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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First Nations People are bound to be the most
affected by this un-natural disaster. Let's hope this protest is less
devastating for them than ones in the past----generally, Tribes come out on the
downside of the game. I'm hoping all of us non-Tribal protesters can find a
way to support their efforts!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debi R-S</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=starbliss@gmail.com href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">Ted Moffett</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 06, 2012 6:20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] 3/5/12: Lakotas
arrested halting Keystone XL pipelinetrucks</DIV>
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<H1 class=entry-title><A
href="http://warriorpublications.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/lakotas-arrested-halting-keystone-xl-pipeline-trucks/">http://warriorpublications.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/lakotas-arrested-halting-keystone-xl-pipeline-trucks/</A><BR></H1>
<H1 class=entry-title>Lakotas arrested halting Keystone XL
pipeline trucks</H1>
<P>Posted by Brenda Norrell, NarcoNews.com, March 5, 2012</P>PINE RIDGE, S.D.
— Lakotas on Pine Ridge Indian land in South Dakota were arrested as
they blockaded tarsands pipeline trucks from entering their
territory on Monday, March 5.<BR><BR>
<DIV>Lakota human rights activists Alex White Plume, Debra White Plume, Sam
Long Black Cat, Andrew Iron Shell and Terrell Eugene Iron Shell were
arrested late Monday. They were charged with disorderly conduct and taken
to the jail in Kyle, S.D.<SPAN id=more-662></SPAN><BR>An action alert was sent
out shortly before the arrests: “Calling all Lakota men on the Pine Ridge
Reservation to come to Wanblee, South Dakota.”</DIV>
<P>The alert said “Pipeline trucks are being held there at the border by our
Lakota Oyate, Oglala Sioux Tribal Police and State Troopers in an
effort to keep them from entering our territory. Even the state troopers told
the trucks they have to turn around and cannot bring their pipeline or other
materials on toour reservation.”</P>
<DIV>“Pipeline trucks are refusing to turn around claiming they have corporate
rights that supersede any other law.”</DIV>
<DIV>Reports from the scene say that the trucks are being allowed to pass, as
Lakotas are being arrested attempting to halt the trucks from entering
their sovereign territory.”</DIV>
<DIV>Lakotas joined Native Americans and First Nations to protest the Keystone
XL pipeline at the White House in September. Debra White Plume was among those
arrested. Lakotas urged the US to halt the plan for the pipeline, which would
cut through Ogallala Aquifer, and endanger land, water and people from
Alberta, Canada to Texas. First Nations in Canada are also protesting the
pipeline and the ongoing devastation from the Alberta tarsands in Cree
territory.</DIV>
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<P><STRONG>Debra White Plume: Oglala Lakota arrested at blockade</STRONG></P>
<P>By Debra White Plume, Censored News, March 6, 2012</P>
<P>WANBLEE, S.D. — On Monday, March 5 we were called by a lady from Wanblee
village that was forced to pull completely off the highway as the huge
semi-trucks hauling these enormous pieces of equipment took up the whole
highway.</P>
<P>The two trucks were hauling equipment called “treater vessels” from
Houston, Texas to Alberta Canada. These treater vessels arrived in Texas in
August 2011 from South Korea. The papers the truck drivers gave us say that
the treater vessels each were carrying or weighed 229,155 pounds each. The
individual value of each vessel is $1,259,593.<BR>The truck drivers said they
were given their route by their headquarters in Canada. The route was worked
out with the State of South Dakota, according to the truckers. They said they
were told by South Dakota that if they go on the route they did they could
avoid paying South Dakota the fee of $50,000 per truck, so they came down
Highway 44 through Interior, Potato Creek and Wanblee.</P>
<P>Wanblee is where we set our blockade. Oglala Sioux Tribal Vice President
Tom Poor Bear was with us. He called state government officials in Pierre and
they verified that yes they gave that route to the corporation to cross Indian
lands.</P><BR>
<P>Apparently, the treater vessel is used to separate gas and oil and other
elements. The device is also used to provide intense heat. Our Black Hills
Sioux Nation Treaty Council, along with the Oglala Sioux Tribe, have both
passed legislation against the Keystone XL oil pipeline and have adopted the
Mother Earth Accord which calls for a moratorium on the tar sands oil mine as
destructive to water, Mother Earth, all animals and human beings. Whatever
these treater vessels are and where ever they were going, they are much too
huge, heavy and hazardous to be on our roads.</P>
<P>There were about 75 people at the blockade. Approximately 20 cars parked in
front of the semi-trucks, who were accompanied by about a dozen pickups with
flags displaying wide load warnings, etc. They also had their own electric
trucks were traveling with them in order to push up the power lines in their
path.</P>
<P>The trucks were too enormous to turn around. The tribal police arrested us
as we did not want the trucks to proceed across our land. We were told the
tribal police were going to escort the heavy haul caravan to the reservation
border and direct them to the state highways.</P>
<P>Alex White Plume, Sr. and I, along with Sam Long Black Cat, Andrew Iron
Shell, and Terrell Eugene Iron Shell were all arrested by the tribal
police. We were all handcuffed and charged with disorderly conduct, as the
police said there were no other charges to bring against us. We were taken to
Kyle jail.</P>
<P>We stood our ground for our land, our treaty rights, our human rights to
clean drinking water and our coming generations. We did this in solidarity
with the First Nations people in Canada who are being killed by the tar sands
oil mine, which is so big it can be seen from outer space, it is as big as the
state of Florida.</P>
<P>OST Vice President Tom Poor Bear and Alex White Plume of the Black Hills
Sioux Nation Treaty Council stated they will work together to create
enforceable laws that prevent any future heavy hauls of equipment through the
Pine Ridge Reservation. President John Steele was in Washington, DC and the
tribal council representatives for the Eagle Nest District where Wanblee is
located could not be found.</P>
<P>The oldest person on the blockade was Marie Randall. Renabelle Bad Cob in
her wheelchair was in the blockade as well. People from the village brought
pots of soup, fry bread, cases of water, doughnuts, and coffee. Many stayed
and participated in the blockade.</P>
<P>When the tribal police gave a warning to move off the highway or be
arrested, five of us refused to give an inch. All five of us were arrested.
Tribal attorney Sonny Richards was at the jail in Kyle and he did the paper
work necessary to get us all released.</P>
<P>After we were released from the jail, there was a crowd of people waiting
for us. They offered us soda pop and cigarettes. Several people had bond money
ready to bond us out. They offered us rides home and that was fortunate
because we did not have our cars there.</P>
<P>The truck drivers said they did not know they were crossing a Indian
reservation, and would let their corporate office in Canada know that this was
a route to avoid as there were road blocks set up to stop them.</P>
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<P>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<BR></P>
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