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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Sun Nov 16, 2014, 04:36 PM Nov 2014

HuffPo: The Final Indian War in America About to Begin

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-giago/the-final-indian-war-in-a_b_6167640.html

(I couldn't cut and paste from article. Sorry.

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HuffPo: The Final Indian War in America About to Begin (Original Post) LiberalElite Nov 2014 OP

President Obama says he will veto it. Sienna86 Nov 2014 #1

They have given President Obama a gift with their refusal to move asde. misterhighwasted Nov 2014 #2

Yes. This is happening in Wisconsin also with the Gogebic taconite mine. postulater Nov 2014 #7

They do have money, & support & a reason that cannot be denied or argued against by a toxic industry misterhighwasted Nov 2014 #8

K&R! nt Mnemosyne Nov 2014 #3

Hopefully NAFTA will not be an issue.... glinda Nov 2014 #4

K&R!! 2naSalit Nov 2014 #5

They turned down $1.5 BILLION to end fight ag pipeline RiverLover Nov 2014 #6

They same Natives of the Northers Plains ran off the KKK trying to settle in their tiny NDak town misterhighwasted Nov 2014 #9

snip// from the link.. thanks LE.. Cha Nov 2014 #10

Excellent piece with lots of facts! Thanks, LiberalElite! freshwest Nov 2014 #11

Sienna86

(2,149 posts)

1. President Obama says he will veto it.

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 04:43 PM

Nov 2014

I wonder how these elected representatives who vote against the short or long-term week being of their constituents sleep at night.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)

2. They have given President Obama a gift with their refusal to move asde.

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 05:11 PM

Nov 2014

He needs to stand firmly & proudly with them & veto KXL. Again & again.
There you have it all you Koch purchased politicians, sons & daughters of immigrants that you are.
Dare you to stand before the Native People of this land & tell them their Treaties are irrelevant to your cross border profits.

These people hold the keys to the KXL.
Their treaties and right to be included at the table were ignored, & that will be the downfall of the KXL as it stands today.

Massive global support will join with them if need be. The world is becoming fed up with the Koch's & the horrific toxic mess they helped TransCanada create.
Enough is enough.

postulater

(5,075 posts)

7. Yes. This is happening in Wisconsin also with the Gogebic taconite mine.

Reply to misterhighwasted (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 07:36 PM

Nov 2014

The mine watershed drains right through the homeland of the natives into Lake Superior. They will absolutely not tolerate its' destruction.

They have money, they have smart tribal attornies and are not going to quit. And they have support from lots of other Wisconsin residents.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)

8. They do have money, & support & a reason that cannot be denied or argued against by a toxic industry

Reply to postulater (Reply #7)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 09:44 PM

Nov 2014

When it comes down to the final straw, those who will join en masse to stand with the Native People of this Land will be too big to beat down.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

3. K&R! nt

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 05:53 PM

Nov 2014

glinda

(14,807 posts)

4. Hopefully NAFTA will not be an issue....

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 06:39 PM

Nov 2014

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)

5. K&R!!

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 06:47 PM

Nov 2014

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)

6. They turned down $1.5 BILLION to end fight ag pipeline

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 06:50 PM

Nov 2014

That's amazing to me. I have the highest respect for these Native Americans. (Not "Indians", they aren't from India!!!)

From the linked article~

..."Two hundred twenty-one Republicans supported the bill which made the Republican support unanimous while 31 Democrats joined the Republicans. One hundred sixty-one Democrats rejected the bill.

Progressive newsman and commentator for MSNBC, Ed Schultz, traveled to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota this year to meet with the Indian opponents of the Pipeline. Firsthand he witnessed the absolute determination of the Indian nations to stop construction of the Pipeline.

He witnessed their determination and reported on it. Except for Schultz the national media shows no interest and apparently has no knowledge of how the Indian people feel about the Pipeline nor do they comprehend that they will go to their deaths stopping it. What is wrong with the national media when it comes to Indians?

As an example of the national media's apathy, the Lakota, Nakota and Dakota have turned their backs on the $1.5 billion dollars offered to them for settling the Black Hills Claim and although they are among the poorest of all Americans, the national media does not consider this news."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-giago/the-final-indian-war-in-a_b_6167640.html

Thanks for posting LiberalElite!!

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)

9. They same Natives of the Northers Plains ran off the KKK trying to settle in their tiny NDak town

Reply to RiverLover (Reply #6)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 09:51 PM

Nov 2014

They did it by themselves. Imagine what power they will hold when the likes of Greenpeace, Environmental Organizations, local & global, and the mass of average Americans step forward to join as they refuse TransCanada to move their machines across the sacred borders of their Native Sovereign Land.

We will all be with them as they beat their drums and assemble.

The toxic oil industry will NOT win this battle.

Cha

(297,307 posts)

10. snip// from the link.. thanks LE..

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 10:20 PM

Nov 2014

"South Dakota's Republican leadership of John Thune and Kristi Noem always march lockstep with the other Republican robots. Neither of them care that South Dakota's largest minority, the people of the Great Sioux Nation, diametrically oppose the Pipeline and they also fail to understand the determination of the Indian people to stop it."

Too bad South Dakota didn't elect Rick Weiland who would have been with the Sioux on this crisis. Such a shame.

Stand with the Sioux Nation!
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freshwest

(53,661 posts)

11. Excellent piece with lots of facts! Thanks, LiberalElite!

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 10:51 PM

Nov 2014

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