[lepton]

So what’s the status of the unceded land?

[deport]

So what’s the status of the unceded land?

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Good question. I don’t know the answer but that is the point of contention. The Indians claim they still have the land under Treaties of the past.

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Mekasi Camp-Horinek, an Oceti Sakowin camp coordinator states, “Today, the Oceti Sakowin has
enacted eminent domain on DAPL lands, claiming 1851 treaty rights. This is unceded land. Highway
1806 as of this point is blockaded. We will be occupying this land and staying here until this
pipeline is permanently stopped. We need bodies and we need people who are trained in non-violent
direct action. We are still staying nonviolent and we are still staying peaceful.”

Joye Braun, Indigenous Environmental Network organizer states, “We have never ceded this land.
If DAPL can go through and claim eminent domain on landowners and Native peoples on their
own land, then we as sovereign nations can then declare eminent domain on our own aboriginal
homeland. We are here to protect the burial sites here. Highway 1806 has become the no surrender line.”

Ladonna Bravebull Allard, Sacred Stone Camp, “We stand for the water, we stand on our treaties,
we stand for unci maka—we stand and face the storm.”
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Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/10/24/citing-1851-treaty-water-protectors-establish-road-blockade-and-expand-frontline-nodapl