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October 18, 2016 | A note from Kate Harnedy

From Kate Harnedy:

“One of the highlights of my trip to Standing Rock was spending time in the Zaniyan Wellness Space. Daphne Singingtree is providing teas, herbs, and wellness advice for the community.

“Her “Immuni-Tea” is not only warm and soothing, but quite helpful in keeping the Water Protectors’ immunities strong as the seasons change. She’s also providing a wonderful educational opportunity for some aspiring young herbalists!

“With so much work to be done, spaces for people to come relax and heal are so essential and sustaining the cause!

“Thank you Daphne for the good work you are doing!”

October 16, 2016 | A note from Sarah Huenecke

A note from Sarah Huenecke:

“A Standing Rock call for all those that are able!!! You are needed!!!

“Heading back soon, if feeling the call to go, we are forming a caravan/carpool out of Minneapolis to join in solidarity! Comment or private message if interested 😊💗🙌

“Here are some photos from being there last weekend. No way to capture the embodiment of the experience, but here are some goodies nonetheless.

“With love, truth, and open hearts, we can change the world forever.”

 

October 15, 2016 | The generosity of many

Generosity. That is what strikes me most about my experiences here at the Zaniyan Wellness Space at Sicangu/Rosebud camp.

A group of school children in Rhode Island made up little paper bags with art on them, most we gave out before I got a photo. Inside each bag was a Water Protector Wellness Kit, with lip balm, calming teas, and herbal salve.

The guy holding the bag, Christopher, came in for tea, got a bag, and asked what we needed. I said, plastic organizer bins and a stove pipe elbow. He drove into Bismarck (over an hour away) bought them, and brought them back tonight.

Angels, helpers, supporters, more than I can name. I have a small herbal product business. I know how little money is made and how much time goes into each product. So many wonderful herbal medicines are sent every day.

A Facebook group of midwives sent a whole canopy full of needed supplies. The list goes on.

Beauty, commitment, courage, resilience, all are here. But generosity from the world sustains us not just in body but in spirit.

#waterislife

#nodapl

October 14, 2016 | Interview with Humans of NoDapl

From Daphne’s interview with Humans of NoDapl:

“One of the things that I am really sensitive about because I am one of the ones that they call the orphans…my heritage is Lakota but I was raised in the white culture, and I have to be really conscious about the place I come from in white privilege. I wasn’t raised on the reservation. I have never been beaten by a man. I have never seen my children struggle with alcoholism or drug addiction. I have never had my best friend kill themselves. I have never seen such poverty that I didn’t see a way out. I always have access to healthy food. So, I come from a very different world view than some of my brothers and sisters that were raised on reservations and in poverty. The majority of Natives now, actually a good portion of them, are urban. So they may not have that same worldview, but there is a certain genetic, historical trauma that gets passed down from generation to generation.

“This is the first time we have come together as a people. So when we come to a place here and we are offering advice on wellbeing, people are really sensitive about coming in and saying, ‘you should do this, you should stop eating sugar, you should stop doing this….’

“It is so important to have supporters from all nations and walks of life. As Indigenous people we are coming together for the first time united to protect the earth and water. ”

See: https://humansofnodapl.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/daphne-singing-tree/

October 13, 2016 | Elder Woman Zip-tied

This elder woman was zip-tied instead of handcuffed, and her sacred pipe was deliberately broken.

This is abuse of power.

We are still here.

#nodapl

#waterislife

October 12, 2016 | Essential Defender, Thieves Oil Recipe

This is the first time I have been able to get Internet since I got here nine days ago as I have been too busy setting up to leave the camp. My last post was for yesterday’s action.

It is very cold here. I don’t think anyone who is not here knows how hard it is to get out of a warm bed into a cold tent or tipi and go Stand for the Water. I am so proud of everyone in my camp who went. I don’t go to actions, as it is too hard for me to walk. So everyone can stop worrying about me. I am not getting arrested. Just cold.

