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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.80,0:00:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greetings, trouble-makers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.37,0:00:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to Trouble….
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.91,0:00:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my name is not important.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.53,0:00:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the year of 1990 my community, \Nthe Mohawks of Kanehsatà:ke,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.90,0:00:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began to fight the construction of a golf course\Nthat would have destroyed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.13,0:00:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of our sacred burial grounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.62,0:00:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We filed petitions, we protested, and finally\Nwe took up arms against the Quebec police
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.59,0:00:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually the Canadian army, \Nto protect our land.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.06,0:00:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a 78 day stand off... we fuckin won!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.71,0:00:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the cemetery and the surrounding pines,\Nthat would have been cleared and used by rich
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.38,0:00:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men to play golf on, are still there today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.67,0:00:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fast forward to 26 years later.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.39,0:00:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lakota community of Standing Rock, \Nfaced off with oil infrastructure company,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.30,0:00:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Energy Transfer Partners against their attempt\Nto build the Dakota Access Pipeline, or DAPL,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.34,0:00:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through their territory, \Nand under the Missouri River.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.42,0:00:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A pipeline that they say, if built, will almost\Ncertainly rupture and contaminate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.31,0:00:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the water of millions of people \Nin the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.54,0:00:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fight against DAPL became the \Nstuff of legend.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.32,0:00:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thousands of Indigenous and Settler allies\Nconverged in North Dakota to stop this project
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.47,0:00:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against incredible odds.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.91,0:01:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They became known as water protectors, and\Nin November of 2016 they had a temporary
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.75,0:01:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,victory, when outgoing president Barack Obama\Ndenied a permit for a key part of the construction.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.14,0:01:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some, this executive action seemed\Nto validate a particular strategy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.97,0:01:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and corresponding set of tactics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.02,0:01:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But history has clearly shown that states\Nhave never had any qualms breaking the countless
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.03,0:01:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,promises they’ve made to Indigenous peoples.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.17,0:01:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As for those who’d forgotten, \Nor neglected this fact...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.72,0:01:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Donald Trump wasted no time in reminding them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.54,0:01:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.69,0:01:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were many water protectors\Nwho saw this political maneuver
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.45,0:01:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the dirty trick it was, \Nand who continued to stress
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.11,0:01:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the need for a strategy based on \Nphysical confrontation and direct action.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.99,0:01:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the next thirty minutes, we’ll bring\Nyou the voices of some of these individuals,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.58,0:01:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they relate their experiences fighting\Nthe black snake...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.50,0:01:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making a whole lotta trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.79,0:02:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to just even use the English word\N"warrior" when you're talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.29,0:02:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it means to be a warrior.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.58,0:02:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as Indigenous people, we we born into\Nthis life and we believe that it's our duty
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.31,0:02:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and responsibility to defend our land,\Nin which our language, our culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.11,0:02:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our existence flows from.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.41,0:02:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no separating us from our land.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.05,0:02:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a spiritual connection that goes deep\Nsince the beginning of our people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.64,0:02:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as a warrior we are a defender.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.57,0:02:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a protector.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.01,0:03:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a warrior we would do and by any means\Nprotect and defend our people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.62,0:03:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything that comes in the way of that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.54,0:03:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- and here we're talking about the contamination\Nof water that so much people depend on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.22,0:03:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been down here since the middle of September.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.57,0:03:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here to be in solidarity with people\Nthat are fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.70,0:03:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Across the river is Sacred Stone camp\Nwhere it originally started.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.59,0:03:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was like a handful of people there\Nfor a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.38,0:03:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once these guys actually came here and really\Nstarted building and destroying the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.17,0:03:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so everyone just started coming here faster.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.14,0:03:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every day it was just growing and growing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.16,0:03:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before you knew it, Sacred Stone camp\Nwas just overflowing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.27,0:03:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came out here in response to a call\Nfor medical support.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.06,0:04:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We received an invite from some of the matriarchs\Nand Indigenous leadership from this Lakota/
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.78,0:04:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dakota/Nakota territory to come and help fight\Nthe black snake, help fight the pipeline.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.58,0:04:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in some matriarchs' opinions, "by any\Nmeans necessary".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.74,0:04:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in a spirit of collective resistance,\Nand use a diversity of tactics to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.00,0:04:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's hundreds of camps in this bigger \NStanding Rock encampment that's called
