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- [Reporter 1] Hurricane Harvey

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is ripping into the Gulf Coast.

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Residents of Texas,
Mississippi, and Louisiana

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now bracing for the worst.

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- [Reporter 2] The fire shifted direction

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and barreled into the oil
town of Fort McMurry so fast.

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- [Reporter 3] Losing an
average of 11 billion tons

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of ice per year, the
landscape disappearing fast.

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- [Reporter 4] The company
that owns the pipeline

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is saying 5,000 barrels of
oil is not that big a deal.

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- For 20 years, a legal
battle over oil pollution

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in the rainforests of Ecuador has raged.

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- [Reporter 5] Conflicts have stalled

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multimillion-dollar projects.

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But the risk of going
ahead without the consent

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of the local community.

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- [Reporter 6] Indigenous
protesters blocked roads

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in six of the 24 provinces.

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- [Reporter 7] In a symbolic
show of their determination

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to protect the water and
land they hold sacred,

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Native Americans took
to traditional canoes.

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They want to stop construction
of an oil pipeline

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that would tunnel beneath
the Missouri River,

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just outside the Standing
Rock Sioux Reservation.

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(bright upbeat music)

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- It\'s hard for someone
who grows up in the city

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to even appreciate what
nature is, what wilderness is,

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what an ecosystem looks like.

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My dad was a community organizer,

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working on environmental issues.

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That\'s why I picked up a camera,

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and that\'s why I started to document

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some of these things too, with my father.

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So when these storms started happening,

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like Katrina and Rita, it
was real to me, it was scary.

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And we\'re here on the coast,

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and I live 45 miles
from the Gulf of Mexico.

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And what a shame that no
one had been talking about

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these things with the community here.

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And really, after Katrina happened,

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that was our introduction into

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in a whole new world of organizing.

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Manchester\'s the most
polluted area in the city.

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Manchester\'s got one of the
most explosive facilities

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right next to it.

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But for me, Manchester is a metaphor

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for how we should do our work, too.

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You start with the most
impacted community,

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and you work your way up.

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(speaks in foreign language)

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- I\'m from the community
of Manchester, in Houston,

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which is surrounded by
polluting facilities.

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We\'re a low-income community
of color, mostly Latinos,

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who are sort of pushed to the margins.

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(speaks in foreign language)

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- At the pace that we\'re going,

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we\'re going to end up
destroying ourselves.

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And it\'s a very terrifying
thing to think about.

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(trumpets blowing)

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(speaks foreign language)

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- Native communities have
been trying to make the point

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for three or four hundred years now,

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that the ways that the
rest of us are going about

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occupying this planet, were
not gonna work out very well.

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And it\'s one of the key
things that\'s causing people

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to change how they think about the world.

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- This is Democracy Now! I\'m Amy Goodman.

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We turn now to the People\'s Climate March.

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Organizers estimate that as
much as 400,000 people marched

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in New York on Sunday,

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in the largest climate protest in history.

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(crowd shouting)

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- What brought me into this work

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is seeing the impacts that my
family has had to live with

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from tar sands extraction.

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The water quality is going down,

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the air pollution is going up,

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the boreal forest is being
completely destroyed.

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What we see happening in
Alberta is just a microcosm

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that we see happening around the world.

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- [Woman 1] Whose power??
- [Crowd] Our power!!

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- [Woman 1] Whose power??
- [Crowd] Our power!!

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- [Woman 1] Whose power??
- [Crowd] Our power!!

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(speaks in foreign language)

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- Texas is the worst carbon
polluter in the country.

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- Yeah, but that\'s like in Alberta,

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\'cause we\'re like a little Texas.

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- You\'re the Texas of Canada.

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- We\'re little baby Texas!

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(laughs)

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- We\'re calling out from the far north,

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but it\'s gonna impact all
of us on Turtle Island,

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it\'s like no one is immune from it,

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whether it be pipeline impacts,

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trian cause impacts but
also climate impacts.

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- My non-colonized name is Zhuthi.

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I\'m a Ponca woman, a southern
Ponca woman, Oklahoma.

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I\'m the leader of the
Women\'s Scout Dance Society,

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and I take that really seriously.

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(audience laughs)

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I live with my husband of 45 years.

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I have 15 to 22 grandchildren,

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depending on how you count \'em, you know?

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(audience laughs)

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Some are biological, some
are not, all are loved.

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We live in very, very
tough economic areas,

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where the extractive industry is wreaking

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genocidal process on us.

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Of a community of six to 800,

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we average a funeral a week of cancers.

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It\'s absolutely devastating there,

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thank you to ConocoPhillips,

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thanks to fracking, Merits of
pipelines underneath there.

