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For Immediate Release:
Press Contact: Jennifer K. Falcon, jennifer@ienearth.org, 218-760-9958
Cheyenne River Grassroots Collective Blocks D.C. Traffic Outside the White House Demanding Biden #ShutdownDAPL and #StopLine3
Washington D.C.. (April 1st, 2021) Today, Cheyenne River Grassroots Collective erected a tripod block on the street in front of the White House demanding Joe Biden shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline and Line 3.
“We are here to tell the Biden administration we do not want the Dakota Access Pipeline flowing under our rivers and to stop Enbridge’s Line 3. Water is not an accessory, it's a necessity and giver of life,” said Cheyenne Rivers Grassroots Collective’s Danny Grassrope who was chained the tripod with a bike lock.
This action comes at the end of a day of action in which Indigenous youth from impacted Line 3, DAPL, Mountain Valley, KXL and Line 5 communities took over the streets of D.C. demanding Biden Build Back Fossil Free.
We are here in solidarity from the Cheyenne River Sioux nation to tell Biden he needs to take immediate and bold action to shut down the Dakota Access and Line 3 pipelines as well as any other fossil fuel infrastructure that goes through Indigenous territories or around our territories.” said Tasina Sapa Win with Cheyenne River Grassroots Collective. “There needs to be Free, Informed and Prior Consent from Indigenous people prior to the extractive projects going through our lands.”
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Established in 1990, The Indigenous Environmental Network is an international environmental justice nonprofit that works with tribal grassroots organizations to build the capacity of Indigenous communities. I EN’s activities include empowering Indigenous communities and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect our sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, the health of both our people and all living things, and to build economically sustainable communities.
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