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The stalled Keystone XL pipeline project has new life after President Trump issued a memorandum allowing the controversial project to proceed. That is at odds with the ruling by a U.S. District Court judge requiring more environmental analysis. It adds concerns over presidential abuse of power to the usual complaints of pipeline safety, environmental damage and lack of tribal consultation. A number of tribes are among those challenging the pipeline because the planned route bringing tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to Nebraska goes through ancestral territory.
Guests:
Harold Frazier (Cheyenne River Sioux) – Chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Matt Campbell (Native Village of Gambell) – staff attorney for the Native America Rights Fund
Madonna Thunderhawk (Lakota) – tribal liaison with Lakota Peoples Law Project and community worker with Standing Strong Grandmothers
Joye Braun (Cheyenne River Sioux) – frontline community organizer for Indigenous Environmental Network
Break 1 Music: Remembering The Warrior (song) Porcupine Singers (artist) Alowanpi – Songs Of Honoring – Lakota Classics: Past & Present, Vol. 1 (album)
Break 2 Music: Canoe Song (song) Chenoa (artist) Spirit of Salishan (album)
