Don’t Be Passive Observers of Last Night’s Terrorization in Standing Rock: Here’s What You Can Do
As a Native woman who has been to Standing Rock three times, and whose health now prevents me from making a fourth trip, I have my own asks. Call every number put in front of you. Jam every phone line. Look at the target list of financial institutions supporting this pipeline. Pick a bank. Shut it down, just like we did in Chicago on Saturday and people did in Philadelphia this morning. The Trump administration hasn’t even taken hold yet, and I watched over a livestream last night as my friends and people were battered with water streams that can tear skin from flesh and eyes from sockets. I watched my people hold space and scramble to save one another as drops of water froze to razor wire.
I know marginalized people around the county are organizing for their own survival right now, and sitting around tables discussing the difficult days ahead. But a strategy of protection, defense and obstruction cannot wait for the inauguration of an autocrat. It must be applied here and now.
Please show us that you see us. Please do all you can to stop this.
If you cannot travel to Standing Rock, or support or organize an action where you live, consider contacting one of these Sheriffs and police departments that have loaned out the officers who are abusing Native peoples in Standing Rock. Jam their phone lines and tell them to bring their people home. If your community is on this list, actively organize to recall the deployment.
Michigan City Police Department
Michigan City, IN
(219) 874-3221North Dakota Highway Patrol
Offices across North Dakota
(701) 328-2455Hammond Police Department
Hammond, IN
219-852-2900Munster Police Department
Munster, IN
(219) 836-6600Griffith Police Department
Griffith, IN
(219) 924-7503Anoka County Sheriff’s Office
Andover, MN
(763) 323-5000Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Stillwater, MN
651-430-6000Marathon County Sheriff’s Department
Wausau, WI
(715) 261-1200La Porte County Sheriff’s Office
La Porte, IN
(219) 326-7700Newton County Sheriff’s Office
Kentland, IN
219-474-3331South Dakota Highway Patrol
Pierre, SD
605-773-3105Jasper County Sheriff
Rensselaer, Indiana
219-866-7344Lake County Sheriff Sheriff’s Department
Crown Point, IN
219-755-3333Laramie County Sheriff’s Department
Cheyenne, WY
307-633-4700Wyoming Highway Patrol
Cheyenne, WY
307-777-4301Ohio State Highway Patrol
Columbus, Ohio
614-466-2660Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
Lincoln, NE
(402) 471-7421Supply note: With at least two hundred injured last night, Standing Rock medics are in critical need of the following items:
Milk of Magnesia
Wool socks
Wool blankets
Space blankets
Hand warmers
Trauma kits (portable)
Suturing kits
Straw balesSupplies can be shipped to:
Standing Rock Medic and Healer Council
PO Box 1251, Bismark ND, 58502
or if you are shipping via UPS or Fed Ex, please use the address:
220 E. Rosser Ave. 1251, Bismark, ND, 58502Or you can donate to the Standing Rock medics.
HELPFUL NUMBER FOR Y’ALL TO CALL. I left messages and tomorrow I’m making up a quick care package. We can do this guys!