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We\'re in the midst of an awesome campaign

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against Keystone XL.

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My relative Brian here is
on the southern end of this,

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and laughter is part of our everyday life,

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or else we would die.

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Just dealing with the overload
of what goes on with this.

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My people have survived
all these generations,

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and we\'re gonna survive into the next one.

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We\'re gonna survive and
we\'re gonna survive,

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and we\'re gonna survive.

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We ask you to simply
want to survive with us.

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And in doing so, then
you need to support us.

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(audience clapping)

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(speaks in foreign language)

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(gentle music)

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- A lot of the things that we have,

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come from the time that the Poncas lived

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along the Missouri River.

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- We\'re originally from Nebraska,

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or Nebraska and the Dakotas.

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I\'m gonna teach these guys to dance.

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My colonized name is Casey Camp-Horinek.

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(traditional Kiowa music)

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- All indigenous lands
have an undue burden

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of environmental stressors,
is what they call it.

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Killers, is what I call it.

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- [Mekasi] This is our
ancestral burial grounds here.

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My grandmother and my grandfather,

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my aunties and uncles are
buried here on this hill.

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- When our people lived up north,

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so they were part of that
forced removal down here.

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Walking 680 miles with no food.

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- My grandma and grandpa were
young folks like you guys.

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- The manner in which
they\'re killing us now

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isn\'t a forced sterilization,
it isn\'t a smallpox blanket,

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it is environmental genocide.

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- Ponca City chose this
site for their dump,

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chose this site to put all
the trash that they have

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and bring it out here and
put it on our burial grounds.

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Even John Wayne, in his old movies,

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knows that Indian burial ground is sacred.

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(gentle music)

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- Now in the past few years,

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because of the fracking industry,

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this water has had
several fish kills in it.

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This year alone, there\'s
been three fish kills.

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You come down here, and the
fish are all floated up,

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dying or dead.

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And you can\'t eat the fish,
you can\'t get in the water.

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So the kids can\'t come
and play in the summertime

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when it\'s 108 degrees.

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They can\'t come down and
swim and cool off anymore.

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- And so you mentioned that
they tell you not to fish

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and not to get in the water.

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But someone\'s fishing down there.

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And this happens actually in Houston,

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they have big signs that
tell you don\'t fish,

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don\'t whatever, but I didn\'t
see any of those signs.

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- He\'s down here and he\'s fishing

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and he\'s trying to feed his family.

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And today they might have
food in their bellies

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and tomorrow they might have cancer.

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It\'s environmental racism,

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that we have to live with every day.

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Yeah, there\'s a pipeline
coming down from Canada

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and we don\'t want it, and
we\'re doing everything we can

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to stop it.

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From Canada to Houston where you\'re at,

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how many joints do you think that it takes

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to make that pipeline,

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to make it from there to where you\'re at?

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We\'re talking about a
50-foot piece of pipe

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with a joint on each end.

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- And they go under and
over this Saltfork River,

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all of those pipelines do.

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We\'ve had over 500
earthquakes over three points

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this year alone.

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So what happens if you have something

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that has joints every so
often and it\'s shaking?

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What happens?

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- It\'s gonna leak. It\'s gonna break.

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- It\'s not only gonna
affect our community.

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Yeah, we\'re the ones it\'s gonna hit first.

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But somebody lives downstream.

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- We all live downstream somehow.

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- And it\'s gonna get down to them.

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So you wanted to know,

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what\'s going on in the
indigenous community,

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from Canada to Houston where you\'re from.

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This is what\'s going on.

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And Keystone XL is just one facet.

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(gentle music)

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- So the world began to run out of

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easy-to-get oil a few years ago.

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And some people said, \'Oh,
this will be the end of oil

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and we\'ll have to switch
to something else.\'

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Would that that had been true.

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Instead, what the oil
industry did was say,

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\'We\'re gonna tear apart the world

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looking for the last pools of oil.\'

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♪ The pools are ducking deadly oil ♪

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♪ oil sands, dirty hands ♪

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♪ Pot bombs in pipelines. ♪

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- The tar sands is one of
the biggest carbon bombs

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on the planet.

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And the pipelines that
people wanna build to it.

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The Keystone Pipeline,
the Gateway Pipeline,

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the Energy East Pipeline.

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These are like fuses to that carbon bomb.

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If they get built, then
the bomb really goes off.

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And there\'s far more carbon
up there than we can burn

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and have any hope of stabilizing
the planet\'s climate.

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(Kiowa music)

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- Tar sands, its 140,000 sq km,

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so that\'s equal to England
and Wales combined.

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I worked on campaigning
against tar sands issues

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for about seven years.

