Mni Wichoni / Standing Rock Reunion Sep 17-20.
In 2016 a global movement was born out of Indigenous resistance to an oil pipeline to protect the water! Standing Rock saw tens of thousands of people flow through the space with around 14,000 people encamped at its height. Over 200 native tribes were represented within the camp.
Indigenous people were leading to protect the land, water, and people there at Standing Rock and have been doing it ever since and many for decades before.
Many of the people at the reunion weekend endured so much at Standing Rock and in the years since. They are incredible, resilient, and world changers. They faced insane weather, brutalization from police and private security, some were physically harmed, bodies maimed, others were arrested and put in prison for years and so much more... Yet, they persist.
They know the deep importance of the Earth and the direct connection we must have with Her if we are to move forward in a good way. For me, my journey started at Standing Rock but they had been resisting long before I showed up there and they continue to move in profound ways.
