Tales of a feast on Plymouth plantation in the Autumn of 1621, where of pilgrims from the Mayflower, celebrated the harvest, shared and broke bread with the first Americans are false. They are still used as inspiration and shared with children, teaching them the beauty of gratitude.
But it is now widely understood this Thanksgiving story is a fictional history. It was invented to whitewash the vicious genocide wrought upon the native inhabitants of this magnificent continent. Not only did the Europeans try to eradicate native populations, but they made every effort to eviscerate their culture, their language and eliminate them from these coveted lands.
From Plymouth Rock to Standing Rock, this lie has made our Thanksgiving Day a Day of Mourning for the First Nations, all the tribes big and small, those who came before us.
A few weeks ago we traveled to visit the Standing Rock Sioux In North Dakota. We arrived at this unprecedented historical gathering of over five hundred tribes and thousands of others standing on the front lines to protect water, to state the most basic human truth, to say water is life. Despite the painful history, today they fight peacefully for us all.
The camp grows as winter comes. Standing in protection of our most vital life support systems, but also for the rightful preservation of Native American cultural ways and their sovereignty. Everyone we talk with is committed to peaceful resistance. Weapons alcohol and drugs are forbidden there.
Standing together in prayer to protect water displays a deeply rooted awareness of life's interconnected nature, and of the intrinsic value and import of traditional ways. This growing movement stems from love, it is the most human instinct to protect that which we love. An eager and engaged youth are at the core of this pipeline route resistance, learning from a population of elders who pass down unforgotten knowledge.
It is an awakening. All here together, with their non-native relatives, standing strong in the face of outrageous, unnecessary and violent aggression, on the part of militarized local and state law enforcement agencies and National Guard, who are seemingly acting to protect the interests of the Dakota Access Pipeline profiteers, at a cost of hundreds of thousands of tax-payer dollars, above all other expressed concerns. They stand against corporate security forces, the county sheriff and the National Guard. Standing while being hit with water cannons, mace, tear gas, rubber bullets. Standing without weapons and praying, the water protectors endure human rights abuses in sub freezing temperatures. Supplies arrive from all over as the social media universe shares the heartbreaking news to the world, that an American corporate media is not free to report. Thus, it is the ugliness of corporate America, seen around the world.
But they stand, their hair frozen from water cannons. They stand for all that is good and they stay strong.
We are calling upon you, President Barack Obama, to step in and end the violence against the peaceful water protectors at Standing Rock immediately.
We will be going back to support the water protectors again. Let us all stand with them in thanks, in appreciation for the ancient wisdom they carry, In thanks for this opportunity for true gratitude. For giving us a path forward. For trying to show us a road to survival. We offer our support and our respect. We hear the call to protect the water protectors to listen, learn and get engaged. They are brave. We thank them.
And we can give thanks for the bounty.
Like water on the garden of activism, America’s surprise president brings a bounty of opportunity. The great issues of our time are now brightly illuminated and people are becoming more aware of them than ever, from sea to shining sea, from Standing Rock to Wall Street.
The surprise president elect was not the winner of the popular vote, does not have a mandate for the change of ideals envisioned. Keep in mind, close to over two million more people voted for another candidate.
Nor is the surprise president the leader of the free world. Two hundred of the worlds nations believe in science, above the profits of the oil, gas and coal industries, and are committed to working together to protect the future from an unchecked climate crisis.
The surprise president claims he does believe in climate science nor the threats it presents and his actions and words reflect that claim in tangible and dangerous ways.
Do not be intimidated by the surprise presidents' cabinet appointees as they descend the golden escalator. Those who behave in racist ways are not your leaders. The golden tower is not yours. The White House is your house.
Your growing activism in support of freedom over repression, addressing climate change, swiftly replacing a destructive old industries with safe, regenerative energy, encouraging wholistic thinking in balance with the future of our planet; that activism will strengthen and shed continued light on us all. These worthy goals must be met for the all the worlds children and theirs after them.
This is our moment for truth.
Unintimidated, stand, speak up and show up. Be counted. Be like our brothers and sisters at Standing Rock. Be there if you can. The progress we have made over two hundred and forty years as a nation, has always come first from the people
To top it off Bafoon PE owns shares of this company look it up he will have these folks removed as soon as he takes office , you watch this pipeline will be built the president of America will make sure of it !
Yes, and Neil Young has visited and asked Obama to do something. We shall see...
To late Obama is not going to do anything he's leaving this issue for PE Bafoon who I stated owns stock in the company building the pipeline, he will have these folks removed by force come January !
Yes, and Neil Young has visited and asked Obama to do something. We shall see...
To late Obama is not going to do anything he's leaving this issue for PE Bafoon who I stated owns stock in the company building the pipeline, he will have these folks removed by force come January !
Yes, and Neil Young has visited and asked Obama to do something. We shall see...
To late Obama is not going to do anything he's leaving this issue for PE Bafoon who I stated owns stock in the company building the pipeline, he will have these folks removed by force come January !
Change Native Americans can believe in...
Yeah ok as long as it benefits Bafoon your a joke if you think Bafoon will look out for the native Americans !
So instead of a pipeline going under the river, most likely never creating a problem, they will now have to worry about their water being contaminated by human feces... These outsider protesters are probably doing more damage to the land than the excavations. They are in a lose-lose situation :(
Did I state that Bafoon will make sure to get this pipeline built since he has buying interest in the company !
