Climate Crisis youth leadership is making its mark in the Dakotas. At the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Michael Klinski reported Saturday in Climate activist Greta Thunberg to visit Pine Ridge Indian Reservation:
Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden who gained international attention when she delivered a scathing speech to world leaders at the United Nations in New York, is visiting the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for a climate change forum on Sunday.
Thunberg will participate in a pair of panels with fellow youth climate activist and Indigenous rights advocate Tokata Iron Eyes, the Lakota People's Law Project said in a news release.
The panel will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Red Cloud Indian School Field House on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
On Tuesday, Thunberg and Iron Eyes will hold another forum with Standing Rock high school students in attendance on the reservation in Fort Yates, N.D.
During both panels, the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Keystone XL pipeline and their affects on the climate will be the main topics, according to the Lakota People's Law Project.
Thunberg and Iron Eyes first spoke together at an Amnesty International event at George Washington University. Thunberg traveled to the United States in August on a sailboat in an attempt to call attention to climate change. . . .
Across Forum Communications' newspapers, Natasha Rausch fills more about the two young women's connection in Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg to visit Standing Rock, Pine Ridge:
Thunberg met Iron Eyes, who was born on the Standing Rock Reservation, in September at George Washington University. The teens formed a friendship from there, and Thunberg accepted Iron Eyes’ invitation to visit her homeland, the press release said.
Iron Eyes, a junior at the Red Cloud Indian School at Pine Ridge, became a “water protector” in 2016 when she participated in protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, which attracted international attention to Standing Rock as tribal members sought to protect their ancestral lands and the Missouri River from pollution. Though the protests ended and the pipeline was installed, the tribe continued to fight the line in court and pursued a sustainable environment within its borders.
Steve Sitting Bear, deputy director of the Standing Rock Community Development Corp., said previously, “A lot of local people that have been empowered through that movement are continuing their work and trying to make a difference.” . . .
Rob Port grumps out in Greta Thunberg to Visit Site of Violent Protests Against the Dakota Access Pipeline, but does embed the Lakota People's Law Project in his Say Anything blog post.
The Hill picked up the story in Greta Thunberg visiting Standing Rock.
We'll add Unicorn Riot's coverage promised in Lakota People’s Law Project Hosts Panel with Greta Thunberg & Tokata Iron Eyes when it is published, as well as links to other coverage as it becomes available.
Here's video of the event from the Lakota People's Law Project Facebook page:
Banner: Event banner from the Lakota People's Law Project.
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