0:00:02.800,0:00:04.370 Greetings, trouble-makers. 0:00:04.370,0:00:05.910 Welcome to Trouble…. 0:00:05.910,0:00:07.530 my name is not important. 0:00:07.530,0:00:10.900 In the year of 1990 my community, [br]the Mohawks of Kanehsatà:ke, 0:00:10.900,0:00:14.130 began to fight the construction of a golf course[br]that would have destroyed 0:00:14.130,0:00:15.620 one of our sacred burial grounds. 0:00:15.620,0:00:20.590 We filed petitions, we protested, and finally[br]we took up arms against the Quebec police 0:00:20.590,0:00:23.060 and eventually the Canadian army, [br]to protect our land. 0:00:23.060,0:00:25.710 After a 78 day stand off... we fuckin won! 0:00:25.710,0:00:29.380 And the cemetery and the surrounding pines,[br]that would have been cleared and used by rich 0:00:29.380,0:00:31.670 men to play golf on, are still there today. 0:00:31.670,0:00:33.390 Fast forward to 26 years later. 0:00:33.390,0:00:37.300 The Lakota community of Standing Rock, [br]faced off with oil infrastructure company, 0:00:37.300,0:00:42.340 Energy Transfer Partners against their attempt[br]to build the Dakota Access Pipeline, or DAPL, 0:00:42.340,0:00:44.420 through their territory, [br]and under the Missouri River. 0:00:44.420,0:00:48.310 A pipeline that they say, if built, will almost[br]certainly rupture and contaminate 0:00:48.310,0:00:50.540 the water of millions of people [br]in the United States. 0:00:50.540,0:00:53.320 The fight against DAPL became the [br]stuff of legend. 0:00:53.320,0:00:57.470 Thousands of Indigenous and Settler allies[br]converged in North Dakota to stop this project 0:00:57.470,0:00:58.910 against incredible odds. 0:00:58.910,0:01:03.750 They became known as water protectors, and[br]in November of 2016 they had a temporary 0:01:03.750,0:01:08.140 victory, when outgoing president Barack Obama[br]denied a permit for a key part of the construction. 0:01:08.140,0:01:11.970 For some, this executive action seemed[br]to validate a particular strategy 0:01:11.970,0:01:14.020 and corresponding set of tactics. 0:01:14.020,0:01:18.030 But history has clearly shown that states[br]have never had any qualms breaking the countless 0:01:18.030,0:01:20.170 promises they’ve made to Indigenous peoples. 0:01:20.170,0:01:22.720 As for those who’d forgotten, [br]or neglected this fact... 0:01:22.720,0:01:24.540 Donald Trump wasted no time in reminding them. 0:01:24.540,0:01:25.690 At the same time, 0:01:25.690,0:01:28.450 there were many water protectors[br]who saw this political maneuver 0:01:28.450,0:01:31.110 as the dirty trick it was, [br]and who continued to stress 0:01:31.110,0:01:34.990 the need for a strategy based on [br]physical confrontation and direct action. 0:01:34.990,0:01:38.580 During the next thirty minutes, we’ll bring[br]you the voices of some of these individuals, 0:01:38.580,0:01:41.501 as they relate their experiences fighting[br]the black snake... 0:01:41.501,0:01:43.720 and making a whole lotta trouble. 0:02:25.790,0:02:30.290 It's hard to just even use the English word[br]"warrior" when you're talking about 0:02:30.290,0:02:32.580 what it means to be a warrior. 0:02:32.580,0:02:39.310 Because as Indigenous people, we we born into[br]this life and we believe that it's our duty 0:02:39.310,0:02:44.110 and responsibility to defend our land,[br]in which our language, our culture, 0:02:44.110,0:02:46.410 our existence flows from. 0:02:46.410,0:02:49.050 There is no separating us from our land. 0:02:49.050,0:02:53.640 It's a spiritual connection that goes deep[br]since the beginning of our people. 0:02:53.640,0:02:55.570 So as a warrior we are a defender. 0:02:55.570,0:02:57.010 We are a protector. 0:02:57.010,0:03:03.619 And as a warrior we would do and by any means[br]protect and defend our people. 0:03:03.619,0:03:06.540 Anything that comes in the way of that 0:03:06.540,0:03:12.220 -- and here we're talking about the contamination[br]of water that so much people depend on. 0:03:12.220,0:03:15.570 I've been down here since the middle of September. 0:03:15.570,0:03:20.650 And here to be in solidarity with people[br]that are fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. 0:03:28.700,0:03:31.590 Across the river is Sacred Stone camp[br]where it originally started. 0:03:31.590,0:03:35.380 There was like a handful of people there[br]for a long time. 0:03:35.380,0:03:41.170 Once these guys actually came here and really[br]started building and destroying the earth, 0:03:41.170,0:03:44.140 so everyone just started coming here faster. 0:03:44.140,0:03:47.160 And every day it was just growing and growing. 0:03:47.160,0:03:51.270 Before you knew it, Sacred Stone camp[br]was just overflowing. 0:03:51.270,0:03:57.059 I came out here in response to a call[br]for medical support. 0:03:57.059,0:04:02.779 We received an invite from some of the matriarchs[br]and Indigenous leadership from this Lakota/ 0:04:02.779,0:04:07.580 Dakota/Nakota territory to come and help fight[br]the black snake, help fight the pipeline. 