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.33,0:04:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oceti Sakowin camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.50,0:04:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It got up to around twenty thousand people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.03,0:04:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lot of the people that are here and\Nhave maintained camps here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.58,0:04:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's High Star camp, there is Wild Oglala\Ncamp.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.33,0:04:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is a big massive mobilization. \NThere’s a lot of people here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.88,0:04:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they want to stop a pipeline.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.91,0:04:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It went from just a few of us in little small\Ngroups, going out and shutting down the pipeline
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.86,0:04:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wherever we could, y'know?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.72,0:04:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like multiple sites a day... everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.91,0:04:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were just on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.06,0:04:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black Snake Killaz! Black Snake Killaz!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.05,0:05:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, now from here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.89,0:05:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On three, we're gonna move.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.36,0:05:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, two, three!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.93,0:05:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Move! Move! Move!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.88,0:05:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Diversity of tactics is a turn of phrase that\Nrepresents the very real fact that for every
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.01,0:05:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one person on the frontline who's there and\Nwho can stand and catch rubber bullets,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.61,0:05:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are many folks behind them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.40,0:05:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be those folks medics, be those folks logistics\Npersonnel, be those the folks in the kitchen
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.60,0:05:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who fed them that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.12,0:05:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that the only way that anyone could\Norganize is as a diversity of tactics
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.99,0:05:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are all so diverse people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.62,0:05:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where else could you get thousands of people\Nto all come together like that and form this
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.20,0:06:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community and actually people are not,\Ny'know... like killing each other?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.06,0:06:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at the rest of society!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.74,0:06:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need all the things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.92,0:06:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need people litigating in court, we need\Npeople doing "petitions", we need people praying,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.65,0:06:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also people that are doing direct action.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.51,0:06:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people did a lot of different things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.26,0:06:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They went to courthouse, went to the State\NCapitol, locking down on the machinery and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.80,0:06:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually physically stopping the construction\Nand the machines for the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.67,0:06:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had massive caravans out to just make \Na presence and stop the construction.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.06,0:06:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stopping it everywhere we could...\Nanyway we could.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.82,0:06:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using our bodies, locking down, just showing\Nup in force and scaring the workers off.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.70,0:06:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just the pure presence of four hundred\Nwater protectors and Native people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.18,0:06:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would shut DAPL down for the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.05,0:06:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes they would actually be running\Nto their trucks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.10,0:07:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they know what they're doing is wrong.\NLike... I would be scared too!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.45,0:07:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point, lockdowns were really effective.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.57,0:07:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could stop construction, they could stop\Nwhat was happening for the day on
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.86,0:07:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prospective work sites.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.14,0:07:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then it got to the point where it was\Nso militarized.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.18,0:07:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with the resources that we were up against,\Nit didn't matter that we had the intention
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.91,0:07:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go and lock down to something.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.21,0:07:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just wasn't an option.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.31,0:07:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then people had to reevaluate the situation\Nand ask themselves what it means to be effective,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.01,0:07:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at the violence that is being perpetrated\Non them, and then collectively come back together
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.73,0:07:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decide what tactics they're going to use.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.86,0:07:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then people started seeing things like\Nflaming cars on highways, and what-have-you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.05,0:07:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because a lot of the time, that sacred fire\Nwas the only thing protecting people from
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.97,0:07:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the crazy cops and military from coming in\Nand wrecking shop.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.93,0:07:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The climax of everything that\NI witnessed when I was here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.46,0:07:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was when the police took \Nthe front line camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.48,0:07:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People sacrificed vehicles that day, to blockade.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.02,0:07:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What does that mean, to sacrifice vehicles?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.98,0:08:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lit up.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.98,0:08:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Were it not for people who had been training\Nfor these sorts of non-violent civil disobedience
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.15,0:08:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,confrontational situations...\Nthat pipe would've been built by now.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.37,0:08:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Success in stopping a pipeline or\Nother major infrastructure project
