North Dakota National Guard Deployed: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Calls for Peace in Advance of DAPL Court Decision
North Dakota National Guard been deployed to keep peace.
#NoDAPL
Published September 8, 2016
CANNON BALL, NORTH DAKOTA – Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman Archambault II spoke with North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple on Thursday morning and was notified that the governor has been deployed the national guard to ensure safety of all citizens.
The National Guard has been called in to assist state and county police in notifying drivers on Highway 1806 traveling south that there may be pedestrians on the road and cars may be parked on the side of the road. This is intended to keep all drivers and pedestrians safe.
The National Guard will not enter the camp.
This action comes one day prior to the anticipated ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia tomorrow, September 9, on whether construction can continue on the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Eagle staff display solidarity of tribes saying “No DAPL.”
Thursday afternoon, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe released the following statement from Chairman Archambault II, in which he calls for peace:
Thousands of people, from members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, tribes across the nation and First Nations in Canada, to non-Native supporters in the United States and around the world, have stood in solidarity against the harm and destruction caused by the Dakota Access Pipeline. We have stood side by side in peaceful prayer.
The pipeline threatens our sacred lands and the health of 17 million people who rely upon the Missouri River for water. There is a lot at stake with the court decision tomorrow. We call upon all water protectors to greet any decision with peace and order. Even if the outcome of the court’s ruling is not in our favor, we will continue to explore every lawful option and fight against the construction of the pipeline.
Any act of violence hurts our cause and is not welcome here. We invite all supporters to join us in prayer that, ultimately, the right decision—the moral decision—is made to protect our people, our sacred places, our land and our resources.
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The Tribes have done NOTHING to warrant this. I’m beginning to think the govt of ND is preparing for a fight that they are initiating. This has been a completely peaceful event. By starting this shit, they are the ones to watch. Do they know someone in the court system that’s hearing the case today & has advised it won’t come down in favour of ND? Are they afraid of thousands of people celebrating at getting what’s theirs in the 1st place? This is another fear tactic the govt & media are using to manipulate how people respond. How dare they!
I’m warning you. What’s the difference between ND highway 1806 & the devil’s curve highway in Peru when worlds collide?
10’000 Indians massed on the devil’s curve highway & it was a massacre. All the photos look like ND highway 1806 & ND country side. The Peru Bagua massacre was in the year 2009.
So now the National Guard is poised and ready, presumably with loaded weapons, to direct traffic. Yeah, right. They are there to follow orders given, no matter what the orders are. I have never NEVER heard of an instance where the national guard was called in where shooting did NOT happen. The Governor is looking for ANY excuse to open fire, in the name of “public safety”. A scenario to beware of: Goons who hate the Protectors get on that road, start a commotion, start a fight, some goon with a fire cracker or an actual weapon will use it, and the guard will rush in and fire back. i hope this DOESN’T HAPPEN. But it HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. Please beware of the intentions of the Governor, the Sheriff, Homeland Security, the guards with their damn dogs, and ANY civilians that don’t belong; especially the latter, as infiltrators are a common ruse used by the people in power.
At least now there is someone keep the peace ! Thank you National guardsmen and women.
Here we go! 1960’s all over again! History repeats itself!
If you notice America now, is no different than Imperial Rome when they invaded and occupied the Mideast, Africa and Europe, to leech, like parasites, off the countries resources and lands. I think the same secret societies then, are the same as today, and are the shadow figures yanking the American politicians around with puppet strings. They own and manage the news media, the military industrial complex, the judiciary, the oil and mining conglomerates and obviously the CIA and NSA. Any news positive to the Natives is stifled and not reported unless it is slanted to the government and the corporations that own it. It is a fact going back to when the illegal European aliens were stealing and murdering their way across this continent, and now their descendants think it is a normal thing to do in the name of capitalism. Invade and occupy to allow the corporations to go in and profit off the theft of other countries resources and lands, and don’t care how many people get hurt or die, or suffer through the contamination left behind by the corporations. Like leeches and parasites
I agree!
I want to encourage all military brothers and sisters to stand down, Do not take up arms against caring citizens.
Before the the worse happens and National Guard shuts some of the events down because of the Judges’ decision… Can this please grow to cover all the people everywhere on Turtle Island? It is a natural event whose time has certainly come. Is there a planning council that will be able to field and direct behaviors with some kind of plan so we can all take part and the Gov. is trying to make you all go away? All this would be peaceful, of course. It can even be done with non violent statement and signatures along with a sign in sheet for each day. This way it would be able to spread, naturally, over all Turtle Island. I really think its time
For example, I live in east Tennessee, am old and due for heart surgery. No matter how much I would like to be there, I cannot. But I could go to something in Knoxville or Morristown where I live even if for a short time. There are so very many more than just me…
How much would it take to adapt the rules and information to packets to send over the internet? Please do it very quickly. This should actually begin before anything more negative happens there.
God is watching and HELL is waiting ..
MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE OR SEE !
Guess we gotta go amish . At least your pony loves you .