0:04:07.580,0:04:10.740 And in some matriarchs' opinions, "by any[br]means necessary". 0:04:10.740,0:04:16.000 And in a spirit of collective resistance,[br]and use a diversity of tactics to do that. 0:04:16.000,0:04:20.329 There's hundreds of camps in this bigger [br]Standing Rock encampment that's called 0:04:20.329,0:04:21.499 Oceti Sakowin camp. 0:04:21.499,0:04:24.029 It got up to around twenty thousand people. 0:04:24.029,0:04:28.579 But a lot of the people that are here and[br]have maintained camps here. 0:04:28.579,0:04:31.329 There's High Star camp, there is Wild Oglala[br]camp. 0:04:31.329,0:04:34.880 So this is a big massive mobilization. [br]There’s a lot of people here 0:04:34.880,0:04:36.910 and they want to stop a pipeline. 0:04:36.910,0:04:42.860 It went from just a few of us in little small[br]groups, going out and shutting down the pipeline 0:04:42.860,0:04:44.719 wherever we could, y'know? 0:04:44.719,0:04:46.910 Like multiple sites a day... everything. 0:04:46.910,0:04:48.060 We were just on it. 0:04:48.060,0:04:51.049 Black Snake Killaz! Black Snake Killaz! 0:05:13.049,0:05:14.889 Alright, now from here. 0:05:14.889,0:05:16.360 On three, we're gonna move. 0:05:16.360,0:05:17.930 One, two, three! 0:05:17.930,0:05:19.880 Move! Move! Move! 0:05:19.880,0:05:27.010 Diversity of tactics is a turn of phrase that[br]represents the very real fact that for every 0:05:27.010,0:05:31.609 one person on the frontline who's there and[br]who can stand and catch rubber bullets, 0:05:31.609,0:05:33.400 there are many folks behind them. 0:05:33.400,0:05:38.599 Be those folks medics, be those folks logistics[br]personnel, be those the folks in the kitchen 0:05:38.599,0:05:41.119 who fed them that day. 0:05:41.119,0:05:45.990 I believe that the only way that anyone could[br]organize is as a diversity of tactics 0:05:45.990,0:05:49.620 because we are all so diverse people. 0:05:49.620,0:05:55.199 Where else could you get thousands of people[br]to all come together like that and form this 0:05:55.199,0:06:02.059 community and actually people are not,[br]y'know... like killing each other? 0:06:02.059,0:06:03.739 Look at the rest of society! 0:06:03.739,0:06:04.919 We need all the things. 0:06:04.919,0:06:09.649 We need people litigating in court, we need[br]people doing "petitions", we need people praying, 0:06:09.649,0:06:11.509 and also people that are doing direct action. 0:06:11.509,0:06:13.259 A lot of people did a lot of different things. 0:06:13.259,0:06:19.800 They went to courthouse, went to the State[br]Capitol, locking down on the machinery and 0:06:19.800,0:06:23.670 actually physically stopping the construction[br]and the machines for the day. 0:06:23.670,0:06:29.060 They had massive caravans out to just make [br]a presence and stop the construction. 0:06:29.060,0:06:32.820 Stopping it everywhere we could...[br]anyway we could. 0:06:32.820,0:06:38.220 Using our bodies, locking down, just showing[br]up in force and scaring the workers off. 0:06:45.700,0:06:51.179 Just the pure presence of four hundred[br]water protectors and Native people 0:06:51.179,0:06:54.050 would shut DAPL down for the day. 0:06:54.050,0:06:57.099 And sometimes they would actually be running[br]to their trucks. 0:06:57.099,0:07:01.450 Because they know what they're doing is wrong.[br]Like... I would be scared too! 0:07:01.450,0:07:03.569 At one point, lockdowns were really effective. 0:07:03.569,0:07:07.859 They could stop construction, they could stop[br]what was happening for the day on 0:07:07.859,0:07:09.139 prospective work sites. 0:07:09.139,0:07:11.180 But then it got to the point where it was[br]so militarized. 0:07:11.180,0:07:15.909 And with the resources that we were up against,[br]it didn't matter that we had the intention 0:07:15.909,0:07:17.210 to go and lock down to something. 0:07:17.210,0:07:18.309 It just wasn't an option. 0:07:18.309,0:07:23.009 So then people had to reevaluate the situation[br]and ask themselves what it means to be effective, 0:07:23.009,0:07:27.729 look at the violence that is being perpetrated[br]on them, and then collectively come back together 0:07:27.729,0:07:29.860 and decide what tactics they're going to use. 0:07:29.860,0:07:35.049 And then people started seeing things like[br]flaming cars on highways, and what-have-you. 0:07:35.049,0:07:39.969 Because a lot of the time, that sacred fire[br]was the only thing protecting people from 0:07:39.969,0:07:44.749 the crazy cops and military from coming in[br]and wrecking shop. 0:07:46.929,0:07:51.459 The climax of everything that[br]I witnessed when I was here, 0:07:51.459,0:07:54.479 was when the police took [br]the front line camp. 0:07:54.479,0:07:58.019 People sacrificed vehicles that day, to blockade. 0:07:58.019,0:07:59.980 "What does that mean, to sacrifice vehicles?" 