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.10,0:08:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depends on a number of factors.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.03,0:08:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And despite what lots of people wanna believe...\Nfacebook likes aren't one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.96,0:08:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A strong heart, patience, and determination\Non the part of land defenders are all crucial.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.36,0:08:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But timing and proper planning are also key.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.79,0:08:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's important to get out in front of the\Npipeline, both physically and by knowing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.80,0:08:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when and where to make your stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.54,0:08:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the west coast of Turtle Island, in the\Nunceded territories of the Wet'suwet'en nation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.12,0:08:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in so-called "British Columbia", warriors\Nand tribal elders from the Unis'tot'en clan
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.50,0:08:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been blocking the construction of \Nmultiple pipelines through their territories
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.51,0:08:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for seven years now.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.05,0:09:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This anchor of land defense has been the Unis'tot'en\NCamp, a resistance community constructed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.08,0:09:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smack dab in the pipelines' proposed path\N-- similar in some ways to Oceti Sakowin,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.89,0:09:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also known as Sacred Stone camp, \Nthat has served as the home base
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.73,0:09:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for water protectors fighting\Nto block the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.09,0:09:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here’s camp spokesperson Freda Huson, \Nkicking the cops out of her territory.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.93,0:09:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People don’t just freely walk in\Nbecause were blocking pipelines out,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.04,0:09:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we’re not blocking everybody out.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.24,0:09:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m not a pipeline.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.04,0:09:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here she is again kicking out \Npipeline workers who illegally
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.63,0:09:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,choppered in to do survey work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.98,0:09:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there a problem why you’re not leaving?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.85,0:09:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here she is denying access to \NChevron executives, who had the audacity to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.98,0:09:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offer her corporate bottled water \Nand industrial tobacco.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.46,0:09:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re here today to talk to you about doing\Nwork on your land and are requesting access
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.20,0:09:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,onto your territory.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.44,0:09:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ve already said no to these projects\Nand that no pipelines would come on our territory.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.72,0:10:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In November of 2016, Canada's walking photo-op\Nof a Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.08,0:10:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,signed an order killing \Nthe Northern Gateway pipeline,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.73,0:10:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the pipelines that had been slated\Nto cross paths with the Unis'tot'en.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.61,0:10:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same news conference where he \Nsigned Northern Gateway's death certificate,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.48,0:10:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trudeau announced the approval of two other pipelines\Nincluding Enbridge's Line 3
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.94,0:10:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.84,0:10:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- which is expected to face serious resistance\Nin the months and years to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.53,0:10:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to logistical considerations,\Nthose seeking to block pipelines need to be
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.24,0:10:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prepared to deal with internal dynamics, and\Nfor the potential for disagreements over tactics
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.04,0:10:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sow further discord and disunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.76,0:10:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here you have hundreds of different people\Nand hundreds of different tribes
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.43,0:10:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are coming together.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.89,0:10:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People that have many different views\Non how we're gonna fight this pipeline.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.72,0:10:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People believe that the only way we're going\Nto fight this pipeline is if we face off
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.37,0:11:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when we fight direct head-on.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.38,0:11:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people think the best way is the legal\Nroute.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.01,0:11:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people feel that prayer is \Nthe most powerful thing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.29,0:11:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's the only way that we're \Ngoing to beat this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.79,0:11:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as Indigenous people, we have to understand\Nthat we come from respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.81,0:11:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y'know... that's who we are \Nas Indigenous people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.13,0:11:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Respecting the way that people believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.89,0:11:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There has been a group ever since we got here,\Ny'know, that wanted some of us out of here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.13,0:11:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're still here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.99,0:11:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't want to go and we weren't \Ngonna go nowhere cause we knew
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.30,0:11:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing was gonna happen if we left.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.51,0:11:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a lot of fighting that went on too\Nbecause they didn't want our camp
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.47,0:11:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing actions no more.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.92,0:11:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't understand direct action so they\Njust didn't want it, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.00,0:11:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole tribe and all the council and everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.77,0:11:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There has been a lot of issues with \N"peace police" and how people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.24,0:11:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been fighting this struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.44,0:11:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when it's been just lockdowns.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.61,0:11:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The peace police both here in treaty territory,\Nmuch as I've seen them over the years
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.87,0:12:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in urban settings and demonstrations, \Nare folks who tend to, for one reason or another,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.20,0:12:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feel that their concern for other people's safety \Ntrumps any good tactics, or any of those
