It is close to three years - I was reviewing the thousands of photographs that we took - when some of us - went 1400 miles away to Standing Rock.
We went there - to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Lakota Tribe - and thousands of others advocates, supporter - children, women, men - their heart in the right place.
The region in and around the Dakota Access Pipeline they say is booming - and the Lakota Tribe - and the Reservations are suffering - millions of dollars lost - as much $10 million a year.
The Lakota Tribe and other tribes in the region are resilient.
We know from experience - advocates and supporters - have come together - it is difficult to sustain the sacrifice, the hardship, the taunting.
More - from the present White House and the egoistical maniac who makes his abode there - twitting - challenging the Meteorologists - the man figures - when he says anything - it means something - when in fact it means nothing at all.
Here you see the pipeline been laid -
years before the Dakota Access Pipeline
was laid - land was acquired - lying to those
that farmed the land - little money given -
but NOT once were the landowners told
the grand scheme to bring in thousands of
barrels of oil - and the many leaks that take place.
The tribes and supporters protested -
Obama put a stop to the Dakota Access Pipeline -
the Egotistical Maniac - reversed the decision -
thousands gathered - the pain was felt all over the
world - people from many Nations came -
gathered at Camp Oceti Sakowin
near by Standing Rock - the gathering was astounding.
Mother Earth is hurting - these greed bastards - who will use fossil fuel to make tons of money - salivate in the short run - but in the long run - the entire area is polluted - more with fracking and other methods of pumping oil - leaving behind - waste, pollution, and contamination - disdain for the land -
daring to dig up the remain of the ancestors - sacrilege.
Leoyla Cowboy - left New Mexico -
came to Standing Rock - joined the protest -
met her husband Giron - and today carries
on the work - strong warrior women -
have suffered - even taken rubber bullets and more.
While we were proceeding to Camp Oceti Sakowin -
this women was shot in the eye by a rubber bullet -
other too - took bullets - and others
were arrested, charged and are lingering in the jails.
Three years ago - we really did not know what was happening. It came to me suddenly - we must make a move and go to Standing Rock.
Our pilgrimage to Standing Rock - was an eye opener. Thousands gathered at Camp Oceti Sackowin - a valley - where battles were fought - and the Lakota Tribes - roamed the valleys - later rode horses - and as we - well know - won battles - one of them Little Bighorn.
Camp Oceti Sakowin -
close by to Standing Rock -
thousands gathered in solidarity -
three years later - we are still monitoring -
the Great Spirit sees it all.
This sign - one of many -
has been one of my favorite photographs -
and there is more.
The indigenous people of this land - better known to the indigenous people as Turtle Island - is now named United States - controlled by some " evil entities " - who came here some 400 years ago.
It is disgusting and nauseating - to witness - blatant pollution, contamination, increase in the carbon footprint - Mother Earth harmed by those that are materialistic and as we well know - " spiritually bankrupt " .
The Main Media does not show case the indigenous people - more the Native Americans - many are NOT Federally Recognized in their own country,
Most people who come from abroad are shocked when I reveal to them - the atrocities committed agains the Native American Tribes - who lived continuously here for over 13,000 years - artifacts and remains - carbon dated.
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