Happy Vernal Equinox from the Lakota People's Law Project!
The beginning of Spring (Wétu) is a time of new growth and sunlight. Traditionally, the equinox marked the beginning of Lakota bands' ceremonial annual journey through the Black Hills, following the sun as it moves through four constellations through the summer solstice.
In these uncertain times, we're wishing you a warm, joyous, and bountiful spring, wherever you may be.
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! Make sure to check your local PBS listings for Warrior Women — a documentary about the incredible activism of our tribal liaison Madonna Thunder Hawk and her daughter Marcy. Find a local airdate here: pbs.org/tv_schedules
Check out the Warrior Women trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLIZI...
#NativeAmericanHistory #Alcatraz50 #WarriorWomenPBS
The State Department is only holding ONE PUBLIC EVENT IN THE ENTIRE NATION for #KeystoneXL, and it is in BILLINGS MONTANA on October 29! This is the only opportunity to voice our concerns to the federal government.
The Northern Plains Resource Council and allies needs YOU in Billings to show your support for our water and climate at 4 PM on OCTOBER 29!
Join like-minded folks from across the region! There will have speakers from multiple states describing their on-the-ground experience working to protect their communities from this dangerous tar sands pipeline.
#noKXL #ProtectOurWater #ProtectTheMissouriRiver
LOCATION & TIMES:
Billings Hotel & Convention Center
1223 Mullowney Ln
Billings, MT 59101
RALLY: 4 to 4:30 PM outside the Convention Center.
The State Department will be inside the building accepting public comment from 4:30 to 7:30 PM.
Northern Plains Resource Council Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/755345438244988/
Since 2005, Lakota Law has worked with Lakota tribes in the Dakotas to win Indigenous and environmental justice. That began with rethinking tribal child and family services programs. South Dakota's culturally biased practices and the ability to profit from housing Native children in group homes led to an epidemic of children being taken from their families and tribes over the last few decades. Pine Ridge, Standing Rock, and Rosebud reservations have all received federal planning grants and are working toward their own federally funded, tribally run child and family service programs.
In 2016, Lakota Law began assisting water protectors in the stands against the Dakota Access, Line 3, and (now shelved) Keystone XL pipelines. Lakota Law director Chase Iron Eyes leads a diverse staff dedicated to taking on injustice, providing for Native youth and elders, respecting treaty law, and lifting up frontline Indigenous communities.
Physical Address: 547 South 7th Street #149 Bismarck, ND 58504