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izanzanwin:

This is the second occurrence of DAPL security pointing guns threatening water protectors. In the first there were no charges  pressed after a Dakota Access security worker threatened water protectors with an AR-15. (And yes it has been proven he was a worker a they found paper work and an id identifying him as such despite the fact he attempted to cover his identity with arm warmers and a bandanna). The next gunman didn’t even bother to hide his face because he knows he will get away with this without consequence. The privilege of being white in a settler state.
I just want to point out, what you are witnessing with Kelcy Warren’s rhetoric is an attempt to invalidate Tribal sovereignty, erasure. Despite the fact that thousands of Natives are protesting, despite the fact that hundreds of Tribes have organized and are at the front lines of the camp resisting. The colonizers still refuse to see Indigenous people’s existence, try to invalidate Tribal governance and histories that have been existing since before this country was even established. This is exactly like I broke down in my post about the Bundy acquittal when they attempted to argue the same thing in the context of discourse around their occupation of Paiute land.
The fact that settlers can just claim Native treaties are invalid reiterates the existence of the settler state. The fact that settlers can claim that Natives are lying while they continue to spread lies in the media is proof of how the media is systemic erasure by the settler state. The fact that I can provide endless receipts of militarized violence, state sanctioned violence on peaceful water protectors (Native people, including women and elders dragged out of sweatlodges and tipis, tear gassed for prayer. Native people were arrested, marked with numbers and kept in dog kennels. Water protectors faces covered and reportedly water boarding torture techniques used.
Dakota Access was the one who hired private security to sicc dogs on women and children. They’re the ones pointing guns in water protectors faces and surveillance them with helicopters and bright lights around the camp 24/7. This isnt the first time that Native water protectors have been called terrorist by pro Dapl corporate giants. Look at the pictures for yourself and answer me this by definition who really are the “terrorist here?” Because all i see is that water protectors have been completely peaceful in efforts of protecting millions of people’s right to clean water. Yet the state of ND continues to use unnecessary use of militarized force to the point they have thown away $6 million dollars of emergency funds to do so. They are still requesting more help from other states law enforcement. Please continue to help Native people not only on boosting #NoDAPL, donating, signing petitions, but also shame corporate leaders of greed like Kelcy Warren . Its these rich white men who are only worried about money. Billions upon billions, mansions upon mansions, and none of it is ever good enough. They continue to threaten everyone’s resources and uphold paradigms of Indigenous genocide for their own wealth.