{"id":2321,"date":"2017-03-09T19:29:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T19:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/standingrockclassaction.org\/?page_id=2321"},"modified":"2017-11-15T20:57:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T20:57:31","slug":"all-press-releases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/standingrockclassaction.org\/?page_id=2321","title":{"rendered":"vii. Official Documents & Press Releases (etc.):"},"content":{"rendered":"
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August:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

8-19-2016:<\/span> \u00a0ND State Governor\u00a0<\/em>Dalrymple<\/em> Declares an Emergency<\/em>\u00a0in response to ‘Pipeline Protests’<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

8-23-2016:<\/span> \u00a0Amnesty International issues Press Release: \u00a0“Police Must Protect the Right to Peacefully Protest Pipeline Construction in North Dakota”<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

8-24-2016:<\/span> \u00a0Amnesty International issues Press Release: \u00a0“Amnesty International USA to Observe North Dakota Pipeline Protests”<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0and<\/em><\/span> letter to Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirschmeier to ensure\u00a0 “treatment of demonstrators is in accordance with international human rights standards and the U.S. Constitution”<\/a>\u00a0and<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/em>letter to ND Highway Patrol Colonel Gerhart to ensure “treatment of demonstrators is in accordance with international human rights standards and the U.S. Constitution”<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

September:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

9-8-2016:<\/span> \u00a0Governor Dairymple’s Press Conference, requesting National Guard presence. \u00a0He also sends a message to Water Protectors regarding conduct,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>“<\/span>Do so in a respectful & lawful way. \u00a0Resist any pressure to violate the law and tarnish your message. \u00a0To all North Dakotans, respect the rights of others. \u00a0We all have the right to have our voices heard.“<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> (video length 27:52)<\/span><\/em>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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9-9-2016:<\/span> \u00a0Judge Denies Injunction, but then D.O.J., Army Corps, & D.O.I. Issue Immediate Joint-Statement of Intervention<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

October:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

10-9-2016:<\/span> \u00a0U.S. District Judge\u00a0James Boasberg denies SRST’s request for a Temporary Injunction<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

10-9-2016:<\/span> \u00a0North Dakota Stockman’s Association alludes to “Slaughtering of Cattle” by Water Protectors<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

November:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

11-4-2016:<\/span> John Henderson requests DAPL to Voluntarily Cease Construction<\/a>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201c<\/span>The Corps of Engineers is concerned for the safety of all the people involved with the continued demonstrations occurring in and around Corps-managed federal public lands in the State of North Dakota,<\/span>\u201d said Army Corps Colonel John W. Henderson<\/a>, commander and district engineer of the Omaha District in on November 9. \u201c<\/span>In an effort to defuse these tensions, which have led to confrontations between demonstrators and law enforcement personnel, we asked Dakota Access Pipeline on November 4 to honor the Administration’s request for a voluntary shutdown by stopping work for a 30-day period to allow for de-escalation. Dakota Access did not agree to this request.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

11-23-2016:<\/span> \u00a0Oceti Sakowin Camp issues Press Release: \u00a0“BACKWATER SUNDAY;\u00a0Alleged \u2018Non-Lethal\u2019 weapons lead to serious injuries to Water Protectors”<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

11-25-2016:<\/span> \u00a011-25-2016 Army Corps issues SRST Chairman an EVICTION NOTICE re Water Protector Camps<\/a> \u00a0(Official Link<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

11-25-2016:<\/span>\u00a0Standing Rock Sioux Tribe<\/a> issues Press Release: \u00a0“<\/span>Army Corps. closes access to Oceti camp, SRST call on Obama to stop pipeline<\/a>“<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0also available HERE:<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

www.facebook.com\/402298239798452\/photos\/a.1121220637906205.1073741825.402298239798452\/1447136611981271\/?type=3&theater<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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11-27-2016:<\/span> \u00a0Oceti Sakowin Camp issues Press Release: “HOLDING TO SELF-EVIDENT TRUTHS; Alleged \u2018Non-Lethal\u2019 weapons lead to serious injuries to Water Protectors”<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

11-28-2016:<\/span> \u00a0ND State Governor Dalrymple<\/em> Orders Emergency Evacuation To Safeguard Against Harsh Winter Conditions<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

11-30-2016:<\/span> \u00a0Oceti Sakowin Camp issues “SOVEREIGN CREED, A Response to Alleged Concerns Raised in the Governor\u2019s Eviction Notice”<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

December:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

12-2-2016:<\/span> \u00a0US Army Statement- intent to halt DAPL until further review of decision to drill under Lake Oahe<\/a>\u00a0(official link<\/a>)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

12-4-2016:<\/span> \u00a0Statement by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Regarding the Army\u2019s Decision on the Dakota Access Pipeline<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

12-5-2016:<\/span> \u00a0Citing “extreme weather conditions”, SRST Chairman Dave Archambault urges all non-members of the SRST to\u00a0leave<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2017:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

January:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1-18-2017:<\/strong> \u00a0<\/span>Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement in Connection With Dakota Access, LLC’s Request for an Easement To Cross Lake Oahe<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1-20-2017:<\/span> \u00a0Tribal Resolution #007-17; Hand Delivered to Sacred Stone, “ALL WATER PROTECTOR CAMPS MUST LEAVE IMMEDIATELY”<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1-24-2017:<\/span> \u00a0Donald Trump issues Presidential Memorandum<\/em> Re:\u00a0“Intent to Construct DAPL” as it\u00a0is<\/em><\/span>\u00a0in the National Interest<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1-24-2017:<\/span> \u00a0Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe: \u00a0“Trump Pressures Army to Violate NEPA, Treaties, & Army Policy by Approving DAPL Easement”<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

February:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2-7-2017:<\/span>\u00a0 Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army,<\/span> Douglas Lamont<\/a>, issues\u00a0“<\/span>Cancellation of Environmental Impact Statement’ for DAPL’<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2-8-2017:<\/span> \u00a0Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe vows to overturn granting of easement under Lake Oahe<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2-15-2017:<\/span>\u00a0 ND Governor Burgum<\/em> Orders Emergency Evacuation to Protect People and the Environment from Flooding<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2-16-2017:<\/span> \u00a0BIA Agents deliver “NOTICE OF TRESPASS, 10 Days to Respond!”<\/em>\u00a0Letter to Sacred Stone Camp”<\/a>\u00a0Note:<\/span>\u00a0 “NOTICE” is dated 2-15, but\u00a0was delivered by hand \u00a0<\/em>on\u00a02-16<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2-17-2017:<\/span> \u00a0FINAL NOTICE OF TRESPASS Given to All Water Protectors Entering Sacred Stone via the Officer Checkpoint<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2-18-2017:<\/span> \u00a0Oglala Sioux Tribe Calls for Protection of the Water Protectors and Condemns Army Corps\u2019 Illegal Granting of Easement to Dakota Access<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2-21-2017:<\/span> \u00a0NOTICE OF TRESPASS issued to 7th Generation (“Black Hoop”) Camp<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2-23-2017:<\/span> \u00a0NDresponse.gov<\/a> issues Press Release: \u00a0“<\/span>2:09pm – Oceti Sakowin Camp Officially Cleared of Inhabitants<\/a>“<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2-24-2017:<\/span> \u00a0Water Protectors issue 20 page\u00a0Petition\/Response Letter to BIA\u00a0and<\/span> Tribal Council re: the “NOTICE OF TRESPASS”, thus demanding “30 Day Notice” instead of otherwise Unlawful Eviction<\/em><\/span><\/strong>l<\/a><\/p>\n

March:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3-7-2017:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0BIA issues FINAL FINDINGS OF TRESPASS according to STANDING ROCK AGENCY<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3-19-2017: \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On this date, Sacred Stone Camp released\u00a0two\u00a0<\/em>Press Releases,\u00a0as follows:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Press Release #1:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Sacred Stone Camp<\/a><\/span><\/span>: \u00a0Press Release<\/em>\u00a0“<\/a><\/span>Our Perspective as to what happened this past month at Sacred Stone<\/a>“:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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“<\/span>Sacred Stone <\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nPress Release<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nMarch 19, 2017<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 The Sacred Stone Camp would like to offer our perspective as to what happened throughout this past month at Sacred Stone Camp. Sacred Stone Camp was first created April 1, 2016 on the confluence between the Cannon Ball and Missouri River with the help of Cheyenne River Reservation members who were the first people to camp on the Brave Bull allotment to stand in prayer and ceremony, and to begin \u201ceducating the world\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nWe received a notice to \u201cRemove Trespassers on Tribal Trust Land\u201d by order of the Chairman and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe according to the Bureau of Indians Affairs officers who hand delivered the notice on February 15, 2016. This notice was delivered to LaDonna at Prairie Knights Casino. I was told we had ten days to respond to the order by the BIA. Then officers went to the camp and gave a similar notice to the camp members. We gathered the people at Sacred Stone and together made the decision to leave peacefully and in prayer. We immediately began removing the camps, beginning with \u201cYurt Village\u201d (section of Sacred Stone) we removed peoples\u2019 homes and cleaned up the land. The BIA officers told us that if we continued moving the camp-they would not come in and raid us. We had crews working 24\/7 to get people moved out as soon as possible because of the timeline we were given. We were forced to move in the middle of winter with many of our tipi poles and tent poles frozen into the ground. This reminds me of the government issuing an order in the middle of the winter demanding the tribe to come onto the reservations by January 1, 1876. The idea of moving in the winter was inhumane- especially with children and elders involved. Where was the compassion for the people? <\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nIn response to the order of trespassing, I visited with the BIA Superintendent Sheila White Mountain and her assistant Dwight on February 23, 2017. I gave her a letter of response which included concerns regarding the nature of the order. She told me to rewrite it and to put three items in the letter: 1. that \u201cthis is an appeal.\u201d 2. there was a Tribal Resolution to support Sacred Stone issued by the Tribal Council, and 3. that we are in the process of developing a cultural camp. I returned home to write the appeal, and turned it in the same day. The concern that they were told by the Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe was that \u201cwe did not have tribal permission to start the camp.\u201d <\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 I informed them that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe voted to pass a resolution to support the camp on June 8, 2016. I wrote about how we had been working to develop Sacred Stone into a cultural camp. When I turned in the paper they said they had ten days to respond to the letter I submitted. We did our best to follow the BIA\u2019s orders to get camp moved- and most importantly and to keep people safe. We stated that it is hard to move in the middle of winter and after 11 months of thousands of people living the area to be given 10 days to move a whole camp. We were told that if we were actively moving they would not come in to raid or attack the people. So, we moved but we also had to deal with the weather, bad roads it was almost impossible to move everything in the time frame that was given by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Then things changed and we were not sure why because we were following the orders of the BIA police. Next, they put up what they called a \u201csoft blockade\u201d by orders, we were told, from the Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The police were not allowing the water protectors to bring in supplies, food or water to the camp. <\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 We talked them into allowing 5 gallons of water for 100 people in a day, because we had children and elders in the camps. While we waited for the response from the BIA to our appeal, the police moved in. Everyone was working to get out camp supplies and their personal property with no sleep for more than 48 hours, working in shifts to get things moved in all the mud and everything frozen to the ground and so much to move. Many felt very scared because the \u201cnotice of trespass\u201d that was issued threatened that they could \u201cseize, sell, or dispose\u201d of peoples\u2019 personal property\u201d and arrest. Soon, while still moving supplies out we were notified that officers would be moving to a \u201chard blockade\u201d at noon the next day. Instead, the hard blockade went in to effect at 10 am, 2 hours before the stated deadline despite the Water Protectors fulfilling the mandate to \u201ckeep moving\u201d. Many people thought they could get one more trip before they refused to let them back in, so they left their clothes for the last load because they were helping others. We have people who could not get their personal items and had to leave with the clothes on their backs.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 On Saturday March 18, 2017, Sacred Stone Camp would like the world to know that WE STILL STAND in prayer for the water, and for our shared future as a species. However, we still have 100% of our compassion for the planet and all forms of life living here. Sacred Stone is still strong, supportive, and will continue to stand in prayer and today stand with the world. The Sacred Stone community is still focused on the mission of building a green energy culture camp for the community and the youth. We stand for the Water, the Land, and all future generations. It is our pleasure to witness the growth and expansion of this worldwide movement as the spirit of Sacred Stone spreads across the planet through the hearts and hands of the Water Protectors. We Stand! Mni Wiconi.“<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Press Release #2:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Sacred Stone Camp<\/a><\/span><\/span>: \u00a0Press Release\u00a0<\/em>in regards to “Response to Chairman’s Statement<\/a>“:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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“<\/span>Sacred Stone <\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nPress Release<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nMarch 19, 2017<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nResponses<\/span>\u00a0to the Chairman\u2019s statement:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n\u201cThere are statements being made by a camp leader that the tribe destroyed property at the Sacred Stone camp- is this true? First, Sacred Stone Camp spokespeople have been misleading the public. The truth is, most of the land where the Sacred Stone camp was located is Army Corps land. On the remaining land, the tribe is the majority owner, with several siblings from a family holding smaller, fractionated interests. Reports that the Sacred Stone camp was located on one individual\u2019s, or one family\u2019s, land is simply not true. The tribe did not bulldoze or destroy any property. It is true, however, that law enforcement did enter and remove structures in areas under their jurisdiction. This was due to lack of permits, trespassing issues, along with NEPA & Historic Preservation concerns. From our understanding, the camp organizers were given ample notice by law enforcement.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nInformation about the land which the Sacred Stone Camp is located on has been filled with mostly rumor and misinformation. The tribe and everyone knew that we were on Taken Land of the Army Corp of Engineers which was on the Standing Rock Reservation for 11 months and on Brave Bull Allotment. The Taken land should have been the major issue for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the return of land taken in flooding of Standing Rock. There is no \u201cfractionated interest\u201d because we hold the land in common with children of Frank Brave Bull so we never divided into \u201cfractions\u201d- it is held in common. The BIA said, \u201cwe don\u2019t have to divide it in to individual allotments\u201d- so there are the following who hold it in common: LaDonna, Valmarie, Marty Jo, Randy, and Curtis Brave Bull who still own 127 acres in common- plus 2.5 acres for LaDonna, 2.5 acres for Marty Jo, 1 acre for the family cemetery, & then the acres for the our Father,s house which in total is 133 acres. The SRST own 190-acres of the 317 acres of the Lean Warrior allotment, however the shareholders of the family were not offered right of first refusal when other family members allegedly sold their shares to the tribe. The ideal of the threat against us that the SRST was going to press of \u201ccriminal trespass\u201d (on my own property?) and the threat of \u201ctaking the personal property of U.S. Citizens who came to support our tribe in our time of need people. They came as guests to our family\u2019s property and they came to pray, to work with us, and to share our peoples\u2019 language, culture, and history. We have THPO (Tribal Historic Preservation Office) clearance form that was done in 1997 for our family\u2019s land and we had a resolution to support the development of Sacred Stone Camp by SRST on June 8, 2016. Everyone was notified before the camp was started and gave permission including the tribe. We did not know until December 2016 that our half -brothers and half- sisters sold their section of the land at some point in 2016 to the Cobell Buy Back Plan. When I asked at the BIA in June 2016 they said they \u201ccould not give us that information yet\u201d. The SRST received the information before we did and did not inform us instead the information was used to create this situation. This is the family land where me and my siblings were raised and lived as children. We are currently in the process of working with the Aberdeen Area Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to get the land surveyed and to work out the amount the land would cost of buying our father\u2019s land from the Cobell buy back.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Standing Rock Sioux chairman stated \u201cIt was a complicated situation between most Standing Rock citizens who the council and I represent and certain factions within the camps. The tribe based its decision after heavily weighing the situation and listening to both our citizens and camp representatives. I\u2019d like to point out that the clear majority of campers respected the tribe\u2019s decision and we thank them for respecting our sovereignty.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Sacred Stone Camp was not invited to the meeting held about the camps. The Tribal Council and Cannon Ball District never came to personally to talk with the Sacred Stone Camp nor were we invited to attend any meetings concerning the camps in fact we were forbidden to speak at the district meeting. The Sacred Stone Camp would say people deserve an apology, an apology will not bring back the property which was taken from the people who came and served months of labor who built a beautiful straw bale schoolhouse, greenhouses, who learned to build tipi structures and woganogans from young strong Lakota, Dakota, and Ojibwa people who came here to share and to teach. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 Our community of Sacred Stone was assured that the core structures including the school house and the main kitchen would not be harmed in any way by the police. The school house and kitchen were destroyed by the order of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. All the property of Sacred Stone was taken by orders of the Chairman. We lost our boats and pontoon which were taken to another location. At this point, we have less than 25% of Sacred Stone property including dwellings and other supplies. We had the supply tents and food storage destroyed instead which in many cases these supplies were new these supplies could been given it to the surrounding community instead of being destroyed. The people from many other tribe\u2019s nations and around the world who came to pray during this great time of healing which has never happened before on these lands. Sacred Stone did the best we could to follow the orders of the police even after the police came in an attacked the water protectors breaking one man s arm and beating a woman before taking her to jail (neither of them performed activities which merited these actions).<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 Sacred Stone has always been camp of prayer and ceremony along with the development of the culture camp and it is unfortunate that there was propaganda and infiltration from agitators to broadcast us as being something that we were not so that injustice could be done to us in such a way where people would believe it. When the police were stopping the water protectors from coming back in to the camp, the water protector were delivery food to each home in Cannon Ball to help the community. \u00a0We are praying for healing for all parties involved and we are pleading for mercy and understanding to all people. \u00a0We continue to stand for the water. \u00a0 Mni Wiconi.<\/span>“<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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