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.25,0:12:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individuals who may be putting themselves \Nknowingly in harm's way.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.15,0:12:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trumps their opinions that they have made\Nto choose to be in harm's way.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.28,0:12:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are the Peace Police?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.52,0:12:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a combination of people that are \Nclosely affiliated with the tribe,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.07,0:12:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that have, like, monetary interest\Nin different NGOs.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.92,0:12:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even some people that came here that\Nthrew down in Ferguson and Baltimore,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.19,0:12:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were part of those struggles, have come\Nhere and have felt relatively immobilized.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.44,0:12:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they've tried to be good comrades\Nin deferring to Indigenous leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.23,0:12:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's such a struggle between different\Ngroups as to, like, who is Indigenous leadership
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.46,0:12:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what it means to be here in a good way.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.28,0:12:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what it means to resist in a way that's\Nbeneficial to the local community.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.31,0:13:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was this group of people that came in\Nand they were just all about "peace! peace!"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.05,0:13:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were bringing around spiritual items\Nand trying to use them against the people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.35,0:13:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it caused a lot of confusion and fear\Nand, I don't know, anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.27,0:13:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't touch me!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.27,0:13:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back up!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.27,0:13:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back up!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.65,0:13:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of our own people that were policing\Nour own people, telling our own warriors
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.45,0:13:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and water protectors that were \Ntaking direct action to go back.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.61,0:13:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go back to camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.09,0:13:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Keep it peaceful!"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.54,0:13:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come on you guys...that's not okay" \N"We need to be peaceful!"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.94,0:13:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't both ask people to come and fight\Nand use civil disobedience and nonviolent
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.28,0:13:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,direct action tactics and similarly lose\Nyour spine for those tactics when people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.92,0:13:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start getting injured or the police start \Nresponding with the sorts of violence
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.51,0:13:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we train folks to expect.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.24,0:14:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we instead tell folks that this will\Nbe accomplished through the courts,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.86,0:14:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or this will be accomplished \Nthrough prayer...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.05,0:14:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why were so many people asked to come\Nto be physically present?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.38,0:14:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These peace police have time and time again\Nscuddled and interfered with actions that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.94,0:14:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were well under the momentum to be successful.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.94,0:14:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were hampered.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.01,0:14:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“love will find a way!”
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.15,0:14:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's one good thing you can say about\Nnazis, it's you know that they are your enemy.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.03,0:14:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No doubt about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.03,0:14:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see one of those racist idiots walking\Ndown the street, or giving an interview with
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.34,0:14:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a reporter, you just wanna punch 'em \Nin the head.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.98,0:14:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ouch!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.65,0:14:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But within movements of liberation,\Nthere are actors within our ranks
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.07,0:14:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that claim to be our allies, \Nbut who are really not.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.34,0:14:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Putting aside police infiltrators and informants,\Nwho pose a real threat,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.01,0:14:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'd like to talk to you about \NNon-Governmental Organizations, or NGO's.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.30,0:14:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NGO's have a sordid history of infiltrating,\Npacifying and co-opting movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.86,0:14:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now... not all NGO's engage in these practices,\Nand some actually do good work,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.56,0:15:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in recent memory we've seen far too many \Nexamples of Environmental NGO's
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.89,0:15:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,royally screwing over Indigenous folks \Nengaged in land defense.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.20,0:15:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take the battle for the Great Bear Rainforest\Nin Western Canada, where Greenpeace and ForestEthics
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.81,0:15:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,joined the Indigenous grassroots forest protectors,\Nlater to sideline them and negotiate with
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.42,0:15:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,logging companies to save a fraction of the\None of the most important temperate rainforests
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.76,0:15:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,left in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.83,0:15:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What the logging companies got in return,\Nwas a promise that the Environmental NGO's
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.08,0:15:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would not protest or oppose logging \Nin Western Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.81,0:15:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This deal became a template for \Nan even bigger betrayal.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.46,0:15:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At stake this time was the \NCanadian Boreal Forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.16,0:15:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the largest continuous forests \Nin the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.67,0:15:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This time Greenpeace and ForestEthics teamed\Nup with the Canadian Forests Products Association,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.07,0:15:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i.e. the logging industry, for a similar deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.92,0:15:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once again, Indigenous communities who have\Nland in the Boreal Forest were not consulted
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.24,0:15:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and NGO's promised not only to stop \Nanti-logging campaigns in the Boreal Forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.14,0:15:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also to defend the industry.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.07,0:15:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One interesting piece of the \Nagreement is, uhhh....
