Standing Rock Clean Up and Support
Donation protected
The Standing Rock movement has reached the minds and hearts of many of us. Watching the unprecidented union and solidarity of the more than 250 American Indigenous tribes pulling together for the protection of our shared environment and Native American rights has lit a fire in our hearts and souls.
After the Army Corps of Engineers denied the permit to DAPL to drill under the Missouri, many people left camp. The problem is that this has left the camp with both a huge mess and an over surplus of supplies that could be used on the nearby Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations.
According to Daphne Singingtree, "Everyone shares concerns about the amount of trash, abandoned tents, and other items that are located in the floodplain. Without timely removal, there is a risk of contaminating the very river we are protecting. No one expected thousands, at one point ten thousand people to show up at camp. Then the severe weather came, most people left, leaving behind a lot of stuff and not enough people to process the donations, and then clean up afterwards.
We need able bodied people who are able to work in the cold, please plan on coming to help, even for a week or two, anytime over the next month or two. The burden is falling on people who work incredibly hard, they are getting sick, burned out, and it is easy to get discouraged when faced with such a monumental task. We particularly need people with 4x4 trucks and trailers. Let’s not forget our Water Protectors and Water Warriors. Let’s not leave a giant mess on people who can ill afford to clean it up.
Some of the resources donated will be relocated to other camps. Other supplies need to be protected from the elements until spring or distributed in the local community. All of this takes work, and the medics are busy keeping people safe and healthy. We need help to recycle and remove trash, as well as helping move the yurts and tipis to the new site."
The area where many of the camps were this year will flood in the spring, and take all of this trash into the river, which is the exact opposite of the intention of this movement. It is not fair to leave the people at Standing Rock with a huge mess to clean up, with the dirty work to do. There is a good chance they will need firewood to keep warm during this time as well.
In addition to the firewood and clean up efforts, the Sacred Stone Camp is planning on putting down permenant roots. Daphne says,"Sacred Stone is located on higher ground and is building a permanent, sustainable, culture camp. This is an extraordinary outcome from the protest that will serve provide a space for people in the area to come and learn skills from permaculture, to green energy & building, as well as be a base for the movement to protect the water and the Earth. Land has been set aside by the Standing Rock Tribe for a camp that can house many people, plans include solar/wind power, yurt and tipi villages, greenhouses and gardens, and a long term sustainable community."
Any surplus money gathered will be used in some efforts at this camp. The goal is that $600 will buy a boxtruck of wood, $1,600 will then take that boxtruck and fill it with trash for trash runs and supplies to be transported to nearby reservations, and anything above that will be used to continue these and the above efforts.
The fight is not over, the movement has just begun, we have much hard labor ahead of us, and still need the help and support of all. #nodapl #waterislife"
After the Army Corps of Engineers denied the permit to DAPL to drill under the Missouri, many people left camp. The problem is that this has left the camp with both a huge mess and an over surplus of supplies that could be used on the nearby Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations.
According to Daphne Singingtree, "Everyone shares concerns about the amount of trash, abandoned tents, and other items that are located in the floodplain. Without timely removal, there is a risk of contaminating the very river we are protecting. No one expected thousands, at one point ten thousand people to show up at camp. Then the severe weather came, most people left, leaving behind a lot of stuff and not enough people to process the donations, and then clean up afterwards.
We need able bodied people who are able to work in the cold, please plan on coming to help, even for a week or two, anytime over the next month or two. The burden is falling on people who work incredibly hard, they are getting sick, burned out, and it is easy to get discouraged when faced with such a monumental task. We particularly need people with 4x4 trucks and trailers. Let’s not forget our Water Protectors and Water Warriors. Let’s not leave a giant mess on people who can ill afford to clean it up.
Some of the resources donated will be relocated to other camps. Other supplies need to be protected from the elements until spring or distributed in the local community. All of this takes work, and the medics are busy keeping people safe and healthy. We need help to recycle and remove trash, as well as helping move the yurts and tipis to the new site."
The area where many of the camps were this year will flood in the spring, and take all of this trash into the river, which is the exact opposite of the intention of this movement. It is not fair to leave the people at Standing Rock with a huge mess to clean up, with the dirty work to do. There is a good chance they will need firewood to keep warm during this time as well.
In addition to the firewood and clean up efforts, the Sacred Stone Camp is planning on putting down permenant roots. Daphne says,"Sacred Stone is located on higher ground and is building a permanent, sustainable, culture camp. This is an extraordinary outcome from the protest that will serve provide a space for people in the area to come and learn skills from permaculture, to green energy & building, as well as be a base for the movement to protect the water and the Earth. Land has been set aside by the Standing Rock Tribe for a camp that can house many people, plans include solar/wind power, yurt and tipi villages, greenhouses and gardens, and a long term sustainable community."
Any surplus money gathered will be used in some efforts at this camp. The goal is that $600 will buy a boxtruck of wood, $1,600 will then take that boxtruck and fill it with trash for trash runs and supplies to be transported to nearby reservations, and anything above that will be used to continue these and the above efforts.
The fight is not over, the movement has just begun, we have much hard labor ahead of us, and still need the help and support of all. #nodapl #waterislife"
Organizer
Megan Sutherland
Organizer
Bowling Green, OH