0:07:59.980,0:08:00.980 Lit up. 0:08:00.980,0:08:08.149 Were it not for people who had been training[br]for these sorts of non-violent civil disobedience 0:08:08.149,0:08:13.379 confrontational situations...[br]that pipe would've been built by now. 0:08:18.369,0:08:22.099 Success in stopping a pipeline or[br]other major infrastructure project 0:08:22.099,0:08:24.029 depends on a number of factors. 0:08:24.029,0:08:28.959 And despite what lots of people wanna believe...[br]facebook likes aren't one of them. 0:08:28.959,0:08:34.360 A strong heart, patience, and determination[br]on the part of land defenders are all crucial. 0:08:34.360,0:08:36.789 But timing and proper planning are also key. 0:08:36.789,0:08:40.799 It's important to get out in front of the[br]pipeline, both physically and by knowing 0:08:40.799,0:08:42.539 when and where to make your stand. 0:08:42.539,0:08:47.120 On the west coast of Turtle Island, in the[br]unceded territories of the Wet'suwet'en nation 0:08:47.120,0:08:51.500 in so-called "British Columbia", warriors[br]and tribal elders from the Unis'tot'en clan 0:08:51.500,0:08:54.510 have been blocking the construction of [br]multiple pipelines through their territories 0:08:54.510,0:08:56.050 for seven years now. 0:08:56.050,0:09:01.080 This anchor of land defense has been the Unis'tot'en[br]Camp, a resistance community constructed 0:09:01.080,0:09:05.890 smack dab in the pipelines' proposed path[br]-- similar in some ways to Oceti Sakowin, 0:09:05.890,0:09:08.730 also known as Sacred Stone camp, [br]that has served as the home base 0:09:08.730,0:09:12.090 for water protectors fighting[br]to block the Dakota Access Pipeline. 0:09:12.090,0:09:15.930 Here’s camp spokesperson Freda Huson, [br]kicking the cops out of her territory. 0:09:15.930,0:09:20.040 People don’t just freely walk in[br]because were blocking pipelines out, 0:09:20.040,0:09:21.240 we’re not blocking everybody out. 0:09:21.240,0:09:22.040 I’m not a pipeline. 0:09:22.040,0:09:24.630 And here she is again kicking out [br]pipeline workers who illegally 0:09:24.630,0:09:26.980 choppered in to do survey work. 0:09:26.980,0:09:29.790 Is there a problem why you’re not leaving? 0:09:32.850,0:09:36.980 And here she is denying access to [br]Chevron executives, who had the audacity to 0:09:36.980,0:09:40.460 offer her corporate bottled water [br]and industrial tobacco. 0:09:40.460,0:09:47.200 We’re here today to talk to you about doing[br]work on your land and are requesting access 0:09:47.200,0:09:48.440 onto your territory. 0:09:48.440,0:09:53.230 We’ve already said no to these projects[br]and that no pipelines would come on our territory. 0:09:55.720,0:10:01.080 In November of 2016, Canada's walking photo-op[br]of a Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, 0:10:01.080,0:10:03.730 signed an order killing [br]the Northern Gateway pipeline, 0:10:03.730,0:10:07.610 one of the pipelines that had been slated[br]to cross paths with the Unis'tot'en. 0:10:07.610,0:10:11.480 But at the same news conference where he [br]signed Northern Gateway's death certificate, 0:10:11.480,0:10:15.940 Trudeau announced the approval of two other pipelines[br]including Enbridge's Line 3 0:10:15.940,0:10:17.840 and Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain 0:10:17.840,0:10:21.530 -- which is expected to face serious resistance[br]in the months and years to come. 0:10:21.530,0:10:26.240 In addition to logistical considerations,[br]those seeking to block pipelines need to be 0:10:26.240,0:10:31.040 prepared to deal with internal dynamics, and[br]for the potential for disagreements over tactics 0:10:31.040,0:10:33.560 to sow further discord and disunity. 0:10:44.760,0:10:49.430 Here you have hundreds of different people[br]and hundreds of different tribes 0:10:49.430,0:10:50.890 that are coming together. 0:10:50.890,0:10:54.720 People that have many different views[br]on how we're gonna fight this pipeline. 0:10:54.720,0:10:58.370 People believe that the only way we're going[br]to fight this pipeline is if we face off 0:10:58.370,0:11:00.380 and when we fight direct head-on. 0:11:00.380,0:11:03.010 Some people think the best way is the legal[br]route. 0:11:03.010,0:11:06.290 Some people feel that prayer is [br]the most powerful thing 0:11:06.290,0:11:09.790 and that's the only way that we're [br]going to beat this. 0:11:09.790,0:11:15.810 But as Indigenous people, we have to understand[br]that we come from respect. 0:11:15.810,0:11:18.130 Y'know... that's who we are [br]as Indigenous people. 0:11:18.130,0:11:21.890 Respecting the way that people believe. 0:11:21.890,0:11:26.570 There has been a group ever since we got here,[br]y'know, that wanted some of us out of here. 0:11:28.130,0:11:29.990 But we're still here. 0:11:29.990,0:11:32.300 We didn't want to go and we weren't [br]gonna go nowhere cause we knew 0:11:32.300,0:11:34.510 nothing was gonna happen if we left. 0:11:34.510,0:11:37.470 There was a lot of fighting that went on too[br]because they didn't want our camp 0:11:37.470,0:11:38.920 doing actions no more. 0:11:38.920,0:11:44.000 They didn't understand direct action so they[br]just didn't want it, you know? 0:11:44.000,0:11:47.770 The whole tribe and all the council and everybody. 