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Then I realized that no one
was actually talking about

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the issues within Alberta.

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It wasn\'t a national dialogue,

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it wasn\'t even a local dialogue.

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When I was growing up, a lot
of people would just talk

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about tar sands as \'the rigs.\'

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They wouldn\'t really
talk about the fact that

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we\'re switching over from conventional oil

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to extreme fossil fuel.

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And then what happened in our community,

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there was a massive oil spill,

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was one of the biggest oil
spills in Alberta\'s history.

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And it was quite close
to where my family lives,

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so I was getting text messages
from my family saying,

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\'We can\'t breathe. Do you know why?\'

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The whole community had to
breathe in the toxic fumes

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that were coming from the oil spill.

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♪ We better be prepared to bleed. ♪

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- I think we\'re at a
crossroads in this world.

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Are we gonna continue
down extreme fossil fuel,

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or are we gonna actually go
towards more sustainable,

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more humane, more balanced
ways of being in this world?

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♪ It\'s time for us help her heal. ♪

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- One of the reasons
why we decided to start

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the Healing Walk, was
because people didn\'t care.

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People didn\'t care that our
families were being sacrificed.

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People didn\'t care that our communities

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were being sacrificed.

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So for us, it was about
increasing awareness locally.

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- TransCanada and the other
companies have come down

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to our neighborhood and
talked to our politicians,

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and even the communities,

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and told them what a
windfall of jobs and money

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this is gonna bring.

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The same old thing that we hear

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all along the pipeline and project.

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People understand there is
a huge fight going on here.

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This is the right place to fight it,

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right here, where it\'s at.

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The image of desperation,

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alcoholics trying to get
that last drop of alcohol

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out of the bottle,

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that\'s what the tar
sands represents to me.

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- My people have been
here for 30,000 years,

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fighting for this little piece of land.

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- In the Healing Walk, we
walk in this 13 km stretch,

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it\'s just 13 km, but if
you fly over the tar sands,

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its hundreds of kilometers.

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And when I did that one
flyover for a number of hours,

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I just cried.

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Just looking at the land
and the devastation,

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and seeing how the miles
and miles of mines,

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cyanide, mercury, lead.

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If we don\'t stop Kinder Morgan,
if we don\'t stop Embridge,

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if we don\'t stop K XL,

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then it\'s just gonna increase
the expansion that happens

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in the tar sands at the source.

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For me, working with your
family and your community

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is so important, because
it connects the problem

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where our community is facing
to the nexus point here.

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The devastation that we
experience in our homelands.

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- It\'s gonna be here.
- It\'s not if, it\'s when.

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- We can\'t deny that a lot of the places

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where this destruction is taking place

00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:21.629
is with indigenous communities first,

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and then people of color second,

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low-income communities third.

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We can\'t just focus on
one part of this problem.

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This is a system,

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and we need to be looking
at this entire system,

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if we\'re gonna have any progress.

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(gentle music)

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- The environment was
really bad, growing up.

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I grew up with nosebleeds and asthma

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:16.459
and different respiratory illnesses.

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So was my brothers and sisters.

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So we just saw it was
normal to grow up sick.

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After a while, you don\'t smell it,

00:20:26.320 --> 00:20:27.409
you don\'t feel it anymore.

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You get used to it,

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it really does become a
part of you. Literally.

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Valero doesn\'t come out and tell us

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what these chemicals are,

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or what we should do in
case of an explosion,

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or an evacuation route, nothing!

00:20:41.730 --> 00:20:45.799
We are completely unprepared
for something like that.

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That\'s what I learned, it\'s like, oh crap!

00:20:47.910 --> 00:20:50.163
My community knows nothing about this.

00:20:51.120 --> 00:20:52.839
- Valero is not an oil company.

00:20:52.840 --> 00:20:54.509
We don\'t own any oil.

00:20:54.510 --> 00:20:56.919
We\'re one of the largest biofuel-makers.

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We\'re also one of the
largest ethanol producers.

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We buy all of our oil.

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- One main issue that was
brought to my attention last week

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was the concern that it was Canadian oil

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:08.969
that was coming to this refinery.

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We are interested in Canadian oil,

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but not for this facility.

00:21:12.950 --> 00:21:14.589
For other Valero facilities.

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- Are you making a categorical
statement that Valero will,

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if we give you this tax abatement,

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expand the footprint of the facility?

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- Yes, it\'s our intention
to build that crude unit.

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- Good afternoon. I\'m José Martínez,

00:21:27.490 --> 00:21:29.899
a local member of the
Manchester community.

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I live on one of the main
entrances for the Valero refinery.

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Our park, I play football outside,

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but I can\'t even enjoy some days,

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depending on the wind blowing.

