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Native Americans attempting to stop a pipeline from being built on their land and water just got assistance from a large herd of wild buffalo.
Indigenous culture honors American bison (known as Tatanka Oyate, or Buffalo Nation) as a symbol of sacrifice, as the bison give their lives to provide food, shelter, and clothing through the use of their meat and their hides. Native Americans maintain a spiritual tradition with bison, believing that as long as buffalo a gift from the Great Spirit roam free and as long as the herds are bountiful, the sovereignty of indigenous people would remain strong.
And in the midst of mass arrests, mace attacks, and beatings from batons, a stampede of bison suddenly appeared near the Standing Rock protest camp. A cry of joy reportedly erupted from the Standing Rock Sioux, as they had been praying for assistance from the Tatanka Oyate during their standoff with riot police and national guardsmen.
As the police response to the Siouxs ongoing nonviolent civil disobedience escalates, tribal leaders are calling on state and federal governments to respect the constitutional rights of water protectors and stop the mistreatment of the indigenous community.
We call on the state of North Dakota to oversee the actions of local law enforcement to, first and foremost, ensure everyones safety. The Department of Justice must send overseers immediately to ensure the protection of First Amendment rights and the safety of thousands here at Standing Rock, wrote David Archambault II, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. DOJ can no longer ignore our requests.
http://usuncut.com/resistance/thousands-wild-buffalo-appear-nowhere-standing-rock/
Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)If buffalo appeared in Florida during a pipeline protest, that would certainly be newsworthy.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)to cause widespread starvation among native peoples. That was damn ugly. Almost as ugly as the smallpox infected blankets used in the genocide campaigns.
So the appearance of a herd of buffalo at a critical moment when native people are taking a stand on behalf of the earth, while logically possible of course, still carries many potent layers of meaning for the human beings who have a centuries-old relationship with them.
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)Which is only know to have happened once and by the British.
central scrutinizer
(11,652 posts)To protect cattle from brucellosis.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)Earth_First
(14,910 posts)BainsBane
(53,035 posts)but it shows about 20 buffalo, not thousands.
IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)Yet the news isn't covering it.
On a completely unrelated note, the Bundy boys from the Oregon standoff just got off scot free.
Make America Great Again!
malaise
(269,056 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)Let it be a sign for their victory.
sagetea
(1,369 posts)The ancestors are there!!!
tatanka oyate!!! AHO!!!!
sage
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,989 posts)BainsBane
(53,035 posts)sagetea
(1,369 posts)I thank you. I'm not so good at posting, kind of shy...
Ho`
sage