Reject & Protect: Opening Ceremony
On April 22nd, 2014, the Cowboy Indian Alliance rode into Washington, DC, set up eight tipis on the National Mall, blessed the encampment, and settled in for a week of resistance and protest against the Keystone XL pipeline. More on the Reject & Protect mobilization here: http://rejectandprotect.org/ The Cowboy Indian Alliance is just that: an alliance of midwestern ranchers and tribal communities from along the pipeline's route that has come together to reject KXL and protect their families, homes, and sacred lands. Rep. Raul Grijalva stands with the Cowboy Indian Alliance
Reject and Protect Day 1
Idle No More stands in solidarity with the mass mobilization Reject and Protect happening in Washington, Deceit, as well as the Moccasins on the Ground blockade training in Red Shirt, South Dakota, and the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Woman Pipe Spiritual Encampment in Green Grass, South Dakota, and recognizes the words of Protect the Sacred spokesperson, Faith Spotted Eagle, "These three encampments represent the physical, spiritual, and political manifestations of our movement." Earth Day Reject and Protect by Saying #NoKXL: Women's Center Tipis Ceremony
Tribes of the Sioux Nation and many others join ranchers in Washington, D.C. to tell President Obama that their lands may not be used for the TransCanada Tarsands XL Pipeline. There are grave environmental concerns with the aquifer if there were a leak to the pipeline. As witnessed in Mayflower, Michigan, these cleanups are not much more than sweeping the problem under the rug and the local communities pay the impact to the environment. On Day 1 of the Reject and Protect Cowboy Indian Alliance it is explained that the tradition is to have the women erect the center tipis with 3 poles representing the tradition of unity in the Sioux Nation. Each pole represents the Lakota, Dakota, & Nakota. What had been historic about today's
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