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by Sondra “Distance” Wilson, founder of www.WIldWillpower.org<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Water Protectors:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 I know things were unfair and difficult at the water protector camps. Thousands of us stood together to speak up for clean water and indigenous rights that were being violated by an illegally approved pipeline.\u00a0 Beyond rights, however, we were speaking up on behalf of long-overdue respect <\/em>for indigenous people and for mother earth. Many of us, however, left robbed of our personal belongings once the camps were raided, and face(d) punishments for fabricated criminal charges.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Water protectors were shot with rubber bullets, pepper sprayed, threatened at gunpoint, and falsely misrepresented by public officials and some media outlets bent on convincing the public that we were the bad guys.\u00a0 We watched firsthand as camps became infiltrated by fake protestors working for the oil company or one of the many <\/b><\/span>security firms<\/a> who attacked us under the guise of “protecting the pipeline” (see documentaries <\/b><\/span>Black Snake Killaz<\/a><\/span> or <\/b><\/span>A W A K E<\/span><\/a> to learn more). <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 Still today justice hasn’t been obtained for water protectors. I hope the information I’m releasing now will soon help change that.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My Work at Standing Rock:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 I traveled to Standing Rock and began compiling this archive\/website following the release of attack dogs<\/a> against members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on September 3rd, 2016. <\/strong>Upon arriving and researching the situation more closely, I began developing:<\/strong><\/p>\n