https://youtu.be/ZJDCkFAdLVQ Idle No More, Morningstar Grandmothers and Chief Phil Lane Jr. Lead Largest Climate Change Rally in Los Angeles History! Feb 17, 2013.
Indigenous peoples led the March of thousands to the LA City Hall. They opened the Rally with the prayers and words of Indigenous Grandmothers and Grandfathers. They delivered a strong message to President Obama about Tar Sand-related pipelines, especially the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Eight years later, the Keystone XL Pipeline was halted!
The Rally was completed with an Idle No More-Protect the Sacred Round Dance held while participants signed the International Treaty to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects.
Indigenous Peoples lead the way from beginning to end!
Background of the Signing of the International Treaty to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects.
On January 13- 15, 2013, Fort Randall, Yankton Sioux Reservation, the International Treaty to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects was signed in a Sacred Ceremony by the Pawnee Nation, the Yankton Sioux Tribe, the Brave Heart Society, Four Worlds, members of Oceti Sakowin, and Bold Nebraska.
This Sacred Ceremony was held at the sametime as the 150th Anniversary of the Ihanktowan and Pawnee Treaty of Peace. This unbroken Treaty was signed at Niabrora, Nebraska, on January 13, 1863.
The signing of this Treaty was witnessed by representatives of Omaha Nation and the USA.
This Treaty of Peace led the new CIA, the Cowboy Indian Alliance. The Keystone XL Pipeline was halted in 2021!