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.77,0:16:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Greenpeace, David Suzuki, ForestEthics,\NCanadian Parks and Wilderness on our side,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.18,0:16:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when someone else comes\Nand tries to bully us,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.30,0:16:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the agreement actually requires that they\Ncome and work with us in repelling the attack.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.33,0:16:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we’ll be able to say... \Nfight me, fight my gang.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.38,0:16:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The latest deal of this type was signed \Nbetween NGO's like ForestEthics,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.92,0:16:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Alberta's Tar Sands industry.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.18,0:16:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given the public backlash of the previous\Ntwo agreements, this one was done
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.41,0:16:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind closed doors, \Nso we don't know all the details.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.18,0:16:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we do know is that oil companies agreed\Nto place limits in Tar Sands extraction,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.95,0:16:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in exchange for the enviros backing down on \Ntheir opposition to pipeline construction.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.01,0:16:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We now turn our attention to another movement\Nenemy hidden in plain sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.02,0:16:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the federally-funded tribal governments\Nthat rule over and police Indigenous communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.81,0:16:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the US, these so called "sovereign tribes"\Ngovern federal government-assigned pieces
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.74,0:16:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of land called reservations, \Nor reserves in the case of Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.86,0:16:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their leaders are members of the community,\Nand are chosen through elections,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.05,0:16:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have little or nothing to do with \Ntraditional governing structures
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.82,0:17:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Indigenous communities \Nthey oversee.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.88,0:17:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Historically, although there are some exceptions,\Ntribal government officials are more likely
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.64,0:17:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cut deals with mining, logging and other\Nextractive industries to exploit traditional
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.71,0:17:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,territories of the Indigenous nations they\Nbelong to.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.91,0:17:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is land outside the reservation and land\Nin which they have no jurisdiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.41,0:17:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both in the US and Canada, Tribal Councils\Nhave their own police forces.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.32,0:17:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's not forget that Indian Police killed\NChief Sitting Bull at the Standing Rock Reservation.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.89,0:17:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in my community of Kanehsatà:ke, \NMohawk police shot and severely crippled
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.65,0:17:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oka Crisis veteran Joe David.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.20,0:17:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He later passed away from those injuries.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.85,0:17:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we see the same thing happening \Nin Standing Rock.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.11,0:17:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just this month Bureau of Indian Affairs cops\Nbrutally beat a water protector
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.91,0:17:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting to stop DAPL, \Nin their campaign to clear out
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.87,0:17:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the last remaining people \Nout of the protest camps.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.45,0:17:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe, and it is my belief, that any type\Nof DIA, or Department of Indian Affairs,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.64,0:17:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Bureau of Indian Affairs, you know Tribal\NGovernment or elected Chief and Council
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.78,0:18:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that receives federal funding from\Nthe federal government that pays their bills,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.94,0:18:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gives them the paycheck, \Nhas [no] right within a people's movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.90,0:18:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we've seen it time and time again,\Nthem be co-opted.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.46,0:18:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not the true voice of the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.88,0:18:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're dealing with this back home with\Nour fight against the Kinder Morgan pipeline