Working on getting all the tipis up, stoves in, canopies winterized. Lots of respiratory illness. I caught a cold too, but am on the mend.

Going through lots of Essential Defender, my brand of Thieves Oil. You can find the recipe to make it and where to send it at Eagletree Herbs.

We are Zaniyan Wellness at Sicangu or Rosebud Camp. It is quieter here, fewer people, but less help too, so still setting up, as I am helping with general medical as well as herbal. If you are in camp come see us.

If you are sending stuff, we need reusable water bottles, travel mugs, tea balls and strainers, rugs, ropes, and tarps.

I am overwhelmed by the support from all the people sending such needed resources.

Every day I am meeting Indigenous people from all over and learning so much.

#nodapl

#waterislife

October 11, 2016 | Leah Tamara, Call to Action

This morning while still dark, the call to action came for all Water Protectors and Land Defenders to come to the front lines.

I stayed in camp, while the rest of our crew got up in the cold to risk arrest and possibly their lives.

Leah Tamara took these photos. Local authorities blocked roads unnecessarily, closed schools early. Local papers called it a riot.

Peaceful protests, some handcuffed themselves to a set of tipi poles.

Cops in riot gear, people praying.

We will not give up. More people coming every day!

#waterislife#nodapl

October 7, 2016 | Volunteers helping complete Zaniyan Wellness

We are almost all set up now at the Zaniyan Wellness space at Sicangu/Rosebud camp. It has taken a while due to extreme winds, and it is very cold.

Leah Tamara had one of the canopies set up with the tea station when I got here. We had to integrate the communication center and stabilize and warm it.

The front line midwife group had set up a canopy and left a lot of supplies.

Dr. Erica Rotondo spent the last few days organizing the supplies, with help from Lianna Constatino from the Cherokee Healing and Wellness Center.

Along with Sarah Charlesworth, my Eugene friend, I borrowed items from the kitchen, so we now have the first aid station set up, treatment areas for privacy, and are still working on setting up the solar power for electric and getting heat and stability to the canopies.

Some wonderful helpers have appeared: Erika Tilley who will be working as an herbalist, Gabrielle, Kevin and Mary from Deadwood are helping with the camp along with Dillon Lovelove and Joseph Xan.

The Water Protectors are dealing with the elements and politics.

All I have time for is herbs and getting the camp ready for winter.

No Internet this side of the river, quieter, traditional.

Thank you donors & supporters for everything.

Lots of negative stories going around but from the ground here, all I am seeing is committed people working hard to protect the Water.

#NODAPL

#WATERISLIFE

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October 2, 2016 | Nomadics Tipis

On the road, stopped at Nomadics Tipis to pick up three more tipis. On this run are Dillon Lovelove, Joseph Xan, Rising Manulani, and myself. Driving straight through, hoping to be there late tomorrow.

I feel like I am going home. But colder.

#waterislife

#nodapl

October 1, 2016 | Tipis and Buffalo Hides and So Much More

The big truck is arriving at Standing Rock anytime today, driven by Erika Kightlinger. On it are five tipis, three sets of poles, four solar panels, four wood stoves, and a 30-foot Pacific Dome, a lot of other needed gear, herbal medicine, with travel paid for by EarthWin and many other donors and organizations.

I will be packing another U-Haul tomorrow with a stove donated by InStoves that is a sustainable wood stove with an autoclave for sterilizing medical instruments, more wood stoves, another tipi donated by Bug Gi, and leaving Sunday morning stopping at Nomadics Tipis for another five tipis.

A donated buffalo hide for the medicine lodge. Lots of reusable coffee mugs, stoves, wool blankets. Will post more pictures tomorrow or Sunday.

Twelve total tipis!! Some donated, some just being delivered, but it is amazing. Thank you everyone for your support, it is humbling to see how everyone has pulled together to support the water.

#waterislife #nodapl

 

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