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Seriously..who do they think they are? Americans?!
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Seriously..who do they think they are? Americans?!
..why don't the Sioux call themselves Sue, it would be easier for us older white Americans to spell . It won't be a problem for the young Americans, because soon all the tribes will be gone... Hey how are you, Hey how are you, Hey how are you ....=famous Indian chant..
The "Sioux" call themselves; Dakota, Lakota or Nakota; it's tied to the language dialect they speak. I lived with the Dakota and Lakota for 2 years back in 1971-73, I lived in Pine Ridge during the Wounded Knee occupation. I know a fair amount about the "Sioux". I didn't see many in the protest camps; it's really not their style. Their culture has been decimated by the US Government; by giving them food, money with no accountability, they have managed to destroy most all of the cultural pride the early Dakota tribes had. It is a very sad situation. You want to know about it; go live on the Standing Rock or Pine Ridge reservations for a few years. Do that, then come back and tell me about it.
I understand, no worries.
The government not only didn't care, the government has systematically tried to destroy their culture. If you want to read about how our government takes care of the Dakota read the book "Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee".
I understand, no worries.
The government not only didn't care, the government has systematically tried to destroy their culture. If you want to read about how our government takes care of the Dakota read the book "Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee".
Here's some information about the pipeline: https://daplpipelinefacts.com/
I don't know if the people who live there want the pipeline or not; I could see that the protestors did not appear to be Tribal members, so who knows. It reminded me of the Wounded Knee stand off of 1972-73. I lived there and knew the people who lived there and they did not want the protestors there; the tribe had a possey ready to go into the Wounded Knee crossroads and arrest and take the protestors out; it was the US Marshals who stopped them. It was a total fiasco, the tribe had nothing to do with the people protesting and taking over the trading post there.
This pipeline protest reminds me of that situation. The reality is that the pipeline is much safer than transporting the oil via trucks or rail, but Warren Buffet owns the transportation contracts for the oil; they make a lot of money transporting the oil and Warren and Obama were buddies so I imagine that has more to do with holding up the pipeline than any environmental or tribal concerns. Who knows the real truth about this? I don't know, but I do know that what ever the media is reporting and supporting is most likely not the truth.
The most glaring "alternative fact" I found with the website .. and I wanted to double check before commenting was that it had army corp of engineers approvals. It does not. Final permitted was blocked specifically by the army corp of engineers
As I said, I really don't know the whole story or reasons, but the whole thing stinks of politics and under the table dealing. The main thing I look at is what makes sense and to me it makes a lot more sense to transport the oil through a pipeline than over the road in tanker trucks or via rail.Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought this pipeline was for for the oil from the Bakken Fields in the Dakotas. Click on the landowners link and it shows the whole pipeline route.
As I said, I really don't know the whole story or reasons, but the whole thing stinks of politics and under the table dealing. The main thing I look at is what makes sense and to me it makes a lot more sense to transport the oil through a pipeline than over the road in tanker trucks or via rail.
..It's for Canadian oil
..it may make more sense to go 'pipe line' vs tanker.... but it's Indian land , can't we leave the American Indian alone, they have been trying to re-organize their tribes after hundreds of years of destruction of their customs & lands....they suffer from severe alcoholism , a gift from the white man...
I think it's for Bakken oil from the fields in the Dakotas, the pipeline doesn't go to Canada according to the Landowner link and it avoids the reservations as far as I can tell. I'm no expert; I'm just saying what I have seen and read and I know it doesn't match what CNN reports; which leads me to believe what I read has a better chance of being true.
Take a look at the route of the pipeline and compare that with where the reservations are and where Canada is and where the Bakken and Three Forks Oil fields are.
And I would not bee so sure the Indians are opposed to it; just because CNN says they are, doesn't mean squat to me. CNN=Fake News