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.88,0:18:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see us as Indigenous people battling\Nwith this straight across the whole hemisphere,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.32,0:18:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there are Native people that side\Nwith the corporate interests.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.39,0:18:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it really does damage to our people \Nand to our movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.46,0:18:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of times our people fear exposing\Nthe corruption within tribal government,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.28,0:18:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even take this tribal government \Nas their own government
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.40,0:18:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- when that was invented by \Nthe American and Canadian state
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.06,0:19:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to continue to control the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.79,0:19:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As discussions about the Dakota Access Pipeline\Ncontinue, Standing Rock tribal council
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.15,0:19:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will take all the support they can get, \Nprovided they abide by
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.59,0:19:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rules of peaceful protest.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.18,0:19:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks who overly fetishize Native peoples\Nand populations on Turtle Island but don't
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.28,0:19:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a real understanding of the reservation\Nsystem, or that these reservations used to
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.13,0:19:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be prisoner of war camps, they think that\NTribal Council is part and parcel with the
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.39,0:19:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traditional leadership, which is only played\Ninto when you see tribal council members wearing
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.24,0:19:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full war bonnets when they've not done \Nanything that the traditional mandate
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.19,0:19:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get such a sacred item would dictate.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.27,0:19:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you have this real kind of constant\Nsimmering conflict between these more traditional
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.09,0:19:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Native folks and these IRA governments who\Nyou even see in much of the mainstream media
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.24,0:20:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who talk about Chairman Dave Archambault,\Nand don't talk about the International Youth Council
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.60,0:20:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the Youth Runners, or\NLadonna Bravebull-Allard,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.26,0:20:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who it was their spark that started\Nthe first sacred fire over at Sacred Stone.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.10,0:20:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There has been a lot of self-proclaimed Elders\Nthat are men that are not all from this community,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.03,0:20:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or are not deferring to the matriarchs in\Nthis community that are supposed to have power.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.73,0:20:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that has created conflict and divide \Nwhen we don't need it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.54,0:20:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is exactly what the gov wants and what\NCOINTELPRO and shit like that does.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.36,0:20:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a friend kinda put it as the question of\Nthe year around here.... is "which Elder?"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.71,0:20:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you always have these instances of\Npeople coming and saying they're speaking
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.51,0:20:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the authority of "the Elders."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.04,0:20:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or "a Elder."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.58,0:20:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But often time they don't know the \Nname of that Elder.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.58,0:20:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you can't help but wonder \Nhow good of a way they are operating in
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.75,0:20:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they're coming in and barking orders \Nbut they don't really know
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.64,0:20:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where those orders originated from.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.88,0:20:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The chiefs told us to go around asking people\Nif we could-" "There is no chief here!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.77,0:20:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no chiefs!"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.08,0:21:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, nobody's listening right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.47,0:21:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Elders asked you guys to go back to camp!"
