Hi Salvatore and Diane and all, Thanks for your update re Standing Rock. We returned Friday. Got word that Nina/Sheila, etc. got money for the bus for hunkering down for the winter with the medic group. Yesterday, we went to downtown St Louis in front of the Army Corps of Engineer Building for the Standing Rock Rally there as part of the nation-wide day of action. I took my drum and met up with and accompanied a Native American woman who also had a drum and sang several water songs as well as a Strong Woman song and others. Not sure how many were there. We gave a presentation Monday night to an Ecology group and will be giving one at our church this Sunday. Below are links to a few Native American water songs and a Strong Woman Song. There are songs the women sing and songs the men sing. A few of them, both sing. Ellie elliestock@aol.com WATER SONG https://search.aol.com/aol/video?q=Native+American+Women+Water+song&s_it=video-ans&sfVid=true&videoId=978F3EDA7750AA7EE610978F3EDA7750AA7EE610&v_t=webmail-searchbox Meditative Spiritual Water Healing Song - Crystal Clear ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6H75gcAlXg Meditative Spiritual Water Healing Song ... Ulali Mother Tribute to native american women ... Water Song by the Akwesasne Women Singers ... The Water Song - Chenoa Egawa & Alex Turtle - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_KNLo5Q7ek The Water Song - Chenoa Egawa & Alex Turtle ... Water Song by the Akwesasne Women Singers - Duration: ... Native American Song ... STRONG WOMAN SONG - Lisa Muswagon and Raven Hart ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ei4CQWCP4c ... Lisa Muswagon and Raven Hart-Bellecourt ... STRONG WOMAN SONG ... Black Lodge Singers Love Song Native American Music - Duration: ... Dear friends: If you want to get a look at some very enlightening words on why the pipeline at Standing Rock ( and all pipelines) hear his words as he connects all the dots on this process and what’s at stake Cut and paste this website: https://www.facebook.com/CollectiveEvolutionPage/videos/10154695434748908/ In addition, here’s what we did yesterday…. Yesterday in Boulder Dianne and I took direct actions with several hundred protectors to : 1) Stand with about 300 other cities that were asking the Army Corp of Engineers Not to grant the pipeline easement to go under the Missouri River at SR. Waiting for a decision in next few days. 2) Others in our ecodharma group protested at Wells Fargo bank to bring awareness to the banks investment in the pipe line. 3) Simultaneously, the Boulder County Commissioners were taking professional testimony and resident testimony on the issue of lifting the moratorium on fracking in Boulder County. Several hundred people were there and some gave testimony. Salvatore gave his . Our advice is to get involved at any level in your community’s on local environmental issues. The faster we can get thru the transition to alternative energy sources the healthier we and the planet will be. What we’ve witnessed at Standing Rock after 3 visits and daily contact is the militarization of the state in support of the energy companies against peaceful water protectors. This is a portent of what is to come across the country as fracking and oil extraction continues unabated with state/governmental support. Remedies: •non violent direct action at the sites • dis- investing in Banks that invest in these activities • class action suits/ • promoting alternative non fossil energy sources locally • big time reduction in fossil fuel usage in our personal lives ( conservation). Stay safe. Be alert and resilient, Dianne & Salvatore _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net