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I can\'t enjoy running around the track,

00:21:40.820 --> 00:21:44.299
because if there\'s a stench
blowing towards the park,

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you can\'t stand it.

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It induces me to throw up.

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And that\'s a constant state of stress.

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There\'s no peace for
me there in Manchester,

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but it is my home.

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- I\'m concerned about higher
incidence of leukemia.

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What are the neighborhoods trying to do

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to minimize this and to stop it?

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- One is learning more
about these chemicals

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that are out there.

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And a lot of times we\'re stopped short

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because of security issues.

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So we really don\'t have a good handle on

00:22:13.560 --> 00:22:15.449
what chemicals are being stored,

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and to what degree those
chemicals are being released

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or leaked accidentally.

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They call them \'fugitive
emissions\' and the community

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:24.899
is actively engaged in learning how to do

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their own monitoring.

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And we would hope that there
be a vote for a no on this

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or a table,

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so that we have more time
to communicate with you all.

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- Thank you, I know your
father is coming up.

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- Thank you.

00:22:35.341 --> 00:22:37.909
- The issue was relocating that community,

00:22:37.910 --> 00:22:41.409
because of all the toxic exposure
that they are exposed to.

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And what the Valero
attorneys have told me,

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they are not interested
in relocating Manchester,

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because if they do, they
will set a precedent.

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Then, every other
neighborhood that borders

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the fence line of industry
will want the same thing.

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And if you give them a tax-break right now

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without dealing with the
health-related issues,

00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:02.563
we\'re back to square one.

00:23:03.950 --> 00:23:06.169
With the decision-makers,

00:23:06.170 --> 00:23:09.082
what\'s so troubling is
that their main focus

00:23:09.083 --> 00:23:11.839
is on how to please the industry.

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:16.253
- Yeah, they clearly
know the situation there.

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What they don\'t seem to understand
and what they don\'t have

00:23:21.950 --> 00:23:26.907
is a sense of justice and
concern for the people

00:23:28.270 --> 00:23:29.270
that live there.

00:23:30.050 --> 00:23:32.939
- I honestly don\'t even
know where to start.

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:34.619
This is absurd.

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I think we are the ones being impacted.

00:23:36.930 --> 00:23:38.919
We\'re the real stakeholders here.

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:40.729
These laws that we\'re following,

00:23:40.730 --> 00:23:42.359
maybe they need to be updated,

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:44.399
because they need to include us,

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:46.699
as people of color who
continue to be oppressed

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:50.519
by these systems that are not
necessarily protecting us.

00:23:50.520 --> 00:23:53.139
- Would you be open to
meeting with them tonight?

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:54.629
- Meeting tonight with them?

00:23:54.630 --> 00:23:55.520
- Yeah, yeah.

00:23:55.521 --> 00:23:58.529
- Would that include everyone
in the community? Or just me?

00:23:58.530 --> 00:24:00.399
- Well, I don\'t think you can
pull everybody in together.

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.319
I\'m just saying, because it\'s
on the agenda for tomorrow.

00:24:03.320 --> 00:24:06.349
And I\'m just trying to see if
we can get you guys together

00:24:06.350 --> 00:24:08.379
and kinda talk this thing through.

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:10.979
- We would like to include
all of the community.

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:12.529
- OK, thank you.

00:24:12.530 --> 00:24:14.459
- That really makes me so angry,

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:17.929
to have to fight tooth and
nail to be in a meeting

00:24:17.930 --> 00:24:20.380
where we should have been
in, in the first place.

00:24:21.741 --> 00:24:24.324
(gentle music)

00:24:36.040 --> 00:24:37.659
- Our enemy is clear.

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:40.579
The fossil fuel industry
is the richest industry

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.729
in human history.

00:24:41.730 --> 00:24:44.629
They\'re clearly willing
to destroy the planet

00:24:44.630 --> 00:24:48.379
in order to keep making that
money for a few more years.

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:52.689
And we just need more bodies
in the fight, working together.

00:24:52.690 --> 00:24:56.029
- Part of this progress is to
get our community more united,

00:24:56.030 --> 00:24:58.772
more talking and coming to the park

00:24:58.773 --> 00:25:02.789
and having the kids come in and
participate in the programs.

00:25:02.790 --> 00:25:04.589
- Yudith, she\'s really the first one

00:25:04.590 --> 00:25:06.659
that I\'ve seen stand up.

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:11.660
I feel like the work that
we\'ve done has been successful,

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:13.719
because of Yudith.

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:17.159
Because she\'s come up
and she\'s really learned

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:19.083
about the impacts.

00:25:20.990 --> 00:25:23.719
People always say you need wins.

