![]() ![]() Traveling to North Dakota from my home wasn’t possible. I’m sure that is a strong reason why I felt compelled to help and offer my support. In Ojibwe culture women are the protectors of the water. As well as being a fellow water protector and steward of the earth. It had a profound effect on me, in terms of my identity – being a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. I became aware of the situation in late May 2016, through social media. This movement of water protectors grew as word spread about the tribe’s struggle against DAPL. A pipeline which would carry crude oil in pipelines underground.Ī camp was started by a few tribal members from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in April 2016 near the Cannonball River in Fort Yates, North Dakota in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline. I was inspired by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s protection of their land and water against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). ![]() I wrote We Are Water Protectors as a love letter to Standing Rock and all Indigenous People’s fighting for clean water and for the health of Mother Earth. ![]()
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