6 Safe, Eco-Friendly Homes for Pine Ridge Lakota

by Altai Mir University
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6 Safe, Eco-Friendly Homes for Pine Ridge Lakota
6 Safe, Eco-Friendly Homes for Pine Ridge Lakota
6 Safe, Eco-Friendly Homes for Pine Ridge Lakota
6 Safe, Eco-Friendly Homes for Pine Ridge Lakota
6 Safe, Eco-Friendly Homes for Pine Ridge Lakota
6 Safe, Eco-Friendly Homes for Pine Ridge Lakota
6 Safe, Eco-Friendly Homes for Pine Ridge Lakota
6 Safe, Eco-Friendly Homes for Pine Ridge Lakota
6 Safe, Eco-Friendly Homes for Pine Ridge Lakota
6 Safe, Eco-Friendly Homes for Pine Ridge Lakota
6 Safe, Eco-Friendly Homes for Pine Ridge Lakota

Project Report | Oct 26, 2016
Report on Standing Rock; Update on Housing

By Carol Hiltner | President, Altai Mir University

1st 10 of 1000 grandmothers at Standing Rock
1st 10 of 1000 grandmothers at Standing Rock

Our South Dakota project manager, Christinia Eala, writes from the camp near Cannonball, North Dakota, that our partner organization has made in solidarity with the Standing Rock Lakota in their fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline, which if completed will run under the Missouri River and has the potential to contaminate the drinking water of at least 18 million people who depend on that water for drinking and farming.  

"Since our first trip there in the second week of August, we are starting a "1000 Grandmothers" movement to draw more attention to the actions of the various law enforcement agencies at the site.  It's pretty dangerous there right now and there has been no media coverage of it, so anything we can do to draw the attention of the world to what is happening, we are willing to do.  Please see the FB page of the same name and please do what you can to help get the word out.

"If you peruse the FB pages I mentioned above, you can glean the history of the beginning of the gathering of the Protectors as well as see the escalation of provocation of the law enforcement agencies. They are arresting reporters and legal observers, strip-searching arrestees. One 16-year-old girl was left naked in jail overnight.
"They are trying to get an angry reaction from the Protectors so they can "attack" and remove the camps from the area.  It's a pretty scary story.  Right now, I am in Chicago on R&R but will be returning to North Dakota towards the second week in November to help get our camp set up for winterization.
"You can gather information about the Protectors on FB at "Red Warrior Camp" as well as "NoDAPL", or "Sacred Stone Camp".  There is a video on the "Red Warrior" page in which I was interviewed re: an "action" that I was involved with where the police and sheriffs pointed guns right at us.  It was truly one of the more terrifying moments of my life.  
"There will be a Skype meeting on the 26th (I believe) between the women who are supporting the "1K GM" as we call it, which can be found on our organization's site….winyanmaka07.webs.com.  Holly wrote and performed the song by the same name in the 70's.  Listen to it on youtube if you get a chance."
Christinia reports that the Pine Ridge Housing Project, located in the district of Slim Buttes has been officially presented to Engineers Without Borders/USA. We're looking forward to a Spring build with them.
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