Here is a call to action from Chase Iron Eyes of Lakota People's Law Project to drop charges against all Water Protectors and to hold ETP and TigerSwan accountable for their illegal, violent, and racist actions.

Please SIGN and circulate this petition far and wide. Watch the video!

Share the link on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/LakotaPeoplesLawProject/videos/10155003346967029/

Click here to read the letter from Chase Iron Eyes and the Lakota People's Law Project.

The Doctrine of Discovery is a barbaric 15th century papal edict that is used even today to "disenfranchise, displace and ultimately devastate Indigenous peoples around the world."

The Romero Institute (with attorney Daniel Sheehan, President and Legal Counsel, at the helm) is petitioning Pope Francis to revoke the Doctrine of Discovery.  

Please sign and circulate the petition to Pope Francis.

For more info, go to the petition page on the Romero Institute web site,  scroll down past the petition to the section called What is The Doctrine of Discovery? :

Petition page

Letter from the Romero Institute

Change.org - Petition targeting banks started by DeFund DAPL

Stop The Dakota Access Pipeline By Pressuring The Investing Banks to Pull Their Money Out!

"Tell JPMorgan Chase and Jamie Dimon we will hold them accountable and demand that they cut ties to the tar sands oil pipelines."

More info here.

Sample Letters: Divestment & Other

​From: Linda Swartz
Subject: Divestment and other letters
Date: January 5, 2017 at 9:11:02 PM PST

Hello to all,

I am attaching copies of four letters I am sending off to Citibank, Costco Corporation, Wells Fargo Corporation, and Congressional Representative Jared Huffman. The first three relate to urging these financial organizations to divest from dirty fossil fuel companies, and the last asks Rep Huffman to follow up on his earlier actions to influence Washington to pay attention to the ongoing issues at Standing Rock. 

I want to acknowledge the “ghost writer” who posted an earlier letter in an email, and whose elegant and pointed language I borrowed from. I couldn’t find the author of that earlier letter, and hope I can safely assume it was OK to use some of his/her phrasing as I invite anyone else to use anything you see in any of these letters. Feel free to pass them on to anyone interested.
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Letter to Citibank CEO
Letter to Costco
Letter to Wells Fargo Bank
Letter to Rep. Jared Huffman