Native American land defender/water protector speaks truth to power at ND gubernatorial debate

As reported by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! during the show's Oct. 4th news headlines segment (watch/listen from the 11 minute 43 second mark to the 13 minute 13 second mark), a Native American land defender/water protector (they do not want to be called protestors), opposed to the crude oil Dakota Access Pipeline threatening Standing Rock Sioux Tribe drinking water, ancient sacred and burial sites, etc., disrupted the North Dakota gubernatorial debate last evening.

She compared DAPL's violation of the 1851 treaty between the Sioux and U.S. government -- in the form of desecration of sacred and burial sites on historic tribal lands -- to violation of nuclear weapons treaties, such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Meanwhile, as reported by Goodman, Native American land defenders/water protectors in a large convoy of vehicles non-violently disrupted ongoing construction of the DAPL in North Dakota, as non-Indian protestors in Iowa engaged in non-violent direct action to stop DAPL construction there, resulting in multiple arrests.

Beyond Nuclear on Thom Hartmann's "The Big Picture" with IEN, re: Dakota Access Pipeline resistance

Beyond Nuclear was honored and privileged to appear on Thom Hartmann's "The Big Picture," along with Indigenous Environmental Network, to discuss the ongoing, inspiring water and land protector resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline, centered at the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe lands near Cannonball, ND.

Thom discusses how the North Dakota pipeline protests are spreading across the country with the Indigenous Environmental Network’s (IEN) Kandi Mossett and Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps.

The interview segment begins at the 30 minute 20 second mark, and ends at the 42 minute 50 second mark.

(Please note, Anishinaabemowin refers to Anishinaabe language; Anishinaabeaki refers to Anishinaabe land. Kalamazoo means "Boiling Pot" is Anishinaabemowin; Michigan means "Great Lake.")