Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

April 25, 2014

Reject Keystone! Ponca Casey Camp opens ceremony at Sec State John Kerry home



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Cowboy and Indian Alliance's Reject and Protect at Sec. State John Kerry's home

BREAKING NEWS, Friday, April 25, 2014
Top photos by Jamie Henn
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WASHINGTON DC -- Ponca Casey Camp-Horinek opened the Interfaith Ceremony outside US Secretary of State John Kerry's home this morning, during the Cowboy and Indian Alliance's Reject and Protect action to halt approval of the Keystone XL tarsands pipeline, threatening future generations.
"If they won't acknowledge our voices, at least they can acknowledge our prayers," Camp-Horinek said at the ceremony.
Chief Rueben George said his mother told him, "Warrior Up! Stand up and fight for what you believe in!"
"This money will be gone tomorrow, this land will be here forever," said Chief Rueben George, Sundance Chief and Member of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation in northern Vancouver, BC.
Outside John Kerry's house today Photo by Mike Hudema.


Below, in DC Friday, April 25, 2014: Shared by Dallas Goldtooth: Reject and Protect round dance occupies intersection in Georgetown, blocks streets today!




(Photo below) Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca, and Faith Spotted Eagle, Ihanktonwan Oyate (Yankton Dakota) hold the Fort Laramie Treaty outside Canadian Embassy on April 23, during Reject and Protect action in DC.



Photo below shared by Bold Nebraska:



Julia Trigg Crawford, a Texas rancher; Mohamed Jalloh of the African Resource and Cultural Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, and the Refugee Action Network of Nebraska; Dallas Goldtooth, Lower Sioux Dakota Nation; Cyril Scott, President of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe; Crystal Lameman of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation; Faith Spotted Eagle a Yankton Sioux; Casey Camp Horinek of the Ponca Nation of Oklahoma; Bryan Brewer, President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe; Jane Kleeb, Director of Bold Nebraska; Art Tanderup, a Nebraska farmer, and Charles A. Hobbs, an Indian law attorney with Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker (left to right) —all members of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance before their meeting with White House officials on Wednesday, April 24, 2014.

(Photo by ©Garth Lenz / iLCP)


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Art Tanderup and Casey Camp on MSNBC's The Ed Show this week.


Democracy Now! Mass Protest to Cap Week of Action Against Keystone XL Pipeline


Native Americans and ranchers are continuing their weeklong protest against the Keystone XL oil pipeline in Washington, D.C. On Thursday, the Cowboy and Indian Alliance rolled out a fake pipeline in front of the Lincoln Memorial and called for leaders to reject the project.
Wizipan Little Elk, member of Rosebud Sioux tribe: "So our message to the Canadian government is let’s do what’s right for North America. Let’s not capitulate to multinational corporations and their greed."
Art Tanderup, Nebraska landowner: "We do not want to pollute our water and destroy our land. We want to see our children and our grandchildren survive on the plains as our forefathers have done for many generations. We need President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline."
Thousands of protesters are expected to join a march on D.C. on Saturday. The Obama administration has delayed a decision on the pipeline for a third straight year.

1 comment:

COLib said...

This is an awesome report and gives new meaning to the word "alliance". Keep spreading the word...if "cowboys" and "Indians" can come together, we all can for the protection of our land, water, wildlife and people...this is where we draw the line!