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:26.552
For me, a win isn\'t in getting a vote.

00:25:26.553 --> 00:25:30.609
It\'s people. It\'s seeing
development in people.

00:25:30.610 --> 00:25:32.619
And I know that we could step away,

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:34.189
and she\'s gonna continue to do

00:25:34.190 --> 00:25:36.901
what needs to be done for Manchester.

00:25:36.902 --> 00:25:39.485
(gentle music)

00:25:55.010 --> 00:25:57.804
- We\'re hoping this pole will
symbolize all of our attempts

00:25:57.805 --> 00:26:01.629
to tell the corporations, \"You gotta stop.

00:26:01.630 --> 00:26:02.600
You\'ve gone too far.

00:26:02.601 --> 00:26:06.169
Now you\'re poisoning the water
of all future generations.\"

00:26:06.170 --> 00:26:07.609
- It\'s really, really good to be here

00:26:07.610 --> 00:26:10.169
in the traditional territory
of the Cree people.

00:26:10.170 --> 00:26:12.652
- My name is Melina and
I\'m from northern Alberta,

00:26:12.653 --> 00:26:15.699
a Cree from Lubicon Cree First Nation.

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:17.589
And there\'s First Nation communities

00:26:17.590 --> 00:26:18.749
that are standing in solidarity

00:26:18.750 --> 00:26:20.209
with our First Nation communities

00:26:20.210 --> 00:26:23.649
that are impacted by
oil and gas extraction

00:26:23.650 --> 00:26:24.959
in our traditional territories

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.829
and the impacts that our
territories go through

00:26:26.830 --> 00:26:27.820
day in and day out.

00:26:27.821 --> 00:26:30.619
- Put your hand on the
pole and send a blessing

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:32.379
to the Beaver Lake Cree, and their,

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:35.089
and all the nations surrounding this area,

00:26:35.090 --> 00:26:39.179
to help us end this crazy
destruction of our Mother Earth,

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:41.281
and to our people and their
lands and their water.

00:26:41.282 --> 00:26:43.782
(Kiowa music)

00:27:00.004 --> 00:27:03.459
- We can no longer accept the
idea of a country that said

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:06.043
you Indian people are natural sacrificers.

00:27:06.910 --> 00:27:10.158
They did that to the Hopi and the Navajo.

00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:12.539
And now they\'re doing it
to the tar sands territory

00:27:12.540 --> 00:27:14.059
of the Cree.

00:27:14.060 --> 00:27:16.559
We\'re next, each and every one of us.

00:27:16.560 --> 00:27:18.239
If we don\'t pay attention.

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:21.689
So we ask Melina if we can send a pole

00:27:21.690 --> 00:27:23.183
up to Beaver Lake Cree.

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:26.299
- I\'m talking for my grandchildren,

00:27:26.300 --> 00:27:27.889
my next seven generations.

00:27:27.890 --> 00:27:31.559
I\'m not just here because of myself.

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:33.989
I\'m here for my descendants now,

00:27:33.990 --> 00:27:35.381
and that\'s what this represents.

00:27:35.382 --> 00:27:38.272
There\'s so much prayers
on this totem pole.

00:27:38.273 --> 00:27:41.038
It\'s here just to give strength.

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:43.876
(crowd clapping)

00:27:43.877 --> 00:27:46.460
(gentle music)

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:53.619
- Imagine that we activate so many voices,

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:55.219
that we change the people in government,

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:58.099
that we change the rules and regulations

00:27:58.100 --> 00:28:00.246
and protect and restore our rivers.

00:28:00.247 --> 00:28:02.830
(gentle music)

00:28:07.101 --> 00:28:09.359
- And it brings me hope to my heart to see

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:10.989
the Healing Pole here today,

00:28:10.990 --> 00:28:12.222
and it makes me feel less alone.

00:28:12.223 --> 00:28:14.029
(crowd clapping)

00:28:14.030 --> 00:28:16.613
(gentle music)

00:28:20.370 --> 00:28:21.894
- It\'s time to warrior up!

00:28:21.895 --> 00:28:24.645
(crowd cheering)

00:28:30.190 --> 00:28:32.423
- We\'re gonna exit on Highway 75

00:28:33.282 --> 00:28:36.130
that says Beaver Lake Cree.

00:28:36.131 --> 00:28:38.714
(gentle music)

00:28:58.490 --> 00:29:00.879
- A pole like this signifies healing.

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:02.299
Right now, earth is out of balance

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:03.989
and humans are out of balance.

00:29:03.990 --> 00:29:05.829
They\'re out of touch with the fact that

00:29:05.830 --> 00:29:07.659
we\'re so dependent on mother earth

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:09.349
and they don\'t realize that

00:29:09.350 --> 00:29:12.057
we\'re actually killing
ourselves when we kill her.

