“The [Donald] Trump administration is making it very clear that they intend to destroy our only drinking water resource on the Standing Rock Nation and the tens - the 10 million people who live south of the proposed pipeline. Drilling can begin any minute.” PeopleNationsWaterMillionsClearMinutesRocksTrumpResourcesStandingDrinkingSouthAdministrationDrinking WaterPipelineDrillingWater Resources Author:Chase Iron Eyes
“There are probably 400 to 500 people, water protectors, north of the 1889 boundary, that was the result of an illegal annexation of treaty territory by the United States against not just the Standing Rock Nation, but the entire Lakota Nation and members of the Great Sioux Nation, the Oceti Sakowin. And so, other tribal governments are weighing in and supporting a fight on the ground, as they have a right to do.” PeopleStatesGovernmentFightingNationsWaterUnitedResultsUnited StatesRocksMembersStandingBoundariesIllegalTerritoryTreatiesProtectorWeighingLakotaAnnexation Author:Chase Iron Eyes
“I know that there is a difference of opinion, but we stand united with the Standing Rock Nation in wanting the most highly militarized blockade in North Dakota history to be lifted, because it's functioning as a successful economic sanction.” KnowsNationsDifferencesUnitedOpinionSuccessfulEconomicRocksStandingSanctionsDakotaDifferences Of OpinionNorth DakotaBlockadesEconomic Sanctions Author:Chase Iron Eyes
