…okay, I’ve been trying to open and post the reports on the 176,000 gallon oil spill in North Dakota, but for some reason, the computer keeps crashing.  Things that make you go hmmm…

Anyway, there is a massive oil spill that you’re probably not hearing about in the bought and paid for media, so please do a search to find the info.  This is exactly why oil pipelines and taking oil out of the earth should not be allowed.

As I asked before, why don’t we use jojoba oil?  what about vegetable oil that some folks are using for fuel now?  (I personally don’t know anyone with the know-how, but would like to find out.  I know, I know, they’re probably at Oceti Sakowin…)

Anyway, I thought about my blog yesterday and how folks are probably asking what we could do without  crude. There’s probably a bunch that I don’t know but I’m sure Big Oil does, and has probably been trying to silence those smart enough to figure it out for decades, if not a century.

And along those lines…

We have Mustangs that are in sanctuaries here.

So…why couldn’t we figure out some way to give the poor a horse so they would have transportation?

I would love to have a horse that is a sustainable mode of transportation.   Perhaps not in this weather — but definitely for Spring, Summer, and Fall. I’m just speaking off the top of my head…but the horse gives back and completes the circle of life.  Horse poo and pee are known to be beneficial to the earth.  Their “fuel” is nontoxic, as well. 🙂

So we could live in a sustainable way…just have to rearrange our thinking and see where puzzle pieces interlock.

Reblogging this from Cutterlight:

 

The look and smell of December – warm, spicy gingerbread cookies straight from the oven, or let them cool and frost them for a more traditional treat. ‘Tis the season for hot toddies and gingerbread cookies. Out in the Alaskan bush, we have to plan ahead for any special ingredients. Ginger, yes. Cloves, yes. Molasses? […]

via Improved Gingerbread Cookies – Hold the Molasses — CutterLight

I have been pondering Dave Archambault’s reasons for urging the Oceti Sakowin campers to leave camp. He’s been doing it since September that I know of.
Not knowing him, I wonder why he was urging people to leave…
…was it because they were straining resources?
…was he worried about them surviving the harsh winter?
…was he getting something out of it, personally?

Here’s what I have concluded:

1. Resources —
When I left camp in late October, there was $1.2 million in the Standing Rock bank account. Generous folks (thank you) had poured money into what they thought would be going to the campers. At that point in time, it had not.
The Standing Rock tribe had stated they were keeping the money for “legal fees”.

Then a member of the council came to a public meeting and stated they were not giving the money to the Oceti Sakowin camp because of the misdeeds by a few. This reminded me of the teachers who used to punish an entire class because of one acting up. Inevitably, it would be a popular kid who did the misdeed, but a poor kid with torn or dirty clothes, unkempt appearance would be punished.  This irritated me to no end. To me, it was just an excuse.
If I had been in charge, I would tell the greedy lawyers “You have $500k. That’s it. If you’re not willing to sacrifice a little for the tribe, the Earth, and all that inhabit the Earth, there’s the door…”
Of course, the other $700k would have gone to Oceti Sakowin, with strings attached…as in, the money had to be spent broadly for everyone’s benefit, not just a few. This is the Lakota belief system.
2. Surviving the harsh winter–
Perhaps Archambault feels responsible for the welfare of those in camp during the harsh winter. I highly doubt it because of holding the funds so they could not prepare for winter. They continually made excuses as I noted above.

If this is the case, Archambault needs to let go of his ego, because this is not about him.

People are there because this is a magical moment of rediscovery and trying to live in a sustainable way with Mother Earth. Coming together in camp and living as the ancestors lived is powerful. Very, very powerful. Why would Archambault want to interfere with that?

If people are there, they are brave and courageous and the Lakota saying “This is a good day to die” means living as God intends, and if it means death, they accept that with pride. Another part of the Lakota belief is facing one’s fears, because in facing one’s fears, you realize your strength and you are less likely to be susceptible to the Dark side, which uses fear to pull people away from God and follow the wrong path.

3. Was he getting something out of it, personally?

–This I don’t know, but it would not be the first time I have read of Native folk whom have done the bidding of white folks. (Sitting Bull’s and Crazy Horse’s murders by their own comes to mind).

This morning, the radio broadcaster stated that Archambault has pretty much succeeded in getting the campers from Oceti Sakowin to leave — the numbers are down to 300. He stated that he supports energy, just “not on our backs”.
This is as bad as white folks saying “not in my back yard” — while allowing others (usually poor folks)to be subjected to radioactive, heavy metal (coal), and chemical poisoning via manufacturers, coal plants, and nuclear plants. This doesn’t include the chemical poisoning of all via Big Pharma and food manufacturers…and of course, oil polluted water.
Archambault’s statement also causes me concern because the traditional Lakota do not want the oil to come out of the Earth AT ALL. They see it as raping the Earth.

So for Archambault to make this statement that he believes in energy, is actually against the traditional view that Mother Earth is sacred. That is why I question whether he is benefiting personally from this. Again, I don’t know this for a fact — it’s just a hunch.

I just know that Standing Rock tribe was not supportive of Oceti Sakowin. That is why I put up the website with the address specifically for Oceti Sakowin, so generous folks who were giving donations would know that their money was going towards those dedicated to see this through…even if it meant giving their lives.
The thing is, if bodies are there, holding ground in Oceti Sakowin, it is a stand against Big Oil. Why would Archambault want to give up that powerful presence…?

I’m getting a LOT of interest in this blog, so I am putting it back up.  I know what has happened to me has happened to others, as well.