00:29:20.987 --> 00:29:23.652
- [Woman 1] The government
doesn\'t want to acknowledge

00:29:23.653 --> 00:29:26.765
that our girls and our
women are being murdered

00:29:26.766 --> 00:29:30.766
at horrendous rates in
this country. It\'s wrong!

00:29:36.683 --> 00:29:38.979
- There\'s hundreds and
hundreds of murdered

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:41.619
and missing indigenous women in Canada.

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:43.439
Sometimes it\'s hard for
people to understand

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:45.239
when we say violence against the land

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.319
is violence against women,

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:48.713
but for us it\'s a no-brainer.

00:29:48.714 --> 00:29:51.834
(Kiowa music)

00:29:51.835 --> 00:29:56.752
- [Woman 1] This is a problem
that needs to stop right now!

00:30:00.983 --> 00:30:03.422
- Violence against women where we live

00:30:03.423 --> 00:30:06.506
is over 1,200 indigenous... sorry!

00:30:16.090 --> 00:30:20.379
There\'s over 1,200 murdered
and missing indigenous women

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:24.099
currently in Canada, my
sister being one of them.

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:26.019
And a lot of the cases of these women

00:30:26.020 --> 00:30:28.269
are going unsolved by the police.

00:30:28.270 --> 00:30:30.259
A lot of these cases we
don\'t know what happened

00:30:30.260 --> 00:30:31.829
to the women when they\'re found dead,

00:30:31.830 --> 00:30:33.369
which is what happened to my sister.

00:30:33.370 --> 00:30:35.803
A lot of these women are disappeared

00:30:35.804 --> 00:30:37.267
and we don\'t even know where they are.

00:30:37.268 --> 00:30:39.768
(Kiowa music)

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:56.189
- Initially set up this
camp to do a memorial feast

00:30:56.190 --> 00:30:58.769
for my late daughter, Bella,

00:30:58.770 --> 00:31:01.209
who passed away about a year ago.

00:31:01.210 --> 00:31:03.919
We decided, well, why don\'t
we have something else

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:08.163
other than that? Such as
doing some healing workshops.

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:13.449
The youth, they get affected
also by all the deaths

00:31:13.450 --> 00:31:16.239
that happen, especially
in aboriginal communities.

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.489
Such a high death rate,

00:31:17.490 --> 00:31:19.901
it\'s the highest death rate in Canada.

00:31:19.902 --> 00:31:22.402
(Kiowa music)

00:31:26.210 --> 00:31:29.203
- Memorial feast is also
with the Round Dance.

00:31:30.110 --> 00:31:32.679
It\'s part of the journey
that we have to go through

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:34.739
and it\'s also part of our own teachings,

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:36.489
our indigenous knowledge,

00:31:36.490 --> 00:31:39.793
and how you go through
the bereavement process.

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:43.599
And this is not only for our family,

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:47.539
but for everyone who has lost someone.

00:31:47.540 --> 00:31:50.773
And everyone has lost
someone. Every one of us.

00:31:54.780 --> 00:31:57.319
- Not only are we seeing our homelands

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:58.260
being destroyed around us,

00:31:58.261 --> 00:32:00.749
we\'re seeing people being
taken from our families

00:32:00.750 --> 00:32:01.583
and our communities.

00:32:01.584 --> 00:32:04.259
It affects people on a very deep level,

00:32:04.260 --> 00:32:08.339
spiritually and
psychologically, emotionally.

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:12.013
It\'s been a really hard couple of years.

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:30.009
- I wouldn\'t say that I think
it\'s important for me to

00:32:30.010 --> 00:32:32.269
discover my indigenous roots.

00:32:32.270 --> 00:32:35.063
I think there\'s no other way.

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:38.023
It\'s like finding your way back home.

00:32:40.090 --> 00:32:42.509
I don\'t even know what
my native tongue is,

00:32:42.510 --> 00:32:45.403
and how far removed I am
from my native tongue.

00:32:47.410 --> 00:32:49.999
Just meeting the folks up in Canada,

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:54.199
who have a strong sense
of their indigeneity,

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:56.939
I never got that here in the States.

00:32:56.940 --> 00:33:00.759
Seeing people who have a
strong sense of history

00:33:00.760 --> 00:33:04.379
about where they\'re from,
who their people were,

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:06.789
and to see this mega-project come

00:33:06.790 --> 00:33:09.269
and just take all that away.

00:33:09.270 --> 00:33:12.169
It\'s like being back 500 years ago

00:33:12.170 --> 00:33:14.903
and seeing that you were
gonna lose everything.

