The Land - The people stand together to protect the land -Bakken/Oak Flats/Black Mesa- News Room: The Treaty of Ft. Laramie of 1851

can't you collect some money from them for using your land?

AMY GOODMAN: We are trying to establish where the dogs are from. There were Ohio license plates. And on Facebook, a company, Frost Kennels in Ohio, is taking—said that they were their dogs that were used. Do you know them, Jonni Joyce?

JONNI JOYCE: I do not know Bob Frost, and I do not know Frost Kennels. I do know that he has taken credit for this. This is of particular concern, because in the state of Ohio, guard dog services are covered and regulated through the Ohio Department of Public Safety. And in order to provide guard dog services and furnish guard dog services, you have to be licensed through the state of Ohio. At this time, searching their public database, the name Frost Kennels, the name Bob Frost, and then the name of another handler that we believe was involved out there, does not come up as being licensed through the state of Ohio. So, therefore, I’m making a complaint with the state of Ohio for them to determine whether or not Frost Kennels has the proper licensing in order to provide guard dog services.

AMY GOODMAN: Well, I want to thank you for being with us—and the question of what they’re doing in North Dakota. We want to thank you, Jonni Joyce, expert in law enforcement canine handling with more than 25 years’ experience, head of the consulting firm Jonni Joyce Seminars, International in South Dakota.

1882 Hopi Reservation Created

The BIA agent created a reservation centered around his offices, which were located near the Hopi villages on the mesas. The Dineh occupied the vast rangelands surrounding these mesas, so that 60% of the land within the reservation was occupied by Dineh. The land surrounding the 1882 reservation would later become part of the Navajo reservation. For the next 70 years, these arbitrary borders had little affect on the people, as both Hopi and Dineh continued their traditional way of life and peaceful relationship.
A link to an execellent history page. Although the author of this page passed on in the summer of 1997, her page still tells the history of this area better than others. Paula Giese's work is timeless.

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1951 The Coal Rush Begins

The richest known deposit of coal in the U.S. was on the northern part of the 1882 reservation. The Hopi did not have a government that could sign leases, as the people practiced their traditional self-government; and their religion forbade coal mining. In 1951, John Boyden was appointed by the BIA as a land claims attorney for the Hopi and began organizing a government which would be able to issue coal leases. The coal rush had begun. In 1955 his government was recognized by the BIA as the sovereign government of the Hopi people. A similar process was underway on the Navajo reservation, where their appointed land claims attorney obtained a contract giving himself 10% of all future coal mining revenues.

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1958 Healing Vs Jones

The land title was unclear as to who owned the rights to the coal deposits; Norman Littell's Navajo government, because the land had always been inhabited by Dineh, or John Boyden's Hopi government, because the land was within the 1882 reservation. The lawyers filed a friendly suit asking the courts to clarify the land title - Littell's government even offered to loan funds for Boyden's expenses. The resulting decision in 1963 said the governments could lease the land and split the revenues 50/50. The Hopi were given exclusive surface rights to the area they traditionally inhabited near the mesas. The Dineh land became a Joint-Use area shared by both tribes.

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1967 Peabody Coal Lease

After the leasing authority was established, a lease was quickly agreed with Peabody Coal giving them the right to mine the area. The royalty rates to the tribes were far below standard commercial rates, as John Boyden, who negotiated the leases for the Hopi, also worked for Peabody Coal! (that is - he was on their payroll as an employee) The traditional Hopi leaders filed a lawsuit opposing the lease, as the Black Mesa area is Sacred to both the Hopi and Dineh religions, and strip mining violated their traditional religions. While the Hopi demonstrated that Boyden's government acted in violation of it's own BIA-approved constitution, the U.S. courts rejected the suit because Boyden's government was recognized as a Sovereign power and thus, was immune to lawsuit in U.S. courts.

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1974 Relocation Act

Boyden requested Congress to partition the Joint-Use area into separate Dineh and Hopi areas, so that the Hopi could obtain better access to the land traditionally inhabited by the Dineh. The 1974 Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act was pushed through Congress by a group representing the coal-fired power industry, which believed their industry would benefit by having the U.S. government finance the eviction of all the people living in an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. In their rush to promote national energy self-sufficiency, Congress never considered where the people would go or how relocation would affect their lives. Nor did they consider the wishes of the people they planned to relocate. John McCain authored this "relocation" bill.

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1980 A Site for Relocation Purchased

The U.S. government purchases a uranium-contaminated site near Chambers, AZ as the "New Lands" for the evicted Dineh. This site qualified as a candidate for the Superfund cleanup after the worst RADIOACTIVE SPILL the world has ever known!
Instead of spending money for a cleanup, they thought it could be purchased for a very few dollars, and used for the "New Lands" for the evicted People!

Does anyone know anything about the development they are building in the Grand Canyon!

I believe you . The Black lives matter and environmentalist are useful idiots .

Tonto and friends keep spamming this thread. Look, the pipe line doesn't cross into Indian land.


Fuck off with your illegal shit

A Democracy Now! reporter that documented security personnel with guard dogs working for Dakota Access Pipeline is facing criminal trespassing charges in Morton County.

Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Amy Goodman of New York for a class B misdemeanor, according to court documents.

Goodman can be seen on news footage from Sept. 3 documenting the clash between protesters and private security personnel with guard dogs at a Dakota Access construction site, including footage showing people with bite injuries and a dog with blood on its mouth.

