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Related: About this forumAnonymous donor pays $2.5 million to release everyone arrested at the Dakota Access Pipeline
Anonymous donor pays $2.5 million to release everyone arrested at the Dakota Access Pipeline
Family members of Caddo Nation chairwoman Tamara Francis-Fourkiller said an anonymous donor paid $2.5 million late Saturday afternoon to release everyone arrested on Thursday at the Dakota Access Pipeline site.
The project, which would transport crude oil from the Bakken oil field to a refinery near Chicago, first sparked demonstrations in April, when members of the Standing Rock Lakota and other Native American nations rode on horseback and established the Sacred Stone spiritual camp.
Thousands of activists have since traveled to Cannon Ball, North Dakota, including members of tribes from across the US, launching a huge and continuing protest that has become a rallying cry for indigenous rights, climate change activism and environmental conservation.
Leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux say the pipeline, a project of the Texas-based corporation Energy Transfer Partners, threatens the water supply and cultural heritage and would destroy sacred lands. ................
Family members of Caddo Nation chairwoman Tamara Francis-Fourkiller said an anonymous donor paid $2.5 million late Saturday afternoon to release everyone arrested on Thursday at the Dakota Access Pipeline site.
The project, which would transport crude oil from the Bakken oil field to a refinery near Chicago, first sparked demonstrations in April, when members of the Standing Rock Lakota and other Native American nations rode on horseback and established the Sacred Stone spiritual camp.
Thousands of activists have since traveled to Cannon Ball, North Dakota, including members of tribes from across the US, launching a huge and continuing protest that has become a rallying cry for indigenous rights, climate change activism and environmental conservation.
Leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux say the pipeline, a project of the Texas-based corporation Energy Transfer Partners, threatens the water supply and cultural heritage and would destroy sacred lands. ................
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Anonymous donor pays $2.5 million to release everyone arrested at the Dakota Access Pipeline (Original Post)
Coyotl
Nov 2016
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niyad
(113,259 posts)1. THANK YOU to whoever that is!!
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)2. K & R
TryLogic
(1,722 posts)4. Wonderful
Hekate
(90,645 posts)5. Wonderful news
LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)6. Of course that 2.5 million windfall
will go into more riot gear and military equipment for the police.