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:17.592
- All right, so right here next to this?

00:33:17.593 --> 00:33:19.736
- [Man 3] Uh-huh!

00:33:19.737 --> 00:33:21.537
I\'ve never sat on a plane with this.

00:33:23.520 --> 00:33:25.220
- I wouldn\'t let you on the plane.

00:33:27.750 --> 00:33:29.200
- Ladies first.
- Thank you!

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:35.807
- How can I defend
something I\'ve never seen,

00:33:35.808 --> 00:33:37.979
that I don\'t understand?

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:41.799
That\'s the beauty about
traveling to places

00:33:41.800 --> 00:33:43.173
where those things exist.

00:33:49.368 --> 00:33:51.951
(gentle music)

00:35:16.878 --> 00:35:21.329
- Fernando told me about
the river turning black,

00:35:21.330 --> 00:35:25.200
when corporations first came
here, about 45 years ago.

00:35:25.201 --> 00:35:28.951
(speaks in foreign language)

00:35:42.110 --> 00:35:44.084
- How long did it stay like that?

00:35:44.085 --> 00:35:45.479
(speaks in foreign language)

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:48.369
- And you mentioned that
a lot of people died

00:35:48.370 --> 00:35:49.407
during this time.

00:35:49.408 --> 00:35:53.325
- (speaks in foreign language)

00:35:59.098 --> 00:36:01.681
(gentle music)

00:37:16.969 --> 00:37:20.886
- (speaks in foreign language)

00:38:16.330 --> 00:38:20.097
- I flew over into the jungle,
deeper and deeper and deeper.

00:38:26.031 --> 00:38:28.531
Sarayaku is an immense jungle,

00:38:29.580 --> 00:38:31.139
but the way that the communities live

00:38:31.140 --> 00:38:33.073
and function is really beautiful.

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:45.479
I just really fell in love
with how the land was,

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.679
how they interact with the land,

00:38:46.680 --> 00:38:49.583
how they are so connected
to their surroundings.

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:53.119
They\'re still very much removed

00:38:53.120 --> 00:38:56.163
and very much living
their traditional ways.

00:38:58.070 --> 00:39:00.939
It is really beautiful to see them living

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:03.639
what a lot of indigenous
peoples fight for.

00:39:03.640 --> 00:39:07.305
They really battled and fought
very hard to maintain that.

00:39:07.306 --> 00:39:09.889
(gentle music)

00:40:11.479 --> 00:40:15.396
- (speaks in foreign language)

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:35.159
- Watch your balance, think light!

00:40:35.160 --> 00:40:36.100
- [Woman 3] Think light?!

00:40:36.101 --> 00:40:41.100
- Think light! Light as a feather.

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:43.027
Ooh, that was not light!

00:40:43.028 --> 00:40:44.184
That was not light as a feather!

00:40:44.185 --> 00:40:46.268
(laughs)

00:40:47.520 --> 00:40:49.920
- All the way in the
mud! I need to wash that.

00:40:52.797 --> 00:40:54.464
Ooh! Camera got it.

00:40:57.123 --> 00:41:01.040
- (speaks in foreign language)

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:27.749
- Have you taken any water samples

00:41:27.750 --> 00:41:31.967
or mud samples in this
area and had them analyzed?

00:41:31.968 --> 00:41:36.051
- (speaking in foreign language)

00:41:40.213 --> 00:41:43.739
- And one more thing, when spills happen,

00:41:43.740 --> 00:41:46.569
the government will raise
the level of contamination.

00:41:46.570 --> 00:41:49.063
So, that\'s happened a
lot in our communities.

00:41:50.390 --> 00:41:55.390
- What\'s acceptable changes
to suit their needs.

00:41:56.010 --> 00:41:58.599
If they have a spill, they\'ll raise it.

00:41:58.600 --> 00:42:02.559
We\'ve used up everything
we have, (laughs) already,

00:42:02.560 --> 00:42:04.459
and we have to go and grab

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:09.223
this little tiny corner
of the world that\'s left.

00:42:11.750 --> 00:42:16.049
What a selfish system we have,

00:42:16.050 --> 00:42:18.110
what a destructive system we have.

00:42:19.195 --> 00:42:21.778
(gentle music)

00:42:34.620 --> 00:42:38.537
- (speaks in foreign language)

00:44:36.020 --> 00:44:39.353
- (Boat engine roaring)

00:45:10.961 --> 00:45:14.878
- (speaks in foreign language)

00:46:14.938 --> 00:46:17.521
(gentle music)

00:47:10.132 --> 00:47:13.448
- [Woman 3] Where did he
pick it up? Right there.

