By Bethania Palma Markus,
Truthout | News - Tuesday, 10 September 2013
After setting out from their homes in Manitoba and upstate New York,
respectively, teams from the Dakota and Onondaga nations in full
traditional dress marched through Lower Manhattan on their way to the
United Nations building on August 9, 2013. The Dakota had traversed
thousands of miles and an international border on a horseback "Unity
Ride" to plead with the international governing body for help.
The march signified what the Dakota and Onondaga consider a state of
emergency: desecration of their way of life, ongoing environmental
destruction and their home governments' inability or unwillingness to do
anything about it.
"We're doing this for all mankind, not just our own people," said
Dakota Chief Gus High Eagle. "In the next 10 years, what's going to
happen? Are we going to have any clean water?"
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