Obama's press secretary said yesterday that the president will not do anything to help the water protectors. He wants the pipeline project completed. I'm not surprised, but I am disgusted. Video is less than a minute.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzRqd3Xic9I]

LaDonna Bravebull Allard, one of the leaders of Sacred Stone Camp, dispelled some rumors yesterday.

1. No the Governor can't stop stop supplies from coming to the camp.
2. No, DAPL is not buying up the hotel rooms at Prairie Knights.
3. No we are not being sprayed with chemicals
4. The[re] has been no little girl [who] died at the camps
5. No we did not kill 30 cows or buffalo with arrows.
6. We did not shoot arrows at planes
7. we did not throw any propene bottle at the police
8. no there are no weapons at camp.
9. No one is getting paid to protest
10. this movement is not outsider[s] coming in it is the people of Native Nation who are standing with our allies.
11. No, Morton County can not raid the camp, this is Federal land under the Army Corp of Engineer and the county police . . . only can care for things in the county . . . the state is under the federal government who control the state government so it would have to be an order from the president and that is not going to happen.
12. No, CPS can not come and take the children from their families.
13. No they can not closed down the school.
Remember we have DAPL employees in the camp to spread these rumors. If you hear anyone us[ing] the speaker saying these things run them out. Don't allow rumors [to] control us we are standing our grounds. We must stand together as defenders of the water.

A short video from the morning of November 30, showing the conditions of some of the roads around the camp, with commentary by Myron Dewey (about 6 mins) and a cameo by a veteran who has been at Oceti Sakowin for a while. If you see any images from ND that don't show snow, they're outdated. [video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2_ckGhkl5k]

This is why the people resist. Indigenous elder Saginaw Grant speaks from his heart (3:30).

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QV2PBxanGM]

Rhonda Lee Grantham’s firsthand report from Oceti Sakowin

thank you to those veterans who have answered the call. I have hope that when these corporate hired hands see you, in the uniform that has given them their own freedom, that they will think twice about who they are "working" for. These water protectors need to stop being treated like disposable brown bodies causing trouble. They need to be known as the brave and spiritually strong people that they are, protecting the water for everyone. That is my prayer.... ❤️

Inspiring Tales of Solidarity
Mississippi Stand activists locked down to construction equipment that was drilling under the Des Moines River on November 29.

Sacred Bones Records is donating the proceeds of their sales through December 4 to Standing Rock. Buy some music!

Governmental and Institutional Action

The Shiprock Chapter of the Navajo Nation issued a statement in support of the water protectors on November 22 (caps are in the original document, bold is mine).

We had a powerful meeting last nite at the Shiprock Chapter, we approved resolutions 1-3 with a vote of 121-0-0 and the fourth resolution by a vote of 122-0-0. standing strong with Standing Rock

1. EXPRESSING UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT IN THE STRONGEST TERMS FOR THE POSITION OF THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE AND THE WATER PROTECTORS IN CANNON BALL, NORTH DAKOTA

2. DEMANDING GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA JACK DALRMPLE III, THE MORTON COUNTY SHERIFF, THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE POLICE AND ALL OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CEASE AND DESIST IN USING VIOLENT AND MILITARIZED MEANS AGAINST THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE AND THEIR SUPPORTERS IN CANNON BALL, NORTH DAKOTA

3. REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO AND OTHER U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS TO DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA JACK DALRMPLE III, THE MORTON COUNTY SHERIFF, THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE POLICE AND ALL OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CEASE AND DESIST IN USING VIOLENT AND MILITARIZED MEANS AGAINST THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE AND THEIR SUPPORTERS IN CANNON BALL, NORTH DAKOTA

4. REQUESTING THE NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL, SPEAKER LORENZO BATES, PRESIDENT RUSSELL BEGAY AND VICE PRESIDENT JONATHAN NEZ TO DIVEST ALL NAVAJO NATION FUNDS AND ASSETS FROM THE WELLS FARGO BANK AND ALL OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WHO ARE FINANCING THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE

The US Commission on Civil Rights has issued a statement. Commission Chair Martin R. Castro said:

The issue of the pipeline is not just about the pipeline alone, but rather it is about the entire relationship between the United States and sovereign Indian Nations, their rights, traditions and religious beliefs. As we prepare our civil rights report on this relationship we call on Congress to make it a priority to address the problems in Indian country by holding its own hearings to hear from Native leaders about the unmet needs and unmet promises owed to Native Americans by the United States of America.

Congressional representatives Raul Grijalva and Jared Huffman have asked for congressional hearings on the situation in North Dakota. The statement could be much stronger, but even as weak as it is, only the two of them signed it.

The war zone before the snow: Highway 1806 blockade, which puts the lie to anything that the governor of ND or the Morton County sheriff has to say about their concerns for people's "safety." Because of this blockade, it takes at least 30 minutes longer to get emergency help.

Link to the links: How to Help Standing Rock: Links for Donations, Phone Numbers to Call, Talking Points