Do you have a retirement plan? If so, are you 100% sure that you do not have vested interest in the company? May want to double check...
I'm not the Fucking President Elect are you for real , please tell us how you really feel about the protests!
I feel that some of the outside people that are going there for a party are fucking up the land as much or more than the pipeline would have. I also feel that if you have vested interest in the company and are speaking out against them, you are a hypocrite whether or not you are the "fucking president elect". I was just suggesting that you should make sure you do not own shares in the company before cursing them.
Well I don't have any interest in the company but Bafoon does are you ok with him having stocks in the company and being President ! Bafoon will be sworn in as the most conflicted of interest president in our history he has assets everywhere !
Well I don't have any interest in the company but Bafoon does are you ok with him having stocks in the company and being President ! Bafoon will be sworn in as the most conflicted of interest president in our history he has assets everywhere !
Yeah, he probably won't be as outspoken as the current "Bafoon" on the issue...oh wait, Obama hasn't done shit. If this is a presidential issue, then why not criticize the current "Bafoon" in office...wonder if he has vested interest?
Well I don't have any interest in the company but Bafoon does are you ok with him having stocks in the company and being President ! Bafoon will be sworn in as the most conflicted of interest president in our history he has assets everywhere !
Yeah, he probably won't be as outspoken as the current "Bafoon" on the issue...oh wait, Obama hasn't done shit. If this is a presidential issue, then why not criticize the current "Bafoon" in office...wonder if he has vested interest?
I wondered the same thing a few pages ago. crickets.
Well I don't have any interest in the company but Bafoon does are you ok with him having stocks in the company and being President ! Bafoon will be sworn in as the most conflicted of interest president in our history he has assets everywhere !
Yeah, he probably won't be as outspoken as the current "Bafoon" on the issue...oh wait, Obama hasn't done shit. If this is a presidential issue, then why not criticize the current "Bafoon" in office...wonder if he has vested interest?
Hopefully they will chase the other douchebags that are squating out there and partying away as well!
Really? People are heading there to party? I could think of at least 1000 more places I would rather go to to throw a party.
Source?
I'll see if I can find something. Someone I follow on Facebook went to help and said he felt like he was at burning man. People just camping, hanging out partying, using precious resources, etc...
Hopefully they will chase the other douchebags that are squating out there and partying away as well!
Really? People are heading there to party? I could think of at least 1000 more places I would rather go to to throw a party.
Source?
You must have missed the conversation earlier about them asking people to leave because of concerns about how they are disposing of their feces and trashing the place...I'll let you backtrack and find it.
Hopefully they will chase the other douchebags that are squating out there and partying away as well!
Really? People are heading there to party? I could think of at least 1000 more places I would rather go to to throw a party.
Source?
You must have missed the conversation earlier about them asking people to leave because of concerns about how they are disposing of their feces and trashing the place...I'll let you backtrack and find it.
Don't worry your hero Bafoon will make sure to round up all the protesters as soon as he is sworn in he's got plenty at stake being a share holder !
Hopefully they will chase the other douchebags that are squating out there and partying away as well!
Really? People are heading there to party? I could think of at least 1000 more places I would rather go to to throw a party.
Source?
You must have missed the conversation earlier about them asking people to leave because of concerns about how they are disposing of their feces and trashing the place...I'll let you backtrack and find it.
Don't worry your hero Bafoon will make sure to round up all the protesters as soon as he is sworn in he's got plenty at stake being a share holder !
My hero? Lol You need to gather yourself duder. I don't mind the protestors, just the ones that are destroying the land and shitting in the water...seems a bit counterproductive, doesn't it? I bet if your hero Bafoon Obama had to drink that water he would help the Native Americans push out the party "protesters". Oh wait, you're trolling again...carry on.
Hopefully they will chase the other douchebags that are squating out there and partying away as well!
Really? People are heading there to party? I could think of at least 1000 more places I would rather go to to throw a party.
Source?
You must have missed the conversation earlier about them asking people to leave because of concerns about how they are disposing of their feces and trashing the place...I'll let you backtrack and find it.
Don't worry your hero Bafoon will make sure to round up all the protesters as soon as he is sworn in he's got plenty at stake being a share holder !
My hero? Lol You need to gather yourself duder. I don't mind the protestors, just the ones that are destroying the land and shitting in the water...seems a bit counterproductive, doesn't it? I bet if your hero Bafoon Obama had to drink that water he would help the Native Americans push out the party "protesters". Oh wait, you're trolling again...carry on.
Yeah like feces in the water is the same as the destruction the pipeline will cause but don't worry it will be built as long as Bafoon has money tide to this project ! The only ones destroying the land is the company building it !
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I hope my favorite band is paying attention
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/28/complaints-whites-co-opting-dakota-access-protest/
Bafoon will be sworn in as the most conflicted of interest president in our history he has assets everywhere !
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/standing-rock-dakota-access-pipeline-military-veterans-event-capacity-fundraising-police-assault-a7443831.html
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Here's an article for you: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/standing-rock-north-dakota-access-pipeline-burning-man-festival-a7443266.html
Oh wait, you're trolling again...carry on.