Help support these 5 Standing Rock Water Protectors surviving through political imprisonment for resisting an illegal, militant, destructive pipeline.
Dion Ortiz
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“My son had a purpose,” said Dion’s mother Christina Ortiz. “He had this image that he could help protect the water.
James White
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James White (Angry Bird) references "two worlds" - life on the reservation at Standing Rock and life outside the reservation.
Little Feather
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Michael "Little Feather" Giron of the Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation is the first Water Protector sentenced in relation to the NoDAPL pipeline movement at Standing Rock.
Rattler
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In the NoDAPL camps, Rattler of the Oglala Lakota Nation served as Akicita, a continuation of a traditional role among the Lakota that protect the peace and hold their own people accountable of their responsibilities for the collective.
Red Fawn
WOPILA TANKA REDFAWN JANIS!
Growing up in Colorado and Oglala Nation's Pine Ridge, South Dakota, Red Fawn was raised in traditional Lakota ways, grounded with love...