Decolonial Journey 5 – Two fronts of resistance

Cancel KXL

Great Plains Action Society is determined to bring in an Indigenous-led regenerative economy based on compassion and humanity, but we need to fight for it. The white, land-owning, heteropatriarchy is not ready to give up their place as the elite in this world and they are holding viciously to their oil and natural resource riches–all that came from the violent colonization of Indigenous lands all over the planet. And, it is up to Indigenous Peoples to lead the way and overcome detrimental colonial-colonialist projects such as the KXL pipeline that threatened the Missouri River–Iowa’s border to the east.​

For this reason, Great Plains Action Society helped to keep up the fight against the second Trans Canada project, which was under construction in Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. We gave our support to Ní Btháska Stand, which worked non-stop for years to stop the KXL in Nebraska. We also supported the youth from the Cheyenne River Reservation as they continued to fight the KXL in their own territories. Our Operations Director, Trisha Etringer,  wrote an article and scouted the pipeline and created 2 powerful videos to educate the public. In all of our talks at actions, events and conferences, we made it very apparent how man-camps are linked to an increase in the MMIR crisis in Indigenous communities. It was a good day when the pipeline was officially canceled after Biden revoked the key permit.​

We believe in abolishing border imperialism and the fact the KXL is being constructed in Nebraska and not Iowa did not stop us from fighting its construction. The Missouri River provides water to millions of people to its east and west and it is Iowa’s eastern border. If the KXL bursts, it will affect all who depend on it, regardless of an imperial imposed border–the spill will affect all directions and the Indigenous lands that Great Plains is protecting and where we are from–The Great Plains.

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