0:11:47.770,0:11:50.240 There has been a lot of issues with [br]"peace police" and how people 0:11:50.240,0:11:51.440 have been fighting this struggle. 0:11:51.440,0:11:53.610 Even when it's been just lockdowns. 0:11:53.610,0:11:59.870 The peace police both here in treaty territory,[br]much as I've seen them over the years 0:11:59.870,0:12:07.200 in urban settings and demonstrations, [br]are folks who tend to, for one reason or another, 0:12:07.200,0:12:13.250 feel that their concern for other people's safety [br]trumps any good tactics, or any of those 0:12:13.250,0:12:17.150 individuals who may be putting themselves [br]knowingly in harm's way. 0:12:17.150,0:12:22.280 Trumps their opinions that they have made[br]to choose to be in harm's way. 0:12:22.280,0:12:23.520 Who are the Peace Police? 0:12:23.520,0:12:26.070 It's a combination of people that are [br]closely affiliated with the tribe, 0:12:26.070,0:12:28.920 people that have, like, monetary interest[br]in different NGOs. 0:12:28.920,0:12:33.190 So even some people that came here that[br]threw down in Ferguson and Baltimore, 0:12:33.190,0:12:37.440 that were part of those struggles, have come[br]here and have felt relatively immobilized. 0:12:37.440,0:12:42.230 Because they've tried to be good comrades[br]in deferring to Indigenous leadership. 0:12:42.230,0:12:48.460 But there's such a struggle between different[br]groups as to, like, who is Indigenous leadership 0:12:48.460,0:12:51.280 and what it means to be here in a good way. 0:12:51.280,0:12:56.310 And what it means to resist in a way that's[br]beneficial to the local community. 0:12:56.310,0:13:01.050 There was this group of people that came in[br]and they were just all about "peace! peace!" 0:13:01.050,0:13:05.350 And they were bringing around spiritual items[br]and trying to use them against the people 0:13:05.350,0:13:09.650 and it caused a lot of confusion and fear[br]and, I don't know, anger. 0:13:11.270,0:13:12.270 Don't touch me! 0:13:12.270,0:13:13.270 Back up! 0:13:13.270,0:13:15.650 Back up! 0:13:15.650,0:13:20.450 Some of our own people that were policing[br]our own people, telling our own warriors 0:13:20.450,0:13:23.610 and water protectors that were [br]taking direct action to go back. 0:13:23.610,0:13:25.200 Go back to camp. 0:13:31.090,0:13:34.540 "Keep it peaceful!" 0:13:34.540,0:13:38.940 "Come on you guys...that's not okay" [br]"We need to be peaceful!" 0:13:38.940,0:13:45.280 You can't both ask people to come and fight[br]and use civil disobedience and nonviolent 0:13:45.280,0:13:51.920 direct action tactics and similarly lose[br]your spine for those tactics when people 0:13:51.920,0:13:55.510 start getting injured or the police start [br]responding with the sorts of violence 0:13:55.510,0:13:57.240 that we train folks to expect. 0:13:57.240,0:14:01.860 When we instead tell folks that this will[br]be accomplished through the courts, 0:14:01.860,0:14:04.050 or this will be accomplished [br]through prayer... 0:14:04.050,0:14:07.380 why were so many people asked to come[br]to be physically present? 0:14:07.380,0:14:13.940 These peace police have time and time again[br]scuddled and interfered with actions that 0:14:13.940,0:14:17.940 were well under the momentum to be successful. 0:14:17.940,0:14:19.390 And they were hampered. 0:14:20.010,0:14:21.990 “love will find a way!” 0:14:24.150,0:14:28.030 If there's one good thing you can say about[br]nazis, it's you know that they are your enemy. 0:14:28.030,0:14:29.030 No doubt about it. 0:14:29.030,0:14:32.340 You see one of those racist idiots walking[br]down the street, or giving an interview with 0:14:32.340,0:14:34.740 a reporter, you just wanna punch 'em [br]in the head. 0:14:35.980,0:14:36.650 Ouch! 0:14:36.650,0:14:40.070 But within movements of liberation,[br]there are actors within our ranks 0:14:40.070,0:14:42.340 that claim to be our allies, [br]but who are really not. 0:14:42.340,0:14:46.010 Putting aside police infiltrators and informants,[br]who pose a real threat, 0:14:46.010,0:14:50.300 we'd like to talk to you about [br]Non-Governmental Organizations, or NGO's. 0:14:50.300,0:14:54.860 NGO's have a sordid history of infiltrating,[br]pacifying and co-opting movements. 0:14:54.860,0:14:59.560 Now... not all NGO's engage in these practices,[br]and some actually do good work, 0:14:59.560,0:15:03.890 but in recent memory we've seen far too many [br]examples of Environmental NGO's 0:15:03.890,0:15:07.200 royally screwing over Indigenous folks [br]engaged in land defense. 0:15:07.200,0:15:11.810 Take the battle for the Great Bear Rainforest[br]in Western Canada, where Greenpeace and ForestEthics 0:15:11.810,0:15:16.420 joined the Indigenous grassroots forest protectors,[br]later to sideline them and negotiate with 0:15:16.420,0:15:20.760 logging companies to save a fraction of the[br]one of the most important temperate rainforests 0:15:20.760,0:15:21.830 left in the world. 0:15:21.830,0:15:26.080 What the logging companies got in return,[br]was a promise that the Environmental NGO's 0:15:26.080,0:15:28.810 would not protest or oppose logging [br]in Western Canada. 0:15:28.810,0:15:31.460 This deal became a template for [br]an even bigger betrayal. 0:15:31.460,0:15:34.160 At stake this time was the [br]Canadian Boreal Forest, 0:15:34.160,0:15:36.670 one of the largest continuous forests [br]in the world. 0:15:36.670,0:15:41.070 This time Greenpeace and ForestEthics teamed[br]up with the Canadian Forests Products Association, 0:15:41.070,0:15:43.920 i.e. the logging industry, for a similar deal. 0:15:43.920,0:15:48.240 Once again, Indigenous communities who have[br]land in the Boreal Forest were not consulted 0:15:48.240,0:15:52.140 and NGO's promised not only to stop [br]anti-logging campaigns in the Boreal Forest, 0:15:52.140,0:15:54.070 but also to defend the industry. 0:15:54.070,0:15:57.770 One interesting piece of the [br]agreement is, uhhh.... 0:15:57.770,0:16:04.180 with Greenpeace, David Suzuki, ForestEthics,[br]Canadian Parks and Wilderness on our side, 0:16:04.180,0:16:07.300 when someone else comes[br]and tries to bully us, 0:16:07.300,0:16:13.330 the agreement actually requires that they[br]come and work with us in repelling the attack. 0:16:13.330,0:16:16.380 And we’ll be able to say... [br]fight me, fight my gang. 0:16:16.380,0:16:19.920 The latest deal of this type was signed [br]between NGO's like ForestEthics, 0:16:19.920,0:16:22.180 and Alberta's Tar Sands industry. 0:16:22.180,0:16:26.410 Given the public backlash of the previous[br]two agreements, this one was done 0:16:26.410,0:16:29.180 behind closed doors, [br]so we don't know all the details. 0:16:29.180,0:16:33.950 What we do know is that oil companies agreed[br]to place limits in Tar Sands extraction, 0:16:33.950,0:16:38.010 in exchange for the enviros backing down on [br]their opposition to pipeline construction. 0:16:38.010,0:16:41.020 We now turn our attention to another movement[br]enemy hidden in plain sight. 0:16:41.020,0:16:45.810 That is the federally-funded tribal governments[br]that rule over and police Indigenous communities. 0:16:45.810,0:16:50.740 In the US, these so called "sovereign tribes"[br]govern federal government-assigned pieces 0:16:50.740,0:16:53.860 of land called reservations, [br]or reserves in the case of Canada. 0:16:53.860,0:16:57.050 Their leaders are members of the community,[br]and are chosen through elections, 0:16:57.050,0:16:59.820 and have little or nothing to do with [br]traditional governing structures 0:16:59.820,0:17:01.880 of the Indigenous communities [br]they oversee. 0:17:01.880,0:17:05.637 Historically, although there are some exceptions,[br]tribal government officials are more likely 0:17:05.637,0:17:09.709 to cut deals with mining, logging and other[br]extractive industries to exploit traditional 0:17:09.709,0:17:11.909 territories of the Indigenous nations they[br]belong to. 0:17:11.909,0:17:15.409 This is land outside the reservation and land[br]in which they have no jurisdiction. 0:17:15.409,0:17:19.319 Both in the US and Canada, Tribal Councils[br]have their own police forces. 0:17:19.319,0:17:23.887 Let's not forget that Indian Police killed[br]Chief Sitting Bull at the Standing Rock Reservation. 0:17:23.887,0:17:27.647 And in my community of Kanehsatà:ke, [br]Mohawk police shot and severely crippled 0:17:27.647,0:17:29.200 Oka Crisis veteran Joe David. 0:17:29.200,0:17:30.849 He later passed away from those injuries. 0:17:30.849,0:17:33.110 Today we see the same thing happening [br]in Standing Rock. 0:17:33.110,0:17:36.910 Just this month Bureau of Indian Affairs cops[br]brutally beat a water protector 0:17:36.910,0:17:39.869 fighting to stop DAPL, [br]in their campaign to clear out 0:17:39.869,0:17:42.559 the last remaining people [br]out of the protest camps. 0:17:44.449,0:17:53.639 I believe, and it is my belief, that any type[br]of DIA, or Department of Indian Affairs, 0:17:53.639,0:17:58.780 or Bureau of Indian Affairs, you know Tribal[br]Government or elected Chief and Council 0:17:58.780,0:18:03.940 that receives federal funding from[br]the federal government that pays their bills, 0:18:03.940,0:18:10.900 that gives them the paycheck, [br]has [no] right within a people's movement. 0:18:10.900,0:18:16.459 Because we've seen it time and time again,[br]them be co-opted. 0:18:16.459,0:18:19.880 And it's not the true voice of the people. 0:18:19.880,0:18:24.879 And we're dealing with this back home with[br]our fight against the Kinder Morgan pipeline 0:18:24.879,0:18:32.320 and I see us as Indigenous people battling[br]with this straight across the whole hemisphere, 0:18:32.320,0:18:38.390 where there are Native people that side[br]with the corporate interests. 