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<h1 id="reader-title">DAPL Easement Denied, But The Fight's Not
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<p>December 5, 2016<br>
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<p>Tara Houska, National Campaigns Director of Honor the
Earth says, “The original peoples of these lands fought
with all of our hearts against injustice and won. We
have been maced, tased, demeaned, hit with water cannons
in below freezing temperatures, we stand with the
strength of our ancestors before us. The inaction from
the administration and media was answered by our refusal
to back down. Let this send a message around the world:
we are still here. We are empowered. We are not
sacrifice zones. Mni wiconi, water is life.”</p>
<p>Eryn Wise of the International Indigenous Youth Council
says, “We've been fighting this fight our whole lives
and now there is no doubt in our minds that our
generation can change the future. We know that the next
presidency stands to jeopardize our work but we are by
no means backing down. We will continue protecting
everywhere we go and we will continue to stand for all
our relations. We say Lila wopila to everyone who has
supported the resurgence of indigenous nations. This is
just the beginning.”</p>
<p>Dallas Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental
Network says, “Today, the Obama Administration has told
us they are not granting the final easement for the
Dakota Access Pipeline. This is not just an amazing
victory for Standing Rock and the Oceti Sakowin -- but
also for the many other Tribal Nations, grassroots
Indigenous communities and millions of Americans around
the country who have stood in solidarity with us here in
person, at rallies around the country, and through phone
calls and letters. This is a victory for organizing, and
it doesn't stop now. We are asking our supporters to
keep up the pressure, because while President Obama has
granted us a victory today, that victory isn't
guaranteed in the next administration. More threats are
likely in the year to come, and we cannot stop until
this pipeline is completely and utterly defeated, and
our water and climate are safe.”</p>
<p>LaDonna Allard, Director of the Sacred Stone Camp,
says, “I was asked, “When do you consider this pipeline
issue to be over?” I said, when every pipe is out of the
ground and the earth is repaired across the United
States. I am not negotiating, I am got backing down. I
must stand for our grandchildren and for the water.”</p>
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