Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier to Meet with President Obama to Discuss Dakota Access Pipeline
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chairman Harold Frazier in Washington after White House Tribal Nations Conference on September 26, 2016. Native News Online photo by Levi Rickert
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Published October 25, 2016
“I found out about the possibility to arrange a meeting with President Obama to discuss the current situation and I felt I had to fly to Los Angeles for the opportunity,” Chairman Frazier told Native News Online late Monday night.
The chairman will specifically address the need for an Environmental Impact Statement and the easement application that is currently pending before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He will also address the issue of protection of the pipeline company activities by out of state law enforcement agencies, potential civil rights violations and allegations of police brutality against peaceful water protectors.
“We love this land more than any oil company or politician ever could. The tribes will continue to work together to fight for the Great Sioux Nation,” said Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chairman Harold Frazier. “We do not just own these lands…we are a part of them.”
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal member and attorney for the Tribe, Nicole Ducheneaux, explained the need for an Environmental Impact Statement saying, “A full environmental impact statement is needed on this project rather than just an environmental assessment. This project will undoubtedly have significant effects on the environment for generations to come. An undertaking of this risk and magnitude demands the level of in depth review and analysis that only an EIS can provide.”
The chairman continued to ask for prayers for the peaceful and prayerful water protectors watching over sacred water and sacred sites near Cannonball, North Dakota.
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My prayers are with you Harold that the President can do something to stop the oil companies.
Hello,
I am a grandmother of almost four now, raised in polluted Los Angeles. Moved to Oklahoma near the Arkansas river which leads into the Missouri River. Oklahoma has had too much drilling which leads to fracking here. We CAN NOT allow our WATER precious element which makes us HUMAN feeds us all and all the animals/wildlife to be polluted. DAPL says it won’t, IT WILL, IT DOES Happen often, far too often. STOP the Billion dollar industry (that is NOT needed for US citizens) from taking OUR land, OUR Water, Sioux Sacred land. Value OUR people of America, honor treaties signed by faith and a trusted hand shake. Please do NOT allow AMERICA to be bought out .. I BEG YOU !
My heart is with the Sioux Standing Rock Tribes as I have to take care of little children. We do NOT want pollution, unfairness, Injustice for our future generations. Please, Thank you for taking time to read my post.
From all of my heart, I plead with you today .STOP THE PIPELINE NOW
Michele Gee
Poteau, Oklahoma
We are already sold out.
Prayers are with the Chairman as he meets with President Obama. May the President hear and take into consideration all that is at stake for the people and take necessary action immediately.
Thanks for sharing this. Praying for you. Here in Netherlands we care about water. Seeing you, beeing with you.
To all our relations, Suse
Keep us posted, Levi.
May his words have impact and may Obama finally really act. That’s my hope. My skeptical side knows Obama could have and should have taken action already. Prayers for the right outcome.
The Chairman might want to speak with Hillary
The question is this for Clinton administration. Obama will not touch this, his legacy is cemented. Clinton is not well received in Amy Goodman circles of a Democratic Party punctuated by the Marc Rich pardon.
Bill’s administration was mired with the Janet Reno handling of the Waco massacre. This could weigh on any triangulation – Clintons are known for.
Anyone know what the outcome of this meeting?
The time is now! Not tomorrow, not next year! Are you willing to live without your oil. Without your nat gas? I am. This is what it is really about. Stop the pipeline here. Stop it now! Clinton will have to be pressured, but with a trump, there is no hope. She is the only one that the people can pressure to make change possible. You can spout your rants of the press, she has endured for many years. If you choose to look the other way and vote your conscience, then know that it will be much worse. Do you want a Bush administration again? You cannot see the writing on the wall for your progressive thoughts and most of you will not participate in the activities anyhow that pressure our politicians to act for us and the native people.
Sing our songs, sweatlodge our prayers for we are one tribe…. who will honor our ancestors that fought for us, to be here, for this day~to stand for Mother Earth~Water is Life.
We are here to the end.
My prayers Are with you. May the Great Spirit guide you and President Obama to protect and support the cause. Water is Life….
You absolutely have my Prayers, my Hopes, and 100% support for all that you are asking for! It is time for us all to wake up and work together to honor and protect our Mother Earth!! Thank you and all who are standing strong at Standing Rock! From Naples, NY!
It is now Tuesday night. However, I will keep on praying my heartfelt prayers. Especially that the outcome of the meeting for Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chairman Harold Frazier goes in favor of the protection of their land. That it will not be subjected to the negative nature of that oil pipeline. Thank you for taking the steps, Chairman Frazier, to make the meeting with the President happen. Your sincere concern for the people and land is such a blessing at this time. I will certainly keep you in my prayers Harold Frazier. May you have all the wisdom necessary to speak and others will not just hear the words but LISTEN to what is being said.
Made a great spirit stand with you in Los Angeles, at standing rock and all ways .?✨?Water is life.
There can’t be any human rights observers, and if there are they are ignoring the human rights violations. This is just more rhetoric from President Obama. He has the power to stop this pipeline, but he refuses; despite the horrible things that are happening to the water protectors. Why is he not meeting the Chairman Archambault, the chairman of the Standing Rock tribe? It is beyond me how the President of the United States can stand back and not make a move to protect the rights of the protectors.
No pipe – indians must be free and masters of land.
May the Great Spirit give vision large enough to those involved that they may see for the greater good of many versus the few. Peace and love to those shedding light on this.
Praying for a Positive Outcome..<3
We stand with you because you are standing with everyone in protection of all the waters from poisoning by the fossil fuel industry. Just last week waters in Pennsylvania were poisoned by a gasoline pipeline break. We all must wake up and realize that we all have to join you in this struggle. Water is Life.
The government agencies poison the water, and then tell you they are taking over water rights to protect the water! The head of Nestle thinks that the people don’t have a right to pure and free water. So they drain water from our lands, and process it, adding fluoride of course, and sell it to you for $1.00 a bottle, while Nestle pays $6 for over 500 gallons! They’ve gotten most of the water in the west redirected already. Now they are coming for the rest of it!