Remembering the Protect the Sacred Gathering at Ihanktowan Nation

· Reflection

With Beloved Relatives, giving Wopida Tanka for the Protect the Sacred Gathering, January 23-25, 2013, Ihanktowan Nation, that gave birth to the International Treaty to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects.

This International Treaty continues to grow in unprecedented, unified, action to Protect and Restore the Sacred.

A large group of Indigenous people of all ages pose together in a carpeted hall, many raising fists, several wearing matching black society T-shirts, with elders seated in the center.