…okay, you know the saying “hiding in plain sight” to describe throwing people off guard by doing wrong right in front of their eyes so that they suspend disbelief…?

You might recall this video I posted in this blog:

https://sunlightonthewater.wordpress.com/2016/11/09/who-are-the-terrorists-again/

Ryan Red Hawk, with the bandana over his face, was putting on a pretty good show, acting…yes, acting…like he was part of the movement of Oceti Sakowin water protectors.

Something had not seemed right about the video…there was something that just seemed un-real about the guy with the assault rifle.  But I thought Red Hawk was the real deal.  I thought he was a guy that I had met in camp who was dedicated — so much so that he was staying in the media tent 24/7 trying to get the word out that we were not violent and that the media was in cohoots with Big Oil by lying about us.

But when I looked at the video again recently, I realized that I had confused the loyal guy with Red Hawk.  It jogged my memory that the loyal guy was from Tennessee.  Red Hawk states in the video that he is from Georgia.  Claiming to have sold his house there.  Yeah, right.  If he is from Georgia, and IF he sold his house…it was likely to buy a bigger house with all the $$$ the billionaire was paying him to sabotage the water protectors.

Which brings me to a vision I had this morning.  I used to ignore my visions but two things happened to make me start to take them as serious connections from God or God’s Helpers and to pay attention to them.

One of the things that happened was Robert Lamm (Chicago the band) describing Terry Kath coming to him in his dreams.  Terry Kath has also visited me in my dreams.  Reading about Robert Lamm’s admission gave me courage to believe what was happening was real.  **more about this below…

The second thing that happened to me was the Potawatomi Indians in Indiana who told me to honor my dreams and visions.  It was stunning because I had not spoken to them about the dreams or visions and I did not know them personally.

So…this morning, I had a strong vision about Ryan Red Hawk speaking with a military man in fatigues.  There were two men on either side of the military man.  I could not see their faces, but they struck me as dark ones that perhaps worked for Blackwater…or whatever name they are using nowadays.  This showed me that for certain Red Hawk was working for Big Oil.  I really don’t want to think that the military is also working for Big Oil…but from what I saw with the police wearing riot gear for peaceful, prayerful protestors…nothing would surprise me.  I can’t say what significance it is to see the vision and Red Hawk talking with the military guy, plus the others dressed in black…I can only tell you what I saw.

I also had a sense a couple of weeks ago that members of Oceti Sakowin had finally realized the true nature of Ryan Red Hawk as a provocateur or spy for Big Oil.

You might recall when I wrote about someone who bragged about his best friend being Special Ops and how he was formerly *cough* a dirt mover for Big Oil….that person was Ryan Red Hawk.  My radar was going off about him immediately, but he apparently was putting on a pretty good snow job with the others in camp and they only recently discovered his working for the dark side, which makes me sad that he got away with it for so long and that good people who wanted to help were pushed away.

 

***So…Terry Kath came to me in a dream the first time in 2008.  The day after Barack Obama was elected.  He was surrounded by golden light and was beaming.  The vision so shocked me that it took me awhile to realize what it was and why Terry was happy.  Needless to say, he didn’t appear to me after Donald Trump’s *cough* election. Nor would he if Hillary Clinton were elected, either.  It doesn’t matter which of them were in office…they are all part of whatever is going on in this country.

Gabriel Ayala entertained us at camp one fine evening, and he deserves recognition for donating his talent and CDs for those of us in camp.  I cannot praise his talent enough —this CD is the ultimate romantic music...which is doubly so when viewing the Black Hills as the melody plays…

 

So, yeah, we got socked with a hefty snowstorm the past few days…that in Indiana would have shut the state down.

In the Dakotas? Pfft.  Piece of cake.

I mean, the wind is blowing 30 mph, there are snow drifts four feet high, you no sooner shovel a sidewalk clean, and an hour later, there are drifts up to your thighs.

They plow the roads and they drift shut.

The wind and snow are blowing so hard that it’s white-out conditions…

So, I shovel my car out from an wall of snow surrounding it, and head out…I have to get to the grocery, because there is nothing in the frig, and I’m trying to get shopping done before it gets any worse…

And the other folks here are talking about the weather and they’re saying stuff like “Oh, it’s not that bad out” and “I’m getting read to head out to blah-blah (a town nearby that is accessible through mountain roads) and it’s no problem.”

I’m thinking either I’m a wimp or these people are crazy.

I think I’m a wimp. 🙂

It actually did my heart good to hear they don’t see this as a big deal.  They actually seem to love the snow and the challenge.

Let me tell you how they approach this weather:  they don’t bring out measily ole’ snow plows…nope.

They bring out those graders you see grading new roads with.  Not one grader, but two — one right after another.  Big old machines that mean business, let me tell ya…

And then the snowmobiles come out.  I have to admit a little envy at the fun they’re having playing in the snow.

It’s been a loooong time since I’ve seen people enjoying life and embracing adversity.  They play hard and work hard, too.

…Since I have become more aware of what the true history of the treatment of Native Americans, I approach Thanksgiving with mixed feelings…

I want to give Thanks, but I also have to acknowledge that the Natives are thinking “Oh, hell, no…”

I give thanks for every glass of water.  Every meal that I have to eat.  I give thanks for another day when the sun comes up in the morning.  I have become closer to God in the simple practice of giving thanks.

 

…well now that all the buffalo are gone ( but coming back, yay!), food must be brought in to camp…

…and the sheriff dept is now doing the most wretched:  denying them food and water by fining anyone who brings supplies to them.  #$%&!

satan at work here, or as the Native folk would say, coyote is behind the war.

I wonder how this guy sleeps at night…