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Rosebud Sioux Tribe calls House vote on Keystone XL an act of war.

brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
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Damn right it is. I couldn't agree more! Let's hope Obama does the right thing and vetoes this hijacked, brought-to-you-by-big-oil vote.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/16/rosebud-sioux-keystone-war_n_6168584.html

Rosebud Sioux Tribe: House Vote On Keystone XL Pipeline An ‘Act Of War'

The president of South Dakota’s Rosebud Sioux (Sicangu Lakota Oyate) tribe has called the House of Representatives' vote to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline an “act of war,” the Summit County Citizen's Voice reported on Saturday.

"The House has now signed our death warrants and the death warrants of our children and grandchildren. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe will not allow this pipeline through our lands,” President Cyril Scott said in a statement. “We will close our reservation borders to Keystone XL.”

Scott said he and other tribal elders have not been appropriately consulted on the pipeline, which would run through the tribe's land. He also contended the House vote violates the 1851 and 1868 Fort Laramie treaties, which gave the Black Hills to the Sioux Nation, according to the Summit County Citizen's Voice.
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  • lolobugglolobugg Posts: 8,192
    Glad to see that things have changed in the last 160 years....
    still treating our Native American brothers and sisters like second class citizens.

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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Not sure why the breaking of treaties matters much, the US government has broken literally EVERY treaty ever made with the Native Americans :((
    The Keystone Pipeline is such a bad deal its not even funny. It is almost nothing but huge risk, and huge profit for a few multibillionaires. That our Congress is so eager to approve it is evidence enough that it's a bad deal form the people.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    rgambs said:

    Not sure why the breaking of treaties matters much, the US government has broken literally EVERY treaty ever made with the Native Americans :((
    The Keystone Pipeline is such a bad deal its not even funny. It is almost nothing but huge risk, and huge profit for a few multibillionaires. That our Congress is so eager to approve it is evidence enough that it's a bad deal form the people.

    our congress only looks out for those with money, power, and influence. people like us are just an annoyance to them. a fly that they would rather swat than open a window to let it outside.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    gimmesometruth27 said:

    rgambs said:

    Not sure why the breaking of treaties matters much, the US government has broken literally EVERY treaty ever made with the Native Americans :((
    The Keystone Pipeline is such a bad deal its not even funny. It is almost nothing but huge risk, and huge profit for a few multibillionaires. That our Congress is so eager to approve it is evidence enough that it's a bad deal form the people.

    our congress only looks out for those with money, power, and influence. people like us are just an annoyance to them. a fly that they would rather swat than open a window to let it outside.
    This is so sadly true, gimme. Today's vote by the Senate to reject Keystone XL (for now anyway) really took me by (pleasant) surprise.

    And yes, rgambs, what you said is so true as well. Native Americans have never gotten a square deal- especially considering this was their home in the first place!

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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    i agree brian. i thought they would pass it, and let obama veto it so he looks like the bad guy and not senate dems.

    what we have done to the native americans and african americans throughout out history disgusts me.
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  • callencallen Posts: 6,388
    Love this thread.

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  • oceaninmyeyesoceaninmyeyes Posts: 4,646
    "Grey Cloud, wearing his Indian feathers, began singing shortly after the vote totals were announced. He said he was carried outside chambers by Capitol Police, thrown against the wall and arrested, while singing the song throughout the incident. He was detained in the D.C. jail for five hours for interrupting the Senate and given a Dec. 10 court date.The English translation: "Grandfather look at me, I am standing here struggling, I am defending grandmother Earth and I am chasing peace."
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    oceaninmyeyes said:

    "Grey Cloud, wearing his Indian feathers, began singing shortly after the vote totals were announced. He said he was carried outside chambers by Capitol Police, thrown against the wall and arrested, while singing the song throughout the incident. He was detained in the D.C. jail for five hours for interrupting the Senate and given a Dec. 10 court date.The English translation: "Grandfather look at me, I am standing here struggling, I am defending grandmother Earth and I am chasing peace."
    =D> =D> =D>
    usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/19/crow-creek-tribe-member-arrested-at-us-capitol-keystone-pipeline-south-dakota-senate/19291685/

    OUTSTANDING!

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  • callencallen Posts: 6,388
    edited November 2014
    gimmesometruth27 said:

    i agree brian. i thought they would pass it, and let obama veto it so he looks like the bad guy and not senate dems.

    what we have done to the native americans and african americans throughout out history disgusts me.

    Just think of them as savages which makes justification more palatable. You know like thugs and Evildoers and illegals.

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