The video footage has been widely cited by people who have since criticized the use of dogs by the security Sheriff's Office.

I don't think this situation deserves any coverage, its libtard climate change bs propaganda and the power elites are using the Indians for their own gain once again...ffs people this is what OBAMA said he was going to do and youre all acting like this is some grassroots movement and not orchestrated by the feds themselves

Published on Sep 13, 2016
Source, Livestream [link to livestream.com] Serious situation at Standing Rock unfolding right now. Please share.Militarized police force arresting water protectors and the few media persons on the ground taking risks to bring us these live stream images. I just took a screen shot so you can see what going down. Automatic weapons and gas canisters ready to deploy, 20 minutes into video feed, the journalists are all arrested. The Standing Rock area is now basically a NO FLY ZONE. Road access has now been cut off, water, phone and Internet service has been cut for over a month. Local, State and Federal Military forces on the ground right now. Journalist estimated 3-1, maybe 4-1 presence. sorry for the mass tag, we need to make sure these brave people standing to protect our waters are safe and respected. #NoDAPL

“The world needs to know what is happening to the Indigenous Peoples of the United States,” said Archambault in his statement to the U.N. “This pipeline violates our treaty rights and our human rights, and it violates the U.N.’s own Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. I hope the U.N. will use its influence and international platform to protect the rights of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.”
Read more at [link to indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com]

The militarized police then circled the protesters in an apparent move to ‘kettle’ them — a tactic usually reserved for urban protests in which riot police force large crowds into corners to seemingly provoke them. However, the protesters stayed entirely peaceful.
Police continued their mass arrests even though the people were trying to leave. Some natives were seen running for the hills as the assault began.
One officer is seen in military camouflage with a ski mask and a tear gas grenade launcher — as if he were going to war. In total, reports Hafiz, more than 140 people were detained in half an hour. It was the largest roundup of protesters since the movement against the pipelines intensified two months ago. A majority of those arrested were charged with rioting and criminal trespass. Overall, close to 300 people have been arrested since protests against the pipeline kicked off over the summer.
Among those arrested were journalists, a teen child who was also pregnant, and an elderly woman.
They were all brought to the jail where protesters were forced to sit in the jail’s common area as police had no other place to put them. According to Hafiz, women were strip searched, protesters were refused phone calls, and no one received food or water. One woman even had her medication confiscated by police, causing her to shake and sweat profusely.
When Hafiz was finally released, she attempted to get back her camera and was told that she could not have it back. “Your camera is being held as evidence in a crime,” they said.
In the land of the free, filming cops assault peaceful men, women, and children is considered a ‘crime.’

Read more at [link to thefreethoughtproject.com]

Today JESSE JACKSON WAS RIDING A HORSE..ENOUGH SAID, I LIVE IN THE HEART OF THE BAKKEN AND I DRINK WATER FINE.

Seventeen financial institutions have loaned Dakota Access LLC $2.5 billion to construct the pipeline. Banks have also committed substantial resources to the Energy Transfer Family of companies so it can build out more oil and gas infrastructure:

Energy Transfer Partners has a revolving credit line of $3.75 billion toward expanding its oil and gas infrastructure holdings, with commitments from just 26 banks.
Sunoco Logistics has a credit line with $2.5 billion in commitments from just 24 banks.
Energy Transfer Equity has a credit line with another $1.5 billion in commitments from most of the same big international banks.
All told, that’s $10.25 billion in loans and credit facilities from 38 banks directly supporting the companies building the pipeline.

These banks expect to be paid back over the coming decades. By locking in widespread drilling and fracking in the false name of U.S. energy independence and security, the banks are increasing our disastrous dependence on fossil fuels.

I know enough indians to know that EVERYTHING they say is a lie.
They are professional victims that just want free shit.
Thats the problem here, the indians are liars.

They broke down a fence and attacked the corporations guards, and they ran into the dogs, but only one or two got bit, but they asked for it.

The oil company jumped through all the legal hoops, and they tried to pay the indians to croos their land, but the indians held out for more money.
So the company just took a longer route OFF INDIAN LAND.

NOW THE INDIANS ARE MAD BECAUSE THEY GET ZERO MONEY.


THE INDIANS ALSO LIED ABOUT AN INDIAN NAMED VERN tRAVERSIE.
Traversie got a free open heart operation that saved his life. His indian friends lied to him and said kkk was carved in his chest, because he was blind. So the indians held a protest.

The media took pictures of Traversies scars and there was no kkk. BUT THEY STILL SAID THERE WAS KKK CARVED IN HIS CHEST.
FUCKIN LIARS!

Then the indians lied again to protest. Some indian kids got free hockey tickets and went to the game. The hockey team wanted to boost attendance because they wanted to become a NHL franchise.The indians lied and said the kids got free tickets because they were doing so good in school. A LIE!

Then they went to the game and started shit because they didnt want to stand for the national anthem.
So they started shit with some hockey fans.

Then they left and said the next day that the kids got beer dumped on them by the white hockey fans. it went to court and the kids admitted THAT WAS A LIE TOO.

FUCK THE LIEING INDIANS!!!

THEY CRY ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE NOT LIVING UP TO THE TREATY, BUT THE INDIANS NEVER, EVER, LIVED UP TO THEIR PART OF THE TREATY.

ASK AN INDIAN IF THEY EVER LIVED UP TO THEIR END OF THE TREATY AND THEY JUST LOOK AT YOU WITH A STUPID LOOK ON THEIR FACES.