00:47:13.449 --> 00:47:17.799
- [Woman 4] He dug it.
- [Woman 3] Oh, no!

00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:21.717
- (speaks in foreign language)

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:04.789
- There\'s no certainty
that they\'ll clean this up.

00:48:04.790 --> 00:48:06.779
And certainly you don\'t want to continue

00:48:06.780 --> 00:48:09.279
to get sick from these toxins.

00:48:09.280 --> 00:48:12.689
What do you think is a remedy
if they don\'t clean it up?

00:48:12.690 --> 00:48:16.870
Would you consider
moving to another place?

00:48:16.871 --> 00:48:20.788
- (speaks in foreign language)

00:48:45.630 --> 00:48:49.113
- I wanna know how we can help each other,

00:48:50.660 --> 00:48:53.639
speak as one unified voice globally,

00:48:53.640 --> 00:48:56.169
so that this doesn\'t happen
in other communities.

00:48:56.170 --> 00:48:59.219
So that we hold all of these companies

00:48:59.220 --> 00:49:01.649
and governments accountable,

00:49:01.650 --> 00:49:03.749
because this shouldn\'t happen.

00:49:03.750 --> 00:49:07.690
In this time and day and age,
it should not happen anymore.

00:49:19.309 --> 00:49:23.226
- (speaks in foreign language)

00:50:26.510 --> 00:50:27.510
- Yummy.

00:50:30.878 --> 00:50:34.628
(speaks in foreign language)

00:50:38.680 --> 00:50:41.263
(upbeat music)

00:50:42.488 --> 00:50:46.321
(singing in foreign language)

00:51:50.630 --> 00:51:53.213
(gentle music)

00:52:01.559 --> 00:52:05.309
(speaks in foreign language)

00:53:40.258 --> 00:53:42.841
(gentle music)

00:54:24.533 --> 00:54:28.450
- (speaks in foreign language)

00:56:27.070 --> 00:56:28.179
- [Reporter 7] The government of Ecuador

00:56:28.180 --> 00:56:30.029
is in talks with China to auction away

00:56:30.030 --> 00:56:33.319
three million hectares of
untouched Amazonian rainforest,

00:56:33.320 --> 00:56:35.868
which is being disputed
by indigenous peoples.

00:56:35.869 --> 00:56:39.619
(speaks in foreign language)

00:56:45.480 --> 00:56:48.309
- Ecuador\'s nation\'s President
announced last night,

00:56:48.310 --> 00:56:50.009
that he would allow oil drilling

00:56:50.010 --> 00:56:52.549
in the country\'s Yasuní National Park.

00:56:52.550 --> 00:56:54.839
- Drilling has begun.
The rainforest shrinks.

00:56:54.840 --> 00:56:57.749
Another small slice
swallowed up every day.

00:56:57.750 --> 00:56:59.429
- Expecting the world\'s governments

00:56:59.430 --> 00:57:01.209
to have some massive change of heart

00:57:01.210 --> 00:57:03.469
and decide that they\'re
going to, all of a sudden

00:57:03.470 --> 00:57:05.009
solve this problem by themselves

00:57:05.010 --> 00:57:08.209
is a pleasant idea, but
it\'s not gonna happen.

00:57:08.210 --> 00:57:09.759
That\'s not how change happens.

00:57:09.760 --> 00:57:12.797
Change happens when
people force it to happen.

00:57:14.025 --> 00:57:17.192
(bright upbeat music)

00:57:59.890 --> 00:58:02.659
- The most impressive thing that I\'ve seen

00:58:02.660 --> 00:58:07.660
since I\'ve been here is how
they work as a community.

00:58:07.720 --> 00:58:09.969
These are 14 communities,

00:58:09.970 --> 00:58:12.629
that are a day away from
each other, some of them.

00:58:12.630 --> 00:58:15.549
And for them to be able to come together

00:58:15.550 --> 00:58:20.550
and communicate as one
voice is so hard, so hard.

00:58:21.450 --> 00:58:24.033
I can\'t even get a community or a block

00:58:24.034 --> 00:58:29.034
in our neighborhood to
come together on one issue!

00:58:29.822 --> 00:58:33.572
(speaks in foreign language)

00:59:14.845 --> 00:59:17.595
(cloud clapping)

00:59:21.762 --> 00:59:25.429
- There had been oil
exploration in this area

00:59:25.430 --> 00:59:27.049
for 40 years already,

00:59:27.050 --> 00:59:29.489
and that\'s why this
movement was so significant,

00:59:29.490 --> 00:59:32.709
because they were looking
at giving contracts

00:59:32.710 --> 00:59:35.630
to oil companies for another 30 years.

00:59:35.631 --> