 2015 - June 2017
- Promoted campus events through innovative and traditional PR/advertising techniques
- Handled administrative duties and special projects as assigned
Campus Recreation Center, Intramurals Referee
August 2015 - May 2017
- Assisted with preparation and inspection of game sites
- Provided meaningful public relations, program promotion, and policy education to participants
Payless Shoe Source, Customer Service Associate
March 2015 - October 2016
- Consulted with customers on product needs and made merchandise recommendations
Leadership
Inclusive Excellence Steering Committee, Student Liaison/Ambassador
August 2014 - Present
- Serve as an institutional change agent and champion for diversity and inclusion by providing program references and integrative leadership in collaboration with campus departments
- Listen and record students’ concerns about academic problems; report student concerns back to committee
-Work with minority students to successfully create a more inclusive space on campus that allows them to integrate and meet students easily
Common Ground: GSA, Former Bursar, Current Member
September 2012 - Present
- Planned events to raise money for group retreats, meetings, and future member activities
- Attended MBLGTACC, gay/straight alliance, an intercollegiate Network Conference to strengthen the collaboration and partnerships between neighboring colleges and Universities while spreading equality
NAACP College Chapter #3886, Former Vice President, Current Member
August 2015 - Present
- Assisted the President in planning and preparing Committee Agendas providing all helpful information.
- Worked to ensure minority student activism (political, educational, social, and economic) brought awareness and engaged the community while being mindful of campus climate
Latino Mentor Program (LAMP), Mentor
August 2014 - May 2017
- Developed and maintained relationships with and provide assistance and support for Latino students
- Served as a resource for first-year Latino students; referred them to psychologists and other on-campus mental health resources, as needed
Community Service/Volunteering
Bright from the Start Academy, Instructor Assistant
August 2011 - July 2015, 3-5 Hours/Day Mon-Fri
- Worked in academic workshop rotations, as assigned by the Head Instructor, to help approximately 30 youth from low-income neighborhoods—tutoring in reading comprehension
- Mentored youth ages 3-12 yrs. in the after-school program; playing games to build trust and doing drills to shape their academic and life skills
First Nations/Kiksuya Student Organization, Co-President
August 2014 - Present, 1 Hour Meeting/Week, Volunteer Trip 3 weeks (each summer)
- Work with multiple agencies across different sectors in order to establish good working relationships to influence decisions about volunteering
- Worked with Okiciyapi Tipi Volunteer house to rehab and build new houses to support the homeless community of Eagle Butte, South Dakota
Link Here: https://vimeo.com/168128542
City of Hope, Pantry helper
June 2012 - August 2012, 2 Hours/Week
- Assisted, under supervision of the Food Pantry Manager, in unloading, organizing, sorting and stocking all of the locally donated food and hygiene products
Miami-Dade County Parks, Clean-up Crew
August 2016 (Summer), 7 Hours
- Volunteered to paint, pick up trash, and clean park equipment as a way to restore beauty in the community
Internships
November Strategies, Canvasser
August 2016 - November 2016
- Engaged in face to face conversation with residents of Northern Kentucky as a grassroots effort to mobilize voters in the community
- Took extra steps to further increase potential constituencies by educating those not currently ready to vote about the value of voting and leaving supplied literature on how future support can be given.
