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Protesters should stand down at Standing Rock, tribal chairman urges
Source: Seattle Times
Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II has reiterated a plea to stand down at Standing Rock in the wake of 76 arrests of demonstrators Wednesday. The demonstrators had set up a new camp on private land, which police shut down the same day. Video filmed and distributed by the Morton County Sheriff’s Department shows the arrests, which featured law-enforcement officers giving out hand warmers and refraining from use of pepper spray, rubber bullets, tear gas, freezing sprays of water and other tactics used in the past.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum also traveled to the reservation town of Cannon Ball on Wednesday night to meet with residents and tribal members to hear their concerns. Archambault said the visit was the new governor’s second and marked a “welcome shift” from the previous administration.
In a statement on Facebook after the arrests, Archambault said the demonstrators’ actions “do not represent the tribe nor the original intent of the water protectors … instead of empowering us, it undermines us.” “Those who planned to occupy the new camp are putting all of our work at risk. They also put peoples’ lives at risk. We have seen what brutality law enforcement can inflict with little provocation.”
Archambault urged those who remain at the main camp on Corps of Engineers land near the river to work together to clean and restore the land before floodwaters come. Work has been under way for days to pick up trash, old tents and more left behind from thousands of people who camped by the river during demonstrations that heated up beginning last August, and continued through winter.
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum also traveled to the reservation town of Cannon Ball on Wednesday night to meet with residents and tribal members to hear their concerns. Archambault said the visit was the new governor’s second and marked a “welcome shift” from the previous administration.
In a statement on Facebook after the arrests, Archambault said the demonstrators’ actions “do not represent the tribe nor the original intent of the water protectors … instead of empowering us, it undermines us.” “Those who planned to occupy the new camp are putting all of our work at risk. They also put peoples’ lives at risk. We have seen what brutality law enforcement can inflict with little provocation.”
Archambault urged those who remain at the main camp on Corps of Engineers land near the river to work together to clean and restore the land before floodwaters come. Work has been under way for days to pick up trash, old tents and more left behind from thousands of people who camped by the river during demonstrations that heated up beginning last August, and continued through winter.
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Read more: http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/protesters-should-stand-down-at-standing-rock-tribal-chairman-urges/
Reading facebook report by a Cannon Ball resident I've known a long time, this was a good meeting and they are hoping to get the people in the camp moved to a higher location and clean up the old camp before the floods happen.
Most of the water protectors have been very respectful, with the unfortunate few who have made trouble for the local community. They will continue to fight this in court.
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