Spirit Runners at Line 3

Water protection camp Saturday 11 a.m.
That is the plan.
Was thinking..my little backyard, humble and true. My corner of the universe.
The climate change really kicking our asses.
Soy beans and corn leaves curling to retain moisture.
Farmers, local station, anxious about their crops. ( KOWS , 100.9)
The winter snow was sparse . Yellow grasses in January and February.
Most snowless winter I have ever seen.
Now, more brown and yellow grass.
Barely any rain.
Cannon river appears to be drying up.
Drought exacerbated by Climate change
Still, the cardinals and wrens fly around, happy when I turn on the sprinkler.
They swoop and in, fly away, and circle back again
The fire flies come out just after dark
Baby waboos in my garden.

Squirrels red and grey
Crows. Noisy noisy crows
Some bigger than my cat.
5 a. Saturday 6/ 26
So much birdsong. Will these pipelines be the death knell to all life? I have read that were in the 6th extinction.
We lose 200 species a day.
Climate change,is just one aspect of environmental degradation. ( What every Environmentalist needs to know about Capitalism) . ( Fred Maghoff / John Bellamy). Capitalist systems are the problem.
Pipelines emit the pollution of 50 coal fired plants? The people that allow this to transpire are grotesque and wicked. This beautiful land will be barren.
My goal, to be in the shower at 6 a.m.
Not feelin this. Hopefully the day
improves.
Squished raccoons on the side of the road
Big ass boats everywhere
Big cars
RV’s
EV / Al fuel corridors.
Don’t get green washed, ya’all.
All I really want to do is clutch my children to my chest. They are to old for that bs.
We are at a pivotal moment in history.
And, I dont have a generator..
I need to save rain.

The corporate is state here to gobble my kids and grand kids up. The so called war on drugs was intentional. That is code for war on the poor. But, my kids are young Americans.
Proud of their wage labor efforts.
Loving what little material comfort they have. What choice do they have?
60’s scoop
Boarding schools.
Pregnant nuns. Drunk priests.
My grandmother told my auntie.
The English, it is said, had a grim life to escape. So it is that they did escape and became some of those who settled here on Turtle Island. Lice. Fleas. Rodents. Bear Baiting was mere entertainment. Chain the bear up.
Set dogs on him/ her. That is how the English lived.
The black river of loss, beckoning
Jump in .
I have a big knot of pain in the middle of my chest.
I get exhausted thinking about it
The evil blasphemous bastards that would rape us and kill a river.

Subjects to research

1855 treaty territory
State land
Private land
Unceded
Prayer lodge in the path of Enbridge.
Where the drill site is,
There was a STOP WORK order.
They went ahead and started anyway. The DNR approved the watering permits. In the middle of a drought.
Its extreme extraction. The corporate state is coming for everyone and all beings. Many beautiful homes in these small communities. There signs read ” Go line 3″.

Whats happening to the Mississippi, is comparable to rape. The technology is called ..its grotesque. Horizontal Directional Drilling.
One city council meeting in Duluth, 2018.
A raucous bunch said ” NO MEANS NO”
One council member shut them down and put them out for being so rowdy.

The ” welcome water protectors” welcome center, Palisade, Mn.
After a short introduction, I was instructed to park my vehicle down the road about a quarter mile. Nice jaunt.
Resistance to Enbridge in Palisade Minnesota, is prayerful if not subdued. Allies to Native or indigenous communities support the prayer lodge.
I missed all of the stuff that got people arrested. One fellow was lumped up by the cops . They had to send for an ambulance
” A small robust community” is what I see The sign reads ” We are here for the future”
Mainly young people. Maybe 5 people close to my age. I am 61. Skate boards. Young, being people under 40. lol
Keep that beautiful diversity.
A small house in the center.
A cook tent. Dish washing right outside.
NO

PLASTIC WASTE OF ANY KIND.
I had a traditional dinner on real china. 3 sisters soup. Wild rice pattie. Some kind of a pudding made of raspberries and blueberries.
Yummy.
Gardens. Someones growing rasberries!
Nice, friendly people.
As always, mellow dogs hanging out.
One person appeared disgruntled, refused to look at me or say Hello.
Eye roll.
Just one out of about 48 people.

A walk to the Mississippi afterwards
Through the wooded area at dusk.
Numerous hand painted signs.
Many signs in Ojibwe. ” Dragonfly”
“Turtle” ” Waawaskeshi” is deer.
Different notes of bird song.
A tent community of about 40.
Quiet. Private land.
Would be impossible to make accusations of rabble rousing, drinking and heavy metal here.
The most important thing is to pray for the river.
Mucky. Water down about 10 feet.
Drought in Minnesota.
Rope swing.
The river is to shallow now.
Docks. Small boat.
Insects skimming the water as if on jet skis.
Beetles.
I dipped my hands in and watched the ripple.
The river is a living entity.
She is weak but hanging on.
There is a concert going on there today.
The Indigo Girls.
I want to go back. Well prepared.Need a cot and a visit to the chiropractor.

Unlike other resistance camps,there’s no coffee available 24/ 7.No disposable coffee cup waste.
Except for the security personnel.
They can have coffee and chocolate.
They stay up all night, like shifts, and guard the camp. No tresspassing sign easment near the powerlines. Large swath of tree relatives removed. Bulldozer in the background and police cars on the side of the road. Several cops standing around babysitting Enbridge

Sinkholes are created by groundwater depletion. It has been brought to my attention about sinkholes in other places such as Florida (Creek/Seminole) territory also having sinkholes from groundwater depletion and from drinking water being salinated in other areas like San Francisco from groundwater depletion. Often agriculture is the cause and we have been learning that agriculture is one of the causes of slavery and patriarchy. Huge irrigators are sucking up all the aquifers. It is inevitable that more sinkholes will appear possibly near Line 3. Chemicals from modern agriculture are also making the water unsafe to drink. The water is cloudy, it smells.

Written by leadership of newly formed Illahee Spirit Runners East.

Ogibway and Cherokee Nations.