0:18:38.390,0:18:42.459 And it really does damage to our people [br]and to our movements. 0:18:42.459,0:18:50.280 And a lot of times our people fear exposing[br]the corruption within tribal government, 0:18:50.280,0:18:54.399 or even take this tribal government [br]as their own government 0:18:54.399,0:18:59.060 -- when that was invented by [br]the American and Canadian state 0:18:59.060,0:19:01.299 to continue to control the people. 0:19:01.789,0:19:06.149 As discussions about the Dakota Access Pipeline[br]continue, Standing Rock tribal council 0:19:06.149,0:19:09.589 will take all the support they can get, [br]provided they abide by 0:19:09.589,0:19:11.429 the rules of peaceful protest. 0:19:12.179,0:19:17.279 Folks who overly fetishize Native peoples[br]and populations on Turtle Island but don't 0:19:17.279,0:19:22.130 have a real understanding of the reservation[br]system, or that these reservations used to 0:19:22.130,0:19:28.389 be prisoner of war camps, they think that[br]Tribal Council is part and parcel with the 0:19:28.389,0:19:33.240 traditional leadership, which is only played[br]into when you see tribal council members wearing 0:19:33.240,0:19:38.190 full war bonnets when they've not done [br]anything that the traditional mandate 0:19:38.190,0:19:42.269 to get such a sacred item would dictate. 0:19:42.269,0:19:50.090 And so you have this real kind of constant[br]simmering conflict between these more traditional 0:19:50.090,0:19:56.240 Native folks and these IRA governments who[br]you even see in much of the mainstream media 0:19:56.240,0:20:01.599 who talk about Chairman Dave Archambault,[br]and don't talk about the International Youth Council 0:20:01.599,0:20:04.260 or the Youth Runners, or[br]Ladonna Bravebull-Allard, 0:20:04.260,0:20:08.099 who it was their spark that started[br]the first sacred fire over at Sacred Stone. 0:20:08.099,0:20:12.029 There has been a lot of self-proclaimed Elders[br]that are men that are not all from this community, 0:20:12.029,0:20:16.730 or are not deferring to the matriarchs in[br]this community that are supposed to have power. 0:20:16.730,0:20:19.540 And that has created conflict and divide [br]when we don't need it. 0:20:19.540,0:20:23.359 Which is exactly what the gov wants and what[br]COINTELPRO and shit like that does. 0:20:23.359,0:20:31.709 As a friend kinda put it as the question of[br]the year around here.... is "which Elder?" 0:20:31.709,0:20:36.510 Because you always have these instances of[br]people coming and saying they're speaking 0:20:36.510,0:20:39.040 on the authority of "the Elders." 0:20:39.040,0:20:40.580 Or "a Elder." 0:20:40.580,0:20:43.580 But often time they don't know the [br]name of that Elder. 0:20:43.580,0:20:47.749 And so you can't help but wonder [br]how good of a way they are operating in 0:20:47.749,0:20:50.639 if they're coming in and barking orders [br]but they don't really know 0:20:50.639,0:20:52.879 where those orders originated from. 0:20:52.879,0:20:56.770 "The chiefs told us to go around asking people[br]if we could-" "There is no chief here! 0:20:56.770,0:20:58.950 There are no chiefs!" 0:20:59.080,0:21:02.469 "No, nobody's listening right now! 0:21:02.469,0:21:06.290 The Elders asked you guys to go back to camp!" 0:21:06.290,0:21:08.389 "See... fuckin people are [br]always doing that shit. 0:21:08.389,0:21:09.890 Trying to split everybody up." 0:21:09.890,0:21:11.559 You see it clearly. 0:21:11.559,0:21:16.589 The players that come in to be able to co-opt. 0:21:16.589,0:21:21.060 And we have to be able to pinpoint that [br]and to be able to address it 0:21:21.060,0:21:29.089 in a way that's going to expose it, [br]but also eliminate it from happening again. 0:21:29.089,0:21:33.059 "And what we need to do is [br]we have to be proud of what we did. 0:21:33.059,0:21:37.879 We have to be honored by the victory [br]and it's time now. 0:21:37.879,0:21:40.510 It's time to go home." 0:21:40.510,0:21:47.120 There is a lot of different ideas and lot[br]of discussion around why Dave Archambault 0:21:47.120,0:21:49.450 asked people to go home. 0:21:49.450,0:21:52.769 One of the things is someone said[br]that the tribe could be held liable 0:21:52.769,0:21:54.459 if he didn't publicly say this. 0:21:54.459,0:21:58.700 But this land is what they call [br]"1851 Treaty Land." 0:21:58.700,0:22:04.150 This land that the government calls [br]"Army Corps Lands" is out of the jurisdiction 0:22:04.150,0:22:08.179 of the Reservation so it's supposedly [br]out of the jurisdiction of 0:22:08.179,0:22:10.970 Dave Archambault [br]and the Tribal Chairman. 0:22:10.970,0:22:14.550 This one pipeline where people refuse to leave. 0:22:14.550,0:22:18.670 This is not gonna be detrimental to our Nation. 0:22:18.670,0:22:20.139 He's a politician. 