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.29,0:21:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"See... fuckin people are \Nalways doing that shit.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.39,0:21:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trying to split everybody up."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.89,0:21:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see it clearly.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.56,0:21:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The players that come in to be able to co-opt.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.59,0:21:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to be able to pinpoint that \Nand to be able to address it
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.06,0:21:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that's going to expose it, \Nbut also eliminate it from happening again.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.09,0:21:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And what we need to do is \Nwe have to be proud of what we did.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.06,0:21:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to be honored by the victory \Nand it's time now.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.88,0:21:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time to go home."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.51,0:21:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a lot of different ideas and lot\Nof discussion around why Dave Archambault
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.12,0:21:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked people to go home.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.45,0:21:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things is someone said\Nthat the tribe could be held liable
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.77,0:21:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he didn't publicly say this.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.46,0:21:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this land is what they call \N"1851 Treaty Land."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.70,0:22:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This land that the government calls \N"Army Corps Lands" is out of the jurisdiction
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.15,0:22:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Reservation so it's supposedly \Nout of the jurisdiction of
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.18,0:22:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dave Archambault \Nand the Tribal Chairman.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.97,0:22:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one pipeline where people refuse to leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.55,0:22:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not gonna be detrimental to our Nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.67,0:22:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a politician.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.14,0:22:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.96,0:22:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, is that who people defer to\Nin the community here
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.52,0:22:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as like the end-all be-all?\NNo.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.69,0:22:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People defer to the matriarchs from the community,\Nor their Elders from their tribes
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.87,0:22:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're representing \Nthat have been, like, invited to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.84,0:22:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that make people leave?\NObviously not.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.28,0:22:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So obviously the people that are left here,\Nthink it's bullshit, or they would have left.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.36,0:22:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite all our best efforts... \Nsometimes pipelines still get built.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.88,0:22:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US alone contains over 2.5 million miles\Nof oil and natural gas pipelines.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.66,0:22:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's enough pipe to encircle the earth \Nmore than 100 times.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.32,0:22:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thankfully, there are a number of ways\Nto stop the flows of existing pipelines
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.36,0:22:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those who know what they're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.52,0:23:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year, Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline was\Nshut down three times by trouble-makers
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.54,0:23:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who broke into Enbridge's stations \Nand shut down manual valves.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.82,0:23:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This happened once in so-called Quebec, \Nand twice in so-called Ontario.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.68,0:23:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Activists used a similar tactic to simultaneously\Nshut down five Tar Sands pipelines
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.98,0:23:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming into the US, \Nin a coordinated action
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.71,0:23:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carried out in solidarity with \Nwater defenders in Standing Rock.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.91,0:23:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since they cover huge tracts of land, pipelines\Nare extremely vulnerable to sabotage.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.13,0:23:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Between 2008 and 2009, Encana pipelines \Nin and around the towns of Dawson Creek
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.37,0:23:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Tomslake, in so-called BC, \Nwere targeted by a series of bombings.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.79,0:23:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Earlier this year, someone used heavy machinery\Nto dig up a section of pipe in so-called Alberta,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.92,0:23:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,causing about half a million dollars in damage.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.91,0:23:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oil infrastructure has also been a choice\Ntarget for armed rebel groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.97,0:23:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the ELN, and the Movement for \Nthe Emancipation of the Niger Delta,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.73,0:23:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or MEND, in Nigeria.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.23,0:23:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, when taking action against existing\Npipeline infrastructure, it's incredibly important
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.88,0:23:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people know what they're doing, and are\Nfully aware of all the risks involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.92,0:23:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,States go to extreme lengths to criminalize\Npeople they catch messing with the flows of
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.62,0:24:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crude and natural gas, and will try \Nto deter activists with the threat of
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.94,0:24:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extremely long prison sentences.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.68,0:24:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it should be obvious, but it's worth stressing\Nthat the whole point of shutting oil pipelines
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.89,0:24:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to avoid environmental damage.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.32,0:24:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's vitally important that anyone carrying\Nout these types of actions take all the necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.26,0:24:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,precautions to ensure that they don't accidentally\Nend up causing a leak or spills themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.50,0:24:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That said...we're in for a long fight \Nwith high stakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.32,0:24:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What looks like a defeat can also be a chance\Nto regroup, reflect on how things went down,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.05,0:24:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and figure out how to adapt our strategies\Nand tactics as necessary.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.21,0:24:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I learned from here is that, going home\Nand working with our community and Nation,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.64,0:24:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we really have to set out some type of template\Nor way to organize that's going to respect
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.67,0:24:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole range of diversity of tactics.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.34,0:24:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe that it's \Ngoing to take education
