Native American Policy | Bernie Sanders

[Donkees]

Published on Mar 24, 2016
Sen. Bernie Sanders visited Flagstaff, AZ on March 17th and discussed Native American issues.

[downeastdaniel]

1. I well remembered this from a little more than 6 mos. ago...I loved it then and more now...

I miss Bernie as our Champion...carry on.

[turbinetree]

2. Presently the Standing Rock Lakota

has had the federal judge reject the tribes bid to halt the construction of the pipeline in North Dakota, over the sacred site of ancestral burial grounds.

Today is the day that honors the first genocide of the Indigenous People perpetuated by a culture from Spain, and paid for by a Queen and King of Spain, and this country and this world is still seeing that a culture of the Indigenous People means nothing, it has been and always will be about money

[Donkees]

3. The court's ruling acknowledged that it was "not the final word," ...

The court's ruling acknowledged that it was "not the final word," noting that the final decision lies with the Corps of Engineers. While it said the tribe hadn't met the strict requirements of the act to force a halt to construction, the three-judge panel said it "can only hope that the spirit" of the act "may yet prevail."

That note, Archambault said, is the court's signal "to not proceed" with the project.

"It seems they are coming to the same conclusion as the federal government in acknowledging there is something wrong with the approvals for the pipeline," he said. "We see this as an encouraging sign."

Last month, the Army Corps, the Justice Department and the Interior Department announced that they would not allow work to proceed on federal land near or under the Missouri River, pending more reviews of previous environmental decisions. That decision, the court said, "is likely weeks away."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-court-denies-tribe-s-request-halt-dakota-access-pipeline-n662926

Tribe to Continue Fight After Court Refuses to Halt Dakota Access Pipeline

[turbinetree]

4. Thank you ( Wado)