0:22:20.139,0:22:20.959 That's what it is. 0:22:20.959,0:22:23.520 Like, is that who people defer to[br]in the community here 0:22:23.520,0:22:25.689 as like the end-all be-all?[br]No. 0:22:25.689,0:22:29.869 People defer to the matriarchs from the community,[br]or their Elders from their tribes 0:22:29.869,0:22:32.840 that they're representing [br]that have been, like, invited to be here. 0:22:32.840,0:22:35.279 Does that make people leave?[br]Obviously not. 0:22:35.279,0:22:39.880 So obviously the people that are left here,[br]think it's bullshit, or they would have left. 0:22:42.360,0:22:45.880 Despite all our best efforts... [br]sometimes pipelines still get built. 0:22:45.880,0:22:50.660 The US alone contains over 2.5 million miles[br]of oil and natural gas pipelines. 0:22:50.660,0:22:53.320 That's enough pipe to encircle the earth [br]more than 100 times. 0:22:53.320,0:22:56.360 Thankfully, there are a number of ways[br]to stop the flows of existing pipelines 0:22:56.360,0:22:57.520 for those who know what they're doing. 0:22:57.520,0:23:01.541 Last year, Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline was[br]shut down three times by trouble-makers 0:23:01.541,0:23:04.821 who broke into Enbridge's stations [br]and shut down manual valves. 0:23:04.821,0:23:08.680 This happened once in so-called Quebec, [br]and twice in so-called Ontario. 0:23:08.680,0:23:12.981 Activists used a similar tactic to simultaneously[br]shut down five Tar Sands pipelines 0:23:12.981,0:23:15.710 coming into the US, [br]in a coordinated action 0:23:15.710,0:23:18.911 carried out in solidarity with [br]water defenders in Standing Rock. 0:23:18.911,0:23:23.130 Since they cover huge tracts of land, pipelines[br]are extremely vulnerable to sabotage. 0:23:23.130,0:23:28.370 Between 2008 and 2009, Encana pipelines [br]in and around the towns of Dawson Creek 0:23:28.370,0:23:32.790 and Tomslake, in so-called BC, [br]were targeted by a series of bombings. 0:23:32.790,0:23:37.920 Earlier this year, someone used heavy machinery[br]to dig up a section of pipe in so-called Alberta, 0:23:37.920,0:23:39.911 causing about half a million dollars in damage. 0:23:39.911,0:23:42.971 Oil infrastructure has also been a choice[br]target for armed rebel groups, 0:23:42.971,0:23:46.730 such as the ELN, and the Movement for [br]the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, 0:23:46.730,0:23:48.230 or MEND, in Nigeria. 0:23:48.230,0:23:52.881 Of course, when taking action against existing[br]pipeline infrastructure, it's incredibly important 0:23:52.881,0:23:55.921 that people know what they're doing, and are[br]fully aware of all the risks involved. 0:23:55.921,0:23:59.620 States go to extreme lengths to criminalize[br]people they catch messing with the flows of 0:23:59.620,0:24:02.940 crude and natural gas, and will try [br]to deter activists with the threat of 0:24:02.940,0:24:04.680 extremely long prison sentences. 0:24:04.680,0:24:08.890 And it should be obvious, but it's worth stressing[br]that the whole point of shutting oil pipelines 0:24:08.890,0:24:10.320 is to avoid environmental damage. 0:24:10.320,0:24:14.260 So it's vitally important that anyone carrying[br]out these types of actions take all the necessary 0:24:14.260,0:24:18.501 precautions to ensure that they don't accidentally[br]end up causing a leak or spills themselves. 0:24:18.501,0:24:21.321 That said...we're in for a long fight [br]with high stakes. 0:24:21.321,0:24:26.050 What looks like a defeat can also be a chance[br]to regroup, reflect on how things went down, 0:24:26.050,0:24:29.930 and figure out how to adapt our strategies[br]and tactics as necessary. 0:24:32.209,0:24:38.640 What I learned from here is that, going home[br]and working with our community and Nation, 0:24:38.640,0:24:44.669 we really have to set out some type of template[br]or way to organize that's going to respect 0:24:44.669,0:24:48.339 the whole range of diversity of tactics. 0:24:48.339,0:24:51.379 And I believe that it's [br]going to take education 0:24:51.379,0:24:55.349 and y'know... it's going to[br]have to take leading by example, 0:24:55.349,0:24:59.030 because we can't have [br]history repeat itself. 0:24:59.030,0:25:02.030 There is just regrouping that needs to happen. 0:25:02.030,0:25:06.810 Recollectivizing. And the biggest part, that[br]comes back to what we've been talking about 0:25:06.810,0:25:10.239 is trying to get either [br]the peace police out of here 0:25:10.239,0:25:14.599 or have them be accountable for their actions, [br]so that they can see that what they're doing 0:25:14.599,0:25:17.849 is really negative to the struggle as a whole. 0:25:17.849,0:25:21.709 And it's negative to community building,[br]and that they are not protecting the community. 0:25:21.709,0:25:23.429 They're endangering the community. 0:25:23.429,0:25:27.220 They think they're protecting the community[br]from the cops and the military "coming in." 0:25:27.220,0:25:29.550 But the fact is, they're already here. 0:25:29.550,0:25:31.419 They're gonna build this thing. 