"Cowboys and Indians" Camp Together to Build Alliance Against Keystone XL

[eridani]

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/20582-qcowboys-and-indiansq-camp-together-to-build-alliance-against-keystone-xl
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Art and Helen Tanderup's 160-acre farm in northeast Nebraska is crossed by two invisible lines, one from the past and one from the future. The first crossing was in 1877, when the Ponca Tribe were forced on a brutal march to a new reserve some 500 miles south, during what is now called the Ponca Trail of Tears.

Now, the Tanderups fear their farm may be crossed once again - this time by the Keystone XL pipeline, whose proposed route traces the Poncas' path from so many years ago. And so, from November 8 to 11, they welcomed onto their land the Ponca Trail of Tears Spiritual Camp, a ceremonial gathering of natives and non-natives who are determined to prevent the pipeline's construction - and who see in it echoes of a dark colonial history.

Finding common cause over the desire to protect land and water, and sharing a wariness of both government and industry, the participants grieved the past and prayed for the future. The camp - one of several planned for this winter - signifies a new phase in the growing solidarity between the Native Americans of the Great Plains and their non-native neighbors, all united in opposition to the Keystone pipeline.

[Berlum]

1. Excellent !

[Judi Lynn]

2. A miracle is needed. Best wishes to these good people. n/t