Education
Northern Kentucky University
Bachelor of Arts, December 2017
Major: Integrative Studies – Political Science and Sociology Minor: Organizational Leadership
Technical Skills
Culture
- Worked with and befriended numerous international students from Nigeria, The Philippines, and Mexico
Integrated into Native American culture in the following ways:
- Developed relationships and spent time with traditional Lakota people learning about their traditions, interests, and principles
- Coordinated volunteering events with local youth to help clean-up Cheyenne River Reservation and showcase the art they were bringing to brighten the community
Languages
- Lakota (Lakȟótiyapi) (two summers of learning from locals during Study Away)
Computers
- Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel)
- Adobe Creative Cloud CC 2017 (Beginner)
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November in some languages that don't use a number + month:
Suomi (Finnish): Marraskuu
from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (dead) + Proto-Uralic *kuŋe (moon)
Cymraeg (Welsh): Tachwedd
from Middle Welsh tachwet (slaughtering)
ខ្មែរ khmae (Khmer): វិច្ឆិកា Vɨcchekaa
from Sanskrit वृश्चिक vṛścika (scorpion)
Беларуская Bjelarúskaja (Belarussian): Лістапад Listapád
from Proto-Slavic *listъ (leaf) + *pàsti (to fall)
Diné bizaad (Navajo): Níłchʼitsʼósí
from níłchʼi (wind) + -tsʼósí (slender)
Lietuvių (Lithuanian): Lapkritis
from lapas (leaf) + kristi (to fall)
ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe): ᐹᔥᑳᑯᑎᓐ ᑮᓯᔅ Baashkaakodin giizis
from ᐹᔥᑳᑯᑎᓐ baashkaakodin (Eastern dialect; freezing) + ᑮᓯᔅ giizis (moon)
Euskara (Basque): Azaro
from azi (seed) + aro (time)
Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic): Samhain
from Proto-Indo-European *sem (together) or *sm̥-h₂-ó- (summer)
Yugtun (Yup'ik): Cauyarvik
from cauyar- (to drum) + -vik (time or place)
Türkçe (Turkish): Kasım
from Arabic قاسم qaasim (divider)
Lakȟótiyapi (Lakota): Tȟakhíyuȟa wí/Waníyetu wí
from tȟakhíyuȟa (bull/buck) or waníyetu (winter) + wí (moon)
Brezhoneg (Breton): Du
from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (black/deep)
Image artist unknown. Source. It’s supposedly Yemoja, a Yoruban orisha. Text and effect by me 🧜
#November#languages#Scorpion#scorpio#saggitarius#Suomi#Finnish#Cymraeg#Welsh#ខ្មែរ#khmae#Khmer#Беларуская#Bjelarúskaja#Belarussian#Diné bizaad#Navajo#Lietuvių#Lithuanian#ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ#Anishinaabemowin#Ojibwe#Euskara#Basque#Gaeilge#Irish Gaelic#irish#Gaelic#Yugtun#Yup'ik
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Fanon on Current Events
Students where asked to look current events with a Fanonian pespective.
Fanon discusses the issue of National Culture. – ‘the legitimacy of claims to a nation’. He notes the people feel a need to defend their culture, when they feel that the ‘colonial powers that be’ are out to rob people of their past. He sees defending and re-discovering cultural roots as a way of creating a national culture in the present.
The Dakota Access Pipeline Protest – is a grassroots movement that started in 2016 because of the approval given for the Energy Transfer Partners’ Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline was to cross under part of Lake Oahe near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
The main cause of the protest is the preserved threat to the region’s water, land and the encroachment on the religious/spiritual site (is an ancient burial ground).
As a result of this protest, the Sacred Stone Camp was founded by Standing Rock’s Historic Preservation Officer – LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, on April 1, 2016. It is a center for cultural preservation and spiritual resistance to the Dakota Pipeline. With high media coverage, the protest gathered international support. The camp numbers grew so large that Allard’s land was too small and an overflow camp was constructed nearby - the OčhéthiŠakówiŋ camp (the Lakȟótiyapi name for the Great Sioux Nation or Seven Fires Council)
In September, Allard said:
“Of the 380 archaeological sites that face desecration along the entire pipeline route, from North Dakota to Illinois, 26 of them are right here at the confluence of these two rivers. It is a historic trading ground, a place held sacred not only by the Sioux Nations, but also the Arikara, the Mandan, and the Northern Cheyenne...”
Furthermore, the U.S. government is wiping out our most important cultural and spiritual areas. This erases our footprint from the world and it erases us as a people. These sites must be protected or our world will end, it is that simple. Our young people have a right to know who they are. They have a right to language, to culture, to tradition. The way they learn these things is through connection to our lands and our history.
If we allow an oil company to dig through and destroy our histories, our ancestors, our hearts and souls as a people, is that not genocide?”
By September, the NBC news reported that over 300 federally recognized Native Americans and over 3000 supporters were residing at the camps; while on weekend there were several thousand of supports.
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