National Disgrace
Posted by Jon Waterhouse of National Geographic Fellows Program in Indigenous Voices on November 30, 2016
So. We come to the close of Native American Heritage Month.
The Native Americans of this country are fighting as “Water Protectors” against something we should all be fighting against: polluted water (get the background on Standing Rock). This fight goes beyond Standing Rock to places like Flint, Michigan and possibly to your own home town. In this month set aside to honor Native Americans, we have witnessed these proud People arrested and held in chain-link cages like you would use for animals. As they have gathered peacefully and exercised their constitutional rights, they have been shot with projectiles, percussion grenades, and sonic weapons. They have been tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed, beaten, and assaulted with water cannons in subzero temperatures—by a fully militarized multi-state police force.
This treatment of Native Americans is a national disgrace.
What is their crime you ask? The same crime it’s always been. They were here first.
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com...standing-rock/
*Just read that Ace hardware store in the protest area were ordered by our federal government to NOT sell propane to the folks who are opposing the pipeline. It's getting cold and they are running out of wood.
OUTRAGEOUS!