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Xiuhtezcatl – Kansas City – October 26, 2018

27 Saturday Oct 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Standing Rock

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activism, Crossroads KC, environmental activism, hip hop, Kansas City, missouri, music, Xiuhtezcatl

Indigenous Hip Hop artist and environmental activist Xiuhtezcatl opened a concert at Crossroads KC last night, the last concert of the season at the open air venue.

The weather was cool, not cold, and the audience was happy and in a festive mood. The venue and the staff were pleasant and very professional.

Xiuhtezcatl – Kansas City, Missouri – October 26, 2018.

Xiuhtezcatl’s music is inventive, infectious, executed with precision, and replete with musical and textual meaning. We’re glad we had the opportunity to cover and attend the performance.

Part of last night’s message from Xiuhtezcatl was participation. Ten days, people, ten days.

March to Give Keystone XL the Boot – Lincoln, Nebraska – August 6, 2017 – more photos

07 Monday Aug 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in Standing Rock

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Bold Nebraska, Keystone XL, Lincoln, march, Nebraska, pipeline, protest

Sunday in Lincoln, Nebraska a broad coalition of native American tribes, environmental groups, landowners and others gathered to protest against the Keystone XL pipeline on the day before the Nebraska Public Service Commission starts a week of hearings on the pipeline.

On the steps of the state capitol.

“Just following instructions”

Before the rally and march:

“No oil in our soil”

Protect the land, water, and climate”

“…before it ends us”

The founder of Bold Nebraska speaking at the rally, flanked by a landowner and leadership of several tribes:

Jane Kleeb, Bold Nebraska.

Someone was watching.

One of many drones flying over the rally and march. Landing on the capitol grounds.

Apparently one of the many drones flying over and near the march collided with a building. We missed that.

Banners leading the march.

“Water is life”

Flag runners shadowing the march.

Previously:

March to Give Keystone XL the Boot – Lincoln, Nebraska – August 6, 2017 (August 6, 2017)

Joye Braun, Indigenous Environmental Network – March to Give Keystone XL the Boot – Lincoln, Nebraska – August 6, 2017 (August 7, 2017)

Joye Braun, Indigenous Environmental Network – March to Give Keystone XL the Boot – Lincoln, Nebraska – August 6, 2017

07 Monday Aug 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in Standing Rock

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Indigenous Environmental Network, Joye Braun, Keystone XL, Lincoln, march, Nebraska, protest

Immediately before the rally and march to protest the Keyston XL pipeline yesterday in Lincoln, Nebraska the organizers held a press conference and then individual press availabilities. Due to our close proximity, we were able to catch one of those short interviews:

Joye Braun, Indigenous Environmental Network – Lincoln, Nebraska – August 6, 2017.

Reporter: And why do you think a march like this, how much do you think this is going to help the process of the public hearings? How is the public support that is here today going to help?

Joye Braun, Indigenous Environmental Network: I think it’s important for the Public Service Commission to recognize that they do have a large opposition to Keystone XL [pipeline]. And by actually seeing it manifested here is a good way to show to the government of Nebraska that this pipeline is unwanted.

Reporter: And you mentioned that Keystone, or Trans Canada I should say, picks out spots with indigenous people.

Joye Braun: Yes.

Reporter: What facts do you have to support that?

Joye Braun: Well, I come from the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. That’s my home. And originally Keystone XL wanted to go straight through my reservation. Another point is, with Dakota Access pipeline, they originally wanted to go just north of Bismarck. They moved it because of the outcry of the non-native population in Bismarck, to just north of Standing Rock. Those are two very recent ways of showing that.

Reporter: Then I’m guessing you had, so you were a protester with the Dakota Access pipeline?

Joye Braun: I am a protector, not a protester. [crosstalk] I’m a protector.

Reporter: Protector, fair enough. And how are these two situations similar and how are they different?

Joye Braun: They’re similar because we’re going up against big oil. Trans Canada or Energy Transfer Partners, which was Dakota Access, is a [inaudible] with Keystone XL. Both of them don’t like safety issues brought up. Both of them don’t like to do environmental impact statements. Both of them do not look at the indigenous populations or other populations that don’t necessarily have access to big lawyers, farmers and ranchers. They don’t have access to big lawyers. So they target these areas to, to, to push their pipeline through. Pipelines leak. We know that. Dakota Access has already leaked twice. And…

Reporter: And, so, you say this does happen. You think it’s just going to leak and ruin a lot of your land as well?

Joye Braun: It will leak a lot of our land. It’s going to leak a lot of Nebraska land as well. Nebraska has the Ogallala Aquifer underneath it. Without that aquifer underneath it the breadbasket of America is not, not going, to be no longer. I mean, what are people going to do when, when they have to pay fifteen dollars for a loaf of bread? I know I, as a family, can’t afford fifteen dollars for a loaf of bread. Can you afford that? I don’t think so.

Reporter: Thank you.

Previously:

March to Give Keystone XL the Boot – Lincoln, Nebraska – August 6, 2017 (August 6, 2017)

March to Give Keystone XL the Boot – Lincoln, Nebraska – August 6, 2017

06 Sunday Aug 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in Standing Rock

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Bold Nebraska, Keystone XL, Lincoln, march, Nebraska, pipeline, protest

Sunday in Lincoln, Nebraska a broad coalition of native American tribes, environmental groups, landowners and others gathered to protest against the Keystone XL pipeline on the day before the Nebraska Public Service Commission starts a week of hearings on the pipeline.

“Water is life”

Bold Nebraska, 350.org and the Sierra Club sponsored a Pipeline Fighter Summit in Lincoln before the march, bringing together groups and individuals from surrounding states to share and discuss strategies in fighting tar sand pipelines. People from Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and other states attended the summit and marched in protest.

“Water protector”

Various local news reports stated that anywhere from 500 to 600 or more people attended the rally at the state capitol and marched through downtown Lincoln.

“No KXL”

“Science is real”

“Adrian”

“Pipeline fighter”

“We build”

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