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Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on May 14, 2014
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/14/cowboys-and-indians-stand-together-against-keystone-xl/
Text by Kristin Moe, photos by Garth Lenz, for the International League of Conservation Photographers.
On April 22, 2014, the dozen or so leather-booted ranchers mounted their horses and lined up in the midday sun. Facing them were an equal number of American Indians, in the regalia of tribes from across the U.S. The two groups stood still, waiting for the signal. Around them, the crowd cheered, photographers snapped photos, and in the background loomed the dome of the U.S. Capitol.
But this was no showdown. Nor was it despite the banners that said No Tar Sands, No KXL a protest. This was the opening ceremony of Reject and Protect, a five-day gathering of the Cowboy Indian Alliance: a coalition of tribal members, ranchers, and landowners which over the past forty years has come together again and again to fight industrial incursions onto their land. This time, the fight is over the Keystone XL pipeline.
The Cowboy Indian Alliance isnt an anomaly. Across the continent, the fight to stop tar sands and in particular the fight over Keystone XL has catalyzed the creation of unlikely coalitions. And increasingly, its the frontline leaders from the most at-risk communities who are taking the lead.
The horses began to move. When a moment ago they had been facing one another, the two groups cowboys and Indians got into formation and led a procession through downtown Washington, now walking side by side. We came in separately, but we marched together, says Julia Trigg Crawford, a landowner from Direct, Texas who has been fighting Keystone XL since 2008.
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malaise
(267,813 posts)former9thward
(31,802 posts)They do not look like they are from the country of India.
G_j
(40,366 posts)Last edited Wed May 14, 2014, 04:27 PM - Edit history (1)
Cowboy Indian Alliance: a coalition of tribal members, ranchers, and landowners which over the past forty years has come together again and again to fight industrial incursions onto their land. This time, the fight is over the Keystone XL pipeline
former9thward
(31,802 posts)See what they think about that. Hint: It won't be pleasant.
you could tell the alliance (consisting of represenratives from many tribes) they should change their name?
former9thward
(31,802 posts)But I guess some are more equal than others.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)former9thward
(31,802 posts)Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)Thanks for the thread, G_j.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Just watch what happens...
G_j
(40,366 posts)they have made their opposition very clear.