SCREENSHOT OF TONIGHT'S TOP NEWS STORIES ON GOOGLE NEWS. This is the first time anything about Standing Rock has been in the top stories on this popular news site--EVER, and it basically took today's "Joint Statement from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior Regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers" for that to haPPen, where it's stated, “In recent days, we have seen thousands of demonstrators come together peacefully, with support from scores of sovereign tribal governments, to exercise their First Amendment rights and to voice heartfelt concerns about the environment and historic, sacred sites. It is now incumbent on all of us to develop a path forward that serves the broadest public interest.” The entire Statement is phenomenal to me, and I invite & encourage everyone to read it. It's looking like something very spectacular & significant occurred today in the United States. [STATEMENT:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/joint-statement-department-justice-department-army-and-department-interior-regarding-standing]
#REALLY? "National Guard to be at construction site tomorrow. Press Update by Cody Hall." Is this in preparation for an unpopular verdict tomorrow or just escalating tensions?
FROM THE TRIBAL HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OFFICER AT STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE, JON EAGLE SR.: "Today is a good day. As I sit here this morning I keep reflecting back to when the Hunkpapa first gathered to pray, to ask for good direction, strength and protection to defend our land and water, we had no idea how powerful that prayer was going to become. That prayer went all the way around the world and has now united over 200 tribes. People from many nations and walks of life have also come and are still coming. When the council lodge was set up and we gathered to listen to our elders we said, It's been 140 years since the Oceti Sakonwin stood together. Today we say, this has never happened before, no one has ever seen a gathering like this on this continent. Something beautiful and powerful is happening. Now is the time to unite and as indigenous people bring climate change to the forefront again. There are alternatives to fossil fuel but there is no alternative to water. Stand with strong hearts. #OneHeart #OneMind #ThePeopleWillBeOne" http://goo.gl/sVgA2r
Oceti Sakonwin The Seven Council Fires are: - Mdewakanton - Dwellers by the Sacred Lake Wahpekute
- Shooters Among the Leaves Sisitonwan/Sisseton
- People of the Marsh Wahpetonwan
- Dwellers Among the Leaves Ihanktown/Lower Yanktonai
- People of the End Ihanktowana/Upper Yanktoni
- People of the Little End Tetonwan
- People on the Plains
HERE in CALI, SEPTEMBER 17th thru OCTOBER 1st, we're having RUN4SALMON to bring the Salmon back to the McCloud River in the Mount Shasta Area, and "to raise awareness about the policies threatening our waters, our fish, and indigenous lifeways." FOR SURE--my awareness about the absence of the Salmon in the McCloud river was raised last week after attending the "Benefit for the Winnemem Wintu Tribe - Evening of Live Music and Short Documentary in Mt Shasta." I learned that the Salmon have been blocked from 'going home' to the McCloud River ever since the Shasta Dam was built in 1945, and I also learned that only because of a fish hatchery in McCloud, California that exported fish eggs in the late 1800's, are there positively identified, living genetic descendants of those Salmon today.
MESSAGE FROM AN EARTH GUARDIAN YOUTH LEADER, TO THE RAINBOW TRIBE: "Rainbow Tribe- Maybe the thousands of people that spent thousand on tickets to Burning Man, who are now packing up to leave, should detour their vehicles and Caravan up to Standing Rock? If you say you are about building a new society and a new world instead of building a city in the middle of the desert for a week and spending thousands of dollars to demonstrate a sustainable pop up city, Go and support for real defending our Earth, and take action in creating the world you want to see, In a real pop-up sustainable City with thousands of people who are fighting to defend water.
I see a lot of pics from burning man on my feed with a lot of people wearing feathers and dressing like natives, saying they are the Rainbow Tribe and so on... so please go stand with the Native people.... you will make a much bigger difference in the world at Standing Rock then you will at Burning Man.
PHOTO of THIS MORNING's ANNULAR "African Ring of Fire" SOLAR ECLIPSE [with a NEW MOON] from SLOOH. "Totality! Look how perfectly these two bodies line up with each other! We've got live images from Réunion Island." -Slooh