0:25:31.419,0:25:35.419 It'll eventually break, rupture, [br]what have-you, and then it will hurt 0:25:35.419,0:25:36.779 and destroy the community more. 0:25:36.779,0:25:40.840 So, like, regardless of what inter-conflicts[br]that may or may not be happening in camp, 0:25:40.840,0:25:44.479 or that the people on the "other team" the[br]cops and the police are creating, 0:25:44.479,0:25:49.149 - - if we can remember that what they're doing[br]is gonna cause more harm than anything, 0:25:49.149,0:25:52.929 it can help us make better decisions [br]as a radical resistance. 0:25:52.929,0:25:58.589 And it can also help us understand like, what[br]kind of help to ask for. 0:25:58.589,0:26:02.439 And if we don't need help, where to send other[br]people so that they can be more effective 0:26:02.439,0:26:06.760 so that more of these encampments can keep[br]popping up in other places in the United Snakes, 0:26:06.760,0:26:08.100 cause that's the idea. 0:26:08.100,0:26:11.240 Like this happened here, why can't it happen[br]somewhere else? 0:26:11.240,0:26:19.670 The skillsets that were brought in by folks[br]who had been training to fight pipelines 0:26:19.670,0:26:21.090 was crucial. 0:26:21.090,0:26:25.819 In many of these coming fights, we're gonna[br]see communities who are standing up 0:26:25.819,0:26:29.639 as they get fed up with how [br]the oil companies and gas companies, 0:26:29.639,0:26:31.389 and mining companies treat them. 0:26:31.389,0:26:35.219 But they don't have the skillsets [br]with them to necessarily bring 0:26:35.219,0:26:37.860 a solid resistance to those things. 0:26:37.860,0:26:43.760 While these legal machinations are going on,[br]while the public comments are going on, 0:26:43.760,0:26:48.510 we can't continue to have faith that the process[br]will work 'cause the process is rigged. 0:26:48.510,0:26:50.659 We must go in tandem. 0:26:50.659,0:26:56.870 And we can hope and we can pray that the easier[br]paper route will get a project stopped. 0:26:56.870,0:27:01.950 But we also need to prepare ourselves and[br]prepare our youth in the tactics that they'll 0:27:01.950,0:27:07.250 need to successfully fight these pipelines[br]rather then when all the paper fight is done, 0:27:07.250,0:27:10.320 all the public comment is done and the thing[br]gets approved. 0:27:10.320,0:27:13.510 That's not the time to start bringing people[br]in to get trained. 0:27:13.510,0:27:15.959 That's the time when you gotta start your[br]attack. 0:27:15.959,0:27:23.479 We have to completely look at ourselves as[br]as our whole life is dedicated to the movement. 0:27:23.479,0:27:27.709 To spark this whole revolution so we can fight[br]for our freedom, so we can fight and have 0:27:27.709,0:27:32.039 what we're fighting for: [br]our land, our water, our territory. 0:27:32.039,0:27:37.829 So we can live where we want,[br]hunt where we want, swim where we want, 0:27:37.829,0:27:41.009 like our ancestors[br]before white man came. 0:27:41.009,0:27:42.409 That's why we're here. 0:27:46.209,0:27:50.730 On January 24th, Donald Trump signed an executive[br]presidential order approving the remaining 0:27:50.730,0:27:52.570 construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. 0:27:52.570,0:27:56.690 With the same stroke of the pen, he also gave[br]the go-ahead to the Keystone XL pipeline, 0:27:56.690,0:28:01.050 which had been shelved by the Obama [br]administration in 2015 following a multi-year fight 0:28:01.050,0:28:03.470 by anti-pipeline activists [br]and environmental groups. 0:28:03.470,0:28:08.029 On Thursday February 22nd, an army of state[br]and county police, flanked by members of the 0:28:08.029,0:28:12.279 National Guard and Department of Homeland[br]Security, cleared out the last remaining pockets 0:28:12.279,0:28:16.750 of resistance at the Oceti Sakowin camp, [br]bringing a bitter end to the NoDAPL encampment. 0:28:16.750,0:28:20.240 As we enter into a new phase of struggle [br]against ramped up fossil fuel production, 0:28:20.240,0:28:23.020 and even more unrestrained [br]militarization of policing, 0:28:23.020,0:28:27.520 the dynamics that played out at Sacred Stone[br]camp can provide valuable lessons moving forward. 0:28:27.520,0:28:31.210 These are lessons that our movements [br]must learn and properly internalize 0:28:31.210,0:28:33.619 in order to better prepare us [br]for the battles yet to come. 0:28:33.619,0:28:36.470 With that said, I hope you enjoyed [br]this first episode of Trouble. 0:28:36.470,0:28:38.059 Stay tuned for more to come. 0:28:38.059,0:28:42.000 These short films are intended to be watched[br]in groups and to be used as a resource to 0:28:42.000,0:28:44.409 promote discussion and collective organizing. 0:28:44.409,0:28:46.509 Interested in running screenings in your area? 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