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.38,0:24:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and y'know... it's going to\Nhave to take leading by example,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.35,0:24:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we can't have \Nhistory repeat itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.03,0:25:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is just regrouping that needs to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.03,0:25:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recollectivizing. And the biggest part, that\Ncomes back to what we've been talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.81,0:25:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is trying to get either \Nthe peace police out of here
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.24,0:25:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or have them be accountable for their actions, \Nso that they can see that what they're doing
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.60,0:25:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really negative to the struggle as a whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.85,0:25:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's negative to community building,\Nand that they are not protecting the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.71,0:25:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're endangering the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.43,0:25:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They think they're protecting the community\Nfrom the cops and the military "coming in."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.22,0:25:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the fact is, they're already here.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.55,0:25:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're gonna build this thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.42,0:25:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It'll eventually break, rupture, \Nwhat have-you, and then it will hurt
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.42,0:25:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and destroy the community more.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.78,0:25:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, like, regardless of what inter-conflicts\Nthat may or may not be happening in camp,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.84,0:25:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that the people on the "other team" the\Ncops and the police are creating,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.48,0:25:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- - if we can remember that what they're doing\Nis gonna cause more harm than anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.15,0:25:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can help us make better decisions \Nas a radical resistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.93,0:25:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can also help us understand like, what\Nkind of help to ask for.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.59,0:26:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we don't need help, where to send other\Npeople so that they can be more effective
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.44,0:26:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that more of these encampments can keep\Npopping up in other places in the United Snakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.76,0:26:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cause that's the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.10,0:26:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like this happened here, why can't it happen\Nsomewhere else?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.24,0:26:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The skillsets that were brought in by folks\Nwho had been training to fight pipelines
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.67,0:26:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was crucial.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.09,0:26:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many of these coming fights, we're gonna\Nsee communities who are standing up
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.82,0:26:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they get fed up with how \Nthe oil companies and gas companies,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.64,0:26:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mining companies treat them.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.39,0:26:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they don't have the skillsets \Nwith them to necessarily bring
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.22,0:26:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a solid resistance to those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.86,0:26:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While these legal machinations are going on,\Nwhile the public comments are going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.76,0:26:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't continue to have faith that the process\Nwill work 'cause the process is rigged.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.51,0:26:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must go in tandem.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.66,0:26:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can hope and we can pray that the easier\Npaper route will get a project stopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.87,0:27:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we also need to prepare ourselves and\Nprepare our youth in the tactics that they'll
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.95,0:27:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to successfully fight these pipelines\Nrather then when all the paper fight is done,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.25,0:27:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the public comment is done and the thing\Ngets approved.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.32,0:27:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the time to start bringing people\Nin to get trained.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.51,0:27:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the time when you gotta start your\Nattack.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.96,0:27:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to completely look at ourselves as\Nas our whole life is dedicated to the movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.48,0:27:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To spark this whole revolution so we can fight\Nfor our freedom, so we can fight and have
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.71,0:27:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we're fighting for: \Nour land, our water, our territory.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.04,0:27:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we can live where we want,\Nhunt where we want, swim where we want,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.83,0:27:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like our ancestors\Nbefore white man came.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.01,0:27:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we're here.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.21,0:27:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On January 24th, Donald Trump signed an executive\Npresidential order approving the remaining
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.73,0:27:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.57,0:27:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the same stroke of the pen, he also gave\Nthe go-ahead to the Keystone XL pipeline,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.69,0:28:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which had been shelved by the Obama \Nadministration in 2015 following a multi-year fight
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.05,0:28:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by anti-pipeline activists \Nand environmental groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.47,0:28:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Thursday February 22nd, an army of state\Nand county police, flanked by members of the
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.03,0:28:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,National Guard and Department of Homeland\NSecurity, cleared out the last remaining pockets
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.28,0:28:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of resistance at the Oceti Sakowin camp, \Nbringing a bitter end to the NoDAPL encampment.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.75,0:28:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we enter into a new phase of struggle \Nagainst ramped up fossil fuel production,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.24,0:28:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even more unrestrained \Nmilitarization of policing,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.02,0:28:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dynamics that played out at Sacred Stone\Ncamp can provide valuable lessons moving forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.52,0:28:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are lessons that our movements \Nmust learn and properly internalize
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.21,0:28:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to better prepare us \Nfor the battles yet to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.62,0:28:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With that said, I hope you enjoyed \Nthis first episode of Trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.47,0:28:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay tuned for more to come.
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Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.00,0:28:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,promote discussion and collective organizing.
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