{"id":9717,"date":"2021-04-02T11:14:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T15:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=9717"},"modified":"2022-02-22T14:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T19:37:47","slug":"shut-down-dapl-lakota-youth-bring-black-snake-to-bidens-front-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/04\/02\/shut-down-dapl-lakota-youth-bring-black-snake-to-bidens-front-door\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Shut down DAPL&#8217;: Lakota youth bring black snake to Biden&#8217;s front door"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"9726\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/04\/02\/shut-down-dapl-lakota-youth-bring-black-snake-to-bidens-front-door\/shutdowndapl\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/02\/shutdowndapl-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1617290452&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shutdowndapl\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/02\/shutdowndapl-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/02\/shutdowndapl-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"shutdowndapl\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9726\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">With a 200-foot black snake representing the Dakota Access Pipeline behind them, Lakota youth take part in a rally outside of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">&#8216;Shut down DAPL&#8217;: Lakota youth bring black snake to Biden&#8217;s front door<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Friday, April 2, 2021<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212; \r\nFive years since the fight against the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dakota_Access_Pipeline\">Dakota Access Pipeline<\/a> became a worldwide movement, and four years after tribes and their allies took to the streets in protest, Lakota youth returned to the nation&#8217;s capital to once again hold the federal government to its trust and treaty responsibilities. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nYouth from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe,  the Cheyenne  River Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe traveled over 1,500 miles from their communities to make a simple yet pointed request. Shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline, which the federal courts have repeatedly determined was approved under a process that violated the law.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;The president is paying lip service to the Lakota youth,&#8221; Jasilyn Charger, a young Cheyenne River citizen, said of Joe Biden, the  current occupant of the White House.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lakota youth from Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe running down National Mall. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShutDownDAPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShutDownDAPL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopLine3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopLine3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SRYouthCouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SRYouthCouncil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoDAPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoDAPL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LandBack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LandBack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1jo8m9hlI9\">pic.twitter.com\/1jo8m9hlI9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1377631197472378882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/p>\r\nStarting with a run from the National Museum of the American Indian on Thursday morning, the youth called on President Biden to honor the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie and obtain the consent of their people when it comes to Dakota Access. The courts have already ruled that the federal government failed to consider how tribes of the Sioux Nation  are impacted by the crude oil pipeline.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n\u201cWe are here to tell the Biden administration we do not want the Dakota Access Pipeline flowing under our rivers,\u201d  said Danny Grassrope,  a Lower Brule citizen   from  the <a href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CRGrassrootsCollective\/>Cheyenne River Grassroots Collective<\/a> of young Lakota organizers and activists.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  approved the final portion of the pipeline in February 2017, during the administration of former Republican president Donald Trump. The decision was made without consulting tribes that had already sued the federal agency during the last year of Democratic former president Barack Obama&#8217;s second term in office.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are here today to kill this big black snake\u201d: Lakota youth from Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe at US Army Corps of Engineers headquarters in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DC<\/a> to tell President Joe Biden to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShutDownDAPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShutDownDAPL<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopLine3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopLine3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SRYouthCouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SRYouthCouncil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoDAPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoDAPL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LandBack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LandBack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@joebiden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kb0xS2ZQZk\">pic.twitter.com\/kb0xS2ZQZk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1377645681737920519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nDespite the court victories,  the arrival of another U.S. president hasn&#8217;t resulted in the closure of the pipeline, whose final portion lies on territory promised to the Sioux Nation under the 1868 treaty. Youth expressed continued frustration with the state of affairs, prompting their return to Washington, D.C., where they marched from the headquarters of the  Army Corps  to the White House, carrying a physical manifestation of their  opponent through the streets of the city.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThe black snake symbolizes the Dakota Access Pipeline and we just now slayed it,\u201d\r\nMaya Runnels, the president of the <a href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StandingRockYouthCouncil>Standing Rock Youth Council<\/a>, said at Black Lives Matter Plaza, which  is about  the closest the public can get to the White House due to increased security around the facility.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cAnd now we&#8217;re giving it back to the White House, because we don&#8217;t want it on our land,\u201d said Runnels after Lakota youth counted coup by striking down  the 200-foot-long black snake at  President Biden&#8217;s front door.\r\n<p><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nAbout three dozen youth from  Standing Rock,    Cheyenne River and  Lower Brule &#8212; some as young as 16 years old &#8212;    left their homes  in North Dakota and South Dakota last Saturday in preparation for their events  in D.C. They were accompanied  by parents, chaperones and family members.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAlong the way, the Lakota youth were hosted by the <a href=https:\/\/www.meskwaki.org>Meskwaki Nation<\/a> in Iowa, where the Dakota Access Pipeline also runs through.   <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahyoungbear1\">Sarah   Young Bear-Brown<\/a>, a mother and  activist    from that tribal community,  took part in the protest in D.C., speaking in front of the Army Corps headquarters in American Sign Language.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n\u201cThe  pipelines  always break. We need to stop these pipelines,\u201d Young Bear-Brown signed. She later  led the crowd in a vocalized chant of \u201cKill the black snake\u201d against Dakota Access.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAnother group of Native activists also joined the events to call attention to the <a href=https:\/\/www.stopline3.org\/>Stop Line 3<\/a> movement. The proposed oil pipeline would run through Ojibwe  territory in northern Minnesota, where  Silas Neeland, a 12-year-old citizen of the White Earth Nation,  said it  would cause major damage to  wild rice, one of his people&#8217;s most important foods.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cWe are not here to ask Biden,  but we are here to demand Biden because he needs to learn to respect our treaties and our water,\u201d Neeland said at the Army Corps building.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<figure>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"9737\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/04\/02\/shut-down-dapl-lakota-youth-bring-black-snake-to-bidens-front-door\/sarahyoungbearbrown\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/02\/sarahyoungbearbrown-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1617292256&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0038461538461538&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sarahyoungbearbrown\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/02\/sarahyoungbearbrown-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/02\/sarahyoungbearbrown-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"sarahyoungbearbrown\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9737\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Sarah   Young Bear-Brown, a citizen of the Meskwaki Nation, addresses the dangers of pipelines in American Sign Language  during a rally outside of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLast summer, a federal court in D.C. <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/07\/07\/a-historic-day-tribes-celebrate-victory.asp>ordered the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline<\/a>. In June 2020, Judge James E. Boasberg ruled that the Army Corps approved the final portion near the home of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe without conducting a full environmental analysis of the impacts on treaties, water rights and related issues.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe wealthy backers of the $3.8 billion project immediately challenged the ruling. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals  later put the shutdown on hold pending further litigation.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOn January 26, just days after President Biden took office, the D.C. Circuit once again confirmed that the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/01\/26\/d-c-circuit-court-of-appeals-standing-rock-sioux-tribe-v-u-s-army-corps-of-engineers\/>Army Corps acted \u201cunlawfully\u201d in approving the final portion<\/a> of the pipeline at Standing Rock.\r\n<p<p>\r\n\u201cThe tribes\u2019 unique role and their government-to-government relationship with the United States demand that their criticisms be treated with appropriate solicitude,\u201d Judge David S. Tatel wrote in the decision.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHowever, the appeals court refused to order the shutdown of the pipeline, which has been in operation since June 2017, after the Trump administration rushed it through the federal review process.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lakota youth from Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe are at US Army Corps of Engineers headquarters in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DC<\/a> to tell President Joe Biden to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShutDownDAPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShutDownDAPL<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopLine3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopLine3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SRYouthCouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SRYouthCouncil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoDAPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoDAPL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LandBack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LandBack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@joebiden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rzIqBubaFb\">pic.twitter.com\/rzIqBubaFb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1377649219843059713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe White House has not responded to media inquiries about Biden&#8217;s stance on Dakota Access. In contrast, he rescinded  approval for the Keystone XL Pipeline  on his first day in office on January 20. Tribes also fought heavily against the project.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe events in D.C. took place on  the fifth anniversary of the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2016\/04\/15\/standing-rock-sioux-tribe-sets.asp>establishment of the Sacred Stone Camp<\/a>, which was  the first to arise in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline  on  April 1, 2016. The movement  quickly  expanded, attracting multiple camps and drawing upwards of 10,000 people during peak times of resistance, particularly in the summer of 2016 and then again in December of that year.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn August 2016,  shortly after the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe began litigating    the pipeline, Lakota youth completed a 2,000-mile relay run to the nation&#8217;s capital. The <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2016\/08\/11\/tribes-and-native-youth-join-forces-in-c.asp>ReZpect Our Water event<\/a> culminated with a rally in front of the White House. A number of the participants in the run were present on Thursday.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marching from US Army Corps of Engineers to Black Lives Matter Plaza and White House tell President Joe Biden to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShutDownDAPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShutDownDAPL<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopLine3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopLine3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SRYouthCouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SRYouthCouncil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoDAPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoDAPL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LandBack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LandBack<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@potus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@whitehouse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qS1TwRxFus\">pic.twitter.com\/qS1TwRxFus<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1377662590650834956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nA month after the Trump administration approved the final portion at Standing Rock, about 5,000 Native people and allies  <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2017\/03\/10\/native-citizens-rally-in-nations-capitol.asp>marched to the White House as part of Native Nations Rise<\/a> on March 10, 2017.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThursday&#8217;s event was much smaller, with the crowd mindful of the ongoing <a href=\/covid19\/>COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>. 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