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Letter to Congresswoman Julia Brownley About Supporting Standing Rock #NODAPL

09 Friday Dec 2016

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Congresswoman Julia Brownley
26th District of California
1019 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

 

Re: Support for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and NO on the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)

 

Dear Honorable Congresswoman,

 

We, the signees of this letter, are extremely concerned with the escalation of dangerous clashes between police and water protectors exercising their First Amendment rights to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline project near Cannon Ball,

 

ND at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The use of supposedly “non-­lethal” weapons, including the documented use of water cannons on water protectors in sub-­freezing temperatures, and concussion grenades that severely injured one water protector resulting in near loss of her arm and another protector’s possible loss of an eye, is excessive and unnecessary. We urge you to take action to protect the First Amendment rights of water protectors, and to prevent further violation of the US Constitution and applicable federal law.

 

On November 14, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that additional analysis of the Dakota Access Pipeline(DAPL) project is necessary, and invited the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to engage due to potential impact of a pipeline leak on the Tribe’s drinking water supply. In the interim, the Army Corps has made clear that pipeline construction under Lake Oahe — where the Tribe gets its drinking water cannot occur without a federal easement.

 

Yet, the pipeline construction continues. The bulldozing of Sioux burial grounds has gone unpunished in violation of the treaty with the Sioux Nation, while construction has continued unabated, ignoring The Army Corps of Engineers’ call fora review. Under these unlawful actions by DAPL, this project should not move forward.

 

You are a proven champion of Veterans Affairs. Please know that as of December 1st, thousands of U.S. Veterans are self‐deploying to defend those that are defending the water and the basic rights of the not only the Lakota Sioux people, but other first nation/tribes, and allies.
We are firmly against the DAPL. Please stand with us, the veterans, Senator Harry Reid and numerous Congressional leaders, and stop the unwarranted DAPL project. Lastly, we encourage you to relay this message and our concerns to President Obama.

We, the undersigned, thank you for your attention to this matter.

*Download Letter and Signature Page

Update from Standing Rock: December 7, 2016

07 Wednesday Dec 2016

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http://lakotalaw.org/

SUPPLY REQUESTS from Standing Rock

SACRED STONE CAMP
http://sacredstonecamp.org/supply-list/

OCETISAKOWIN CAMP
http://www.ocetisakowincamp.org/donate

CAMP SICANGU OYATE/ROSEBUD CAMP:
Donate through Morning Star Foundation
http://themorningstarfoundation.org/Water_Is_Life-No_Dakota_Access_Pipeline.htm

RED WARRIOR CAMP
https://www.gofundme.com/redwarriorcamp?rcid=ac7fda908f4111e6a6bbbc764e05b494

Up-Coming Standing Rock Actions and Ceremonies

03 Saturday Dec 2016

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12.3.16 — FROM http://socal350.org/

This coming week will be an important test of the movement led by the Standing Rock Sioux, together with many Native Nations and activists from literally all over the world, to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.

NoDAPL update as to what is happening here and in North Dakota —FROM SOCAL 350 .

UP-COMING

MONDAY, December 5
What: Support Standing Rock Action
Where: Army Corps of Engineers LA HQ
Time: 11:00am
Contact: Lydia Ponce, AIM SoCal
Action Network: http://bit.ly/2gBsLAB
Facebook: http://bit.ly/2fHIYHL

TUESDAY, December 6, 10 AM-Noon
Los Angeles Alliance to Support Standing Rock Calls Upon Federal Government to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline

Indigenous Peoples and allies stand in ceremony and solidarity with Standing Rock. Hundreds will rally at downtown Federal Building to demand:
• A stop to human rights abuses by militarized law enforcement
• A reversal of Army Corps of Engineers trespass notice on Native American treaty land
• A halt to construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline

Los Angeles, California — The Los Angeles Alliance to Support Standing Rock call for a month of solidarity with the Water Protectors at Standing Rock. Indigenous Peoples and allies are organizing events throughout Southern California during the month of December.

On Tuesday, December 6, 2016, in the ancestral homelands of the Tongva people, from 10:00am to 12:00pm an Indigenous Peoples-led coalition of Native American rights leaders, bank reform activists, and environmentalists will hold ceremony, march, and rally to demand a stop to the Dakota Access Pipeline and the human rights abuses being perpetrated by Morton County Sheriffs and allied militarized police. The action will begin with a Thanksgiving Water Ceremony at the Los Angeles River, followed by a march to the Downtown Federal Building where indigenous leaders will publicly rebuke the Army Corps of Engineers and deliver an Indigenous Peoples Notice of Trespass to demand a stop to the Dakota Access Pipeline.

WHAT: Indigenous Peoples and allies stand in ceremony and solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

WHEN: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 – Meet at 10am

WHERE: Mariachi Plaza / Boyle Heights Station
March to begin at the Mariachi Plaza / Boyle Heights Station crossing the Los Angeles River on First Street
to the Edward Roybal Federal Building
255 East Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012

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More Actions and Ceremonies this week to Support Standing Rock

December 4
What: Report Back from Standing Rock Delegation
http://selfhelpgraphics.com/about/l-a-art-delegation-report-back-from-standing-rock/
Where:Self-Help Graphics
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Contact: Joel Garcia

December 5
What: Water Ceremony West Wishtoyo
Where:Wishtoyo Chumash Village, Malibu
Time: Sunrise
Contact: Luhui Isha & Mati Waiya

December 9
What: Water Ceremony East Otsuungna
Where:Anahuacalmecac/Debs Park Pond
Time: TBD
Contact: Marcos Aguilar

December 10 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
What: Water Ceremony Puvungna
Where:Puvungna
Time: Sunrise
Contact: Gloria Arellanes

What: Solidarity Protestors Rally at Citibank
Where: Citi Bank (1900 Sunset Blvd. LA CA. 900026)
Time: 12:30 to 1:30pm
Contact: Sandra Diaz (619) 534-2927

What:  No DAPL March and Rally
Where: LA City Hall
Time: 2 PM
More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/998632646914443/

 

Updates on Standing Rock situation

01 Thursday Dec 2016

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12.3.16
Midnight Update: Veterans for Standing Rock Have Arrived

12.2.16
TYT Reporter, Jordan Chariton, (https://twitter.com/JordanChariton?la…) spoke with Native American activist and executive director of Honor The Earth Winona LaDuke, who explained what the Dakota Access Pipeline is really being used for.‪


Update From #NoDAPL Civil Rights Attorney Daniel Sheehan‬

PETITION TO STOP EVACUATION OF STANDING ROCK
http://lakotalaw.org/

Veterans to head to Standing Rock to show support
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/11/30/veterans-give-protesters-break-standing-rock/94698198/

‪Activists to face fines & citations for bringing supplies to Standing Rock camp‬
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5xE-8Nh2U4

‪Activists remain in North Dakota despite emergency evacuation order‬
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqDAz49tPWk

Responses to North Dakota Governor’s Evacuation Order  11.28.16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXKKQW0OSBY
(video is wobbly, but audio is clear).

RADIO report update
Voices from the Front Lines/KPFK
Nov 29 update http://voicesfromthefrontlines.com/stand-with-standing-rock-defunddapl-now/

Camp drone footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr6JjcfHtjo

‪“Cyanide Pipelines” says oil whistleblower John Bolenbaugh at Standing Rock‬
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUTXgfa_c4c

‪History‬
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpyme_qeMRE

MAKE STANDING ROCK LAND A NATIONAL MONUMENT PETITON
https://go.ourrevolution.com/page/s/standing-rock-monument