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[Thread] Unfortunately, South Dakota #HB1258 was defeated [which would have put more restrictions on #LithiumMining ]... And I knew Burgum would betray #NativeAmericans (even though he promised not to).
‘Unleashing American Energy’: Mining and Drilling Accelerated Under Trump Administration
By Angelica (Angie) Solloa • February 12, 2025
"You may have heard that #DebHaaland (Laguna Pueblo) transitioned out of her role as the US Secretary of the Department of Interior and announced her candidacy for Governor New Mexico. Her successor, former North Dakota Governor #DougBurgum, is steadfast in carrying out Trump’s Executive Order 14154 ' #UnleashingAmericanEnergy ' which aims to accelerate #mining and #drilling on federal and #TribalLands.
"On February 3rd, Doug Burgum released this document which outlines all the revoked projects and programs intended to protect land and the people; giving a pathway for #MiningCompanies to hit the ground running across Turtle Island.
"In the #BlackHills, the #SacredLands of the #Lakota Peoples’, mining and drilling companies aren’t hesitating to cash out. Currently, South Dakota House Bill 1258 is under consideration by the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, where it will come to a vote this Thursday, February 13th. Community members and citizens of the area were given just six days’ notice.
WHAT IS HB 1258?
"The passage of South Dakota House Bill 1258 would hold lithium mining to the same standards and laws as silver and gold. Under the current law, lithium mining is treated like mining for sand and gravel, and there are not enough protections for human #health, #food systems, #water, #wildlife, and the #land.
" #HB1258 would offer more accountability and appropriate processes for mining companies that would better protect the land, the people, and the economy of the #Ȟesápa. #NDNCollective, alongside partner the #BlackHillsCleanWaterAlliance, collaborated to spread the word as fast as possible, calling on relatives to swiftly take action ahead of Thursday, February 13th."
Read more:
https://ndncollective.org/unleashing-american-energy-mining-and-drilling-accelerated-under-trump-administration/
#ProtectTheBlackHills #ProtectTheSacred #DefendTheSacred #NoMiningWithoutConsent #EnvironmentalRacism #DrillBabyDrill #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #LeaveItInTheGround #CorporateColonialism #USPol #NoLithiumMining #DefendMotherEarth -
TY @WesternWatershedsProject for sharing this! I had the honor of interviewing #ChiefArvolLookingHorse back in the 1990s after Miracle, the first White Buffalo Calf, was born. We are indeed at the crossroads!
#NativeAmericans see omen in Yellowstone's rare white bison
The white bison calf
by Max Matza and Madeline Halpert
BBC News13 June 2024
"An incredibly rare white bison calf has been photographed in #YellowstoneNationalPark, exciting Native American tribes who view it as a religious sign heralding #MajorChange.
"It was spotted in the Lamar Valley area, and is the first white bison to be born in the last #WildHerd in the US, according to modern records.
"Other recent white bison births have happened in captivity and from parents that contained cow DNA. Tribes consider a wild birth more religiously significant.
"Montana photographer Erin Braaten took photos of the young buffalo in the Lamar Valley on 4 June while visiting the park with three of her eight children.
"Stuck in traffic caused by a slow-moving herd, she noticed the young calf across a river, nearly 100 metres (330ft) away, and initially mistook it for a coyote because of its sandy light colour.
"'There were so many different thoughts and emotions,' Braaten told the BBC.
"'It was so amazing. I thought I'd have a better chance of capturing Bigfoot than a white bison calf.'
"The birth of a white buffalo is a sacred event for many Native tribes of the #GreatPlains, including the #Lakota people, who believe that it relates to a time around 2,000 years ago when food was scarce and the bison were rarely seen.
"The Lakota legend tells of a beautiful woman who appeared and delivered the gifts of a #SacredPipeAndBundle to the people.
"The woman told them she would return to restore harmony in a troubled world, and then rolled on the ground four times, changing colour each time before becoming a white buffalo calf.
"Her departure led the bison to return, and white buffalos are now seen as a sign that prayers are being heard and that change is coming.
"The white buffalo woman is considered the central prophet in the theology of many tribes including the #Sioux, #Cherokee, #Comanche and #Navajo.
"Her story is often likened to that of Jesus in Christianity.
"Simon Moya-Smith, an #OglalaLakota writer who was also raised on the white buffalo woman's story, told the BBC that tradition says the arrival of a white calf is seen as both a 'blessing and a warning'."
https://www.bbc.com/articles/ckrrlpdlzj7o
#WakanGil #WhiteBuffaloCalf #WhiteBuffaloCalfWoman #LakotaProphecies #WorldPeaceAndPrayerDay
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132 Jahre Massaker am Wounded Knee
Heute vor 131 Jahren, am 29. Dezember 1890 wurden Spotted Elk, auch bekannt als Chief Big Foot und zwischen 150 und 400 Menschen seines Stammes, der #Mniconjou #Lakota, zumeist Frauen, Kinder und Alte massakriert.
14 Jahre zuvor wurde eben diese Armeeeinheit unter dem Kommando von General #Custer durch die vereinigten Stämmen der #Lakota, #Arapaho und #Cheyenne am Little Big Horn River aufgerieben.
Seit dem 23. Dezember 1990 findet in Gedenken an das #Massaker ein Ritt auf derselben Route statt, die Chief Big Foots Stamm 1890 nahmen.
Beginnend im Jahr 1986 wurde jedes Jahr der Si Tanka Wokiksuye (Big Foot Memorial Ride) als Erinnerung an die tragischen Ereignisse, die Chief Bigfoot und seinem Stamm bei Wounded Knee am 29. Dezember 1890 widerfuhr, was heute als das Massaker am Wounded Knee gekannt ist.
Der Ritt ist für die teilnehmenden Menschen der Lakota, #Dakota, der #Nakota und weiterer Stämme ein spirituelles Unternehmen eine zeremonielle Voraussetzung dafür, die Tränen der Trauer um verlorene Angehörige und Freunde abwischen zu können. Ebenso wird damit um Stärke für die kommenden 7 Generationen, das traditionelle Leben weiterführen zu können, gebetet.
Damit verbunden erhoffen sich die Teilnehmer, dass es nie wieder zu einem Wounded Knee kommt...
https://www.trueten.de/archives/12184-132-Jahre-Massaker-am-Wounded-Knee.html