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Standing in Solidarity #NoDAPL

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My name is Quincy Shannon although most simply call me Q. I am a native of Denver, Colorado. I recently drove 10 hours by myself to the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota to observe and participate in protests in an effort to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline from going through indigenous land.

While there I experienced an amazing opportunity to learn about the struggles of the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota people. They taught me about the plight of their people and the way land was both given and taken from their people.

I participated in a front line action of the people trying to stop the pipeline from going through one of their burial sites. And saw over 400 Indigenous Nations coming together to Protect the Sacred with the belief that Water is Life.

As you can imagine as it gets colder the numbers of people has gone down and as a result forces have tried to take advantage of the lower number of people and the colder temperature. Local law enforcement as recently as Sunday November 20th have been spraying protesters with water hoses in less than freezing weather, using flash grenades, pepper spray, and other efforts to deter the people from standing up for their beliefs.

In seeing this reality it is my hope to spend my "Thanksgiving Holiday" back on the reservation. My school has conducted a food and clothing drive of resources that I plan on bringing back to the reservation and am asking those who feel they can, to contribute to my efforts to return to the Standing Rock Reservation.

With the lower temperatures and escalated tension I plan on buying resources to go back prepared and dropping off some of the resources we have collected.  Please contribute to my efforts and/or meet me this weekend at Standing Rock as we stand I solidarity with a community in need of our support.

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Quincy Shannon
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Denver, CO

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