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Water Protector and intrepid warrior Joye Braun passes on
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
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A dauntless advocate of Indigenous justice walked on with the passing of indomitable Water Protector and fearless Warrior Joye Braun. Joye was the National Pipeline organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN). She was a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and passed away on November 13.
Joye was only 53 when she walked on, but in that short lifetime there was contained a storied calling of dedication, commitment, and warriorship. She was the first to set up her lodge at the Oceti Sakowin camp on April 1, 2016, in the snow, in the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
Joye was a leading voice in the climate justice movement. She was a tireless advocate whose opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline was instrumental in its cancellation. Her advocacy led to groundbreaking alliances between Indigenous peoples, climate activists, and landowners.
Joye was also a prominent leader in the People v. Fossil Fuels Coalition, a developing movement of more than 1,200 organizations throughout the U.S. tasked with bringing an end to the fossil fuel era of history.
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Albert Bender is a Cherokee activist, historian, political columnist, and freelance reporter for Native and Non-Native publications. He is currently writing a legal treatise on Native American sovereignty and working on a book on the war crimes committed by the U.S. against the Maya people in the Guatemalan civil war He is a consulting attorney on Indigenous sovereignty, land restoration, and Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) issues and a former staff attorney with Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma (LSEO) in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
This article originally appeared on People's World. It is published under a Creative Commons license.
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