Idle No More--No Keystone--2-2-14

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The Oglala Lakota Nation has taken leadership by saying "NO" to the Keystone XL pipeline. They have stood beside their grassroots organizers like Owe Aku and Protect the Sacred who called on their leaders to stand up and protect their sacred lands. The Keystone XL pipeline will NOT cross the Oglala Treaty territory, which extends past reservation boundaries. The Oglala Sioux Nation and their neighbours’ horses are ready. Idle No More stands with the Lakota Nation, we stand on the side for honouring the treaties, protecting sacred water, for Indigenous land-based life ways that will NOT be corrupted by a hazardous, toxic pipeline. Idle No More, Honour the Earth and Moccasins on the Ground call on all people to stand with our relatives who are threatened by this pipeline and by Canada's Tar Sands.

On Friday, January 27th, the State Department issued its Environmental Impact Statement on the Keystone XL Pipeline. President Obama said that he won't approve the pipeline if it increases carbon emissions. The report was drafted in coordination with consultants who have worked for TransCanada -- the company seeking to build the pipeline. Jack Gerard, the head of the American Petroleum Institute, was briefed by "sources within the administration" on the timing and content of the report before its release, and was pleased to say that it will not impact the environment.

As Native Nations, we're ready to protect our homelands from this pipeline, and we need to SHORE UP OUR SUPPORT of the Indigenous Peoples who are on the frontline organizing across the Dakotas and neighbouring territories.
We need to put the pressure on President Barack Obama to recognize that:

1) The Lakota Nation - a sovereign governmental body - has united its government and grassroots against the pipeline, and the United States needs to honour treaty rights by denying the pipeline.

2) There is direct conflict of interest in the report issued by the State Department -- the process is broken, and a new report which reflects the true environmental impact is needed.

3) This pipeline will, in fact, increase carbon emissions and cause grave and irreversible environmental harm globally. This pipeline would cause direct environmental harm -- and put the well-being of all who live in relationship with the Oglala Aquifer at risk.

4) In recognition of our responsibilities to protect Mother Earth and our future generations, Indigenous Peoples will not allow this pipeline to come across our treaty lands.

On Monday night, all across the country, people will be gathering to mark this moment together at protest vigils organized by 350.org, Oil Change International, Idle No More and others where the night will be alight with our resolve to keep fighting. We need to show the media, big oil and the President that we, as Indigenous Peoples (especially from the Great Sioux Nation), the entire state of Nebraska, and the tens of thousands of American citizens that have signed up to put their bodies on the line using non violent civil disobedience in every state in the lower 48 and Alaska, First Nations, and allies in Canada, are mobilized and unafraid.

Click here to look for an event near you, and sign up to host if there isn't one near you: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/kxl-fseis?referrer=350-org&zipcode=55102

Click here to sign a petition to urge Obama to stop the Keystone XL: http://act.credoaction.com/sign/obama_kxl_2014/?source=fb_share4

Support Moccasins on the Ground to organize further grassroots resistance: http://tinyurl.com/donate2MoccsOnTheGround

Support Honour the Earth [VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v6_1DLth9U

Read more:
Keystone XL ‘black snake’ pipeline to face ‘epic’ opposition from Native American alliance
http://aptn.ca/news/2014/01/31/keystone-xl-black-snake-pipeline-face-epic-opposition-native-american-alliance/

What did Big Oil Know, and When Did they Know it?
http://priceofoil.org/2014/01/31/big-oil-know-know/ "

It's Less of a Problem..

Die Winter

Roy Rogers’ Prayer

Roy Rogers’ Prayer

The singing and cinematic superstar Roy Rogers and his wife,
Dale Evans, were devoted Christians. Below is a prayer written by Roy for members of his Roy Rogers Riders Club. He asked that the prayer be said at the beginning of every meeting.
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~ Lord, I reckon I'm not much just by myself,
I fail to do a lot of things I ought to do.
But Lord, when trails are steep and passes high,
Help me ride it straight the whole way through.

And when in the falling dusk I get that final call,
I do not care how many flowers they send,
Above all else, the happiest trail would be,
For You to say to me, "Let's ride, My Friend."
Amen

*God bless and keep sharing the Good News !!! ~ C4C

Amish Cinnamon Bread

Amish Cinnamon Bread

No kneading, you just mix it up and bake it

Batter:...
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups buttermilk or 2 cups milk plus 2 tablespoons vinegar or lemon juice
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda

Cinnamon/sugar mixture:
2/3 cups sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Directions
Cream together butter, 2 cups of sugar, and eggs. Add milk, flour, and baking soda. Put 1/2 of batter (or a little less) into greased loaf pans (1/4 in each pan). Mix in separate bowl the 2/3 c sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle 3/4 of cinnamon mixture on top of the 1/2 batter in each pan. Add remaining batter to pans; sprinkle with last of cinnamon topping. Swirl with a knife. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 min. or until toothpick tester come clean.
Cool in pan for 20 minutes before removing from pan.

Elder's Meditation of the Day February 2

Elder's Meditation of the Day February 2
"Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood and so it is everything where power moves."
--Black Elk (Hehaka sapa), OGLALA SIOUX
In these modern times it is difficult to understand why we should think circles and seasons. People and society are always moving, through distance, over yonder, going here and going there - hurry up, grow up, be successful, climb the ladder of success, etc. The Elders tell us to slow down, to be patient, pray and think circles. Circle thinking applies to relationships, business and every area of our lives. We need to teach our awareness to look for seasons and cycles.

My Creator, teach me the seasons of growth.

Wagon Bed