There is an open-air stage between the Tivoli and the PE/Events building (right next to the flag poles). We will meet there, and march to near the Pepsi Center where Obama will be attending a $5000 per person reception and dinner.
*If you cannot come until later because of work or school, come when you can. In addition, a delegation from the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST), including OST Vice-President
Tom Poor Bear, will be traveling to join us. There is concerted opposition to Keystone-XL, from Pine Ridge and other members of the Lakto/Dakota/Nakota Nations, who will be directly affected by this environmental disaster. Please join us, surely, if people can travel hundreds of miles from Pine Ridge and Rosebud, we can travel across town to send a loud message to Obama. We will be staged outside the Pepsi Center, either on Auraria Parkway or on Speer, until the dinner is over -- probably until 6 pm.
***Brings signs that oppose the tar sands, and Keystone-XL pipeline, or other signs in support of indigenous peoples' rights. WEDNESDAY (October 26th)-
At 8 am, Auraria Events Center, Auraria Campus, downtown Denver. This will be the closest that any of us will actually get to Obama before his administration makes a decision on the Keystone-XL pipeline. It is important to send him a clear, loud message in support on indigenous peoples' rights to a clean environment, respect for our treaty rights, our right to self-determination and control of our natural resources. It might be snowing on Wednesday morning, but do not let a little snow deter us -- the light-rail runs right to the campus, and just dress warmly!
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The oil sands are located in Alberta, Canada on Indigenous territory. The land is being heavily exploited for oil crude- the dirtiest of all oils and it's coming to our indigenous and non-indigenous lands in the United States. At least five Indian reservations will be affected but another concern is the Ogallala Aquifer. This aquifer supplies water to eight states and the proposed pipeline, the Keystone XL ( the Goliath of all pipelines), will be passing right through the aquifer. Pipelines aren't made to last forever, they are bound to break and spill, we're all familiar with the BP spill in the gulf last spring, imagine a spill in our drinking water. The Keystone XL pipeline proposal is sitting on Mr. President Obama's desk right now, waiting to be approved, or denied. Resistance to the pipeline proposal will be waiting for him at the Pepsi Center Tuesday, October 25th- we're here to tell Obama we don't want the pipeline coming down into the U.S. Come hold Obama accountable for his 2008 campaign promises:
“The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. … And unless we free ourselves from a dependence on fossil fuels and chart a new course on energy in this country, we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe." - Barack Obama
Now, We leave you with a Cree Proverb:
"Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we can't eat money."
