No Dakota Access Pipeline
In December of 2016, over 10,000 people from over 300 indigineous nations gathered at Standing Rock to resist the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Ultimately, corruption within the United States government resulted in completion of the pipeline in early 2017. The pipeline leaked at least five times in 2017. The resistance, led by the Lakota Sioux garnered international attention and generated new dialogue about the future and the conflicting interests of individuals, corporations and governments.
Jamie Emerson lived in the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock for the month of September. While there, he made prayer staffs, signs, and sculptures for front line actions at construction sites. Elements of camp life and the front line were drawn and painted from life.
Thank you to those fighting to protect our water all over the world.
Jamie Emerson lived in the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock for the month of September. While there, he made prayer staffs, signs, and sculptures for front line actions at construction sites. Elements of camp life and the front line were drawn and painted from life.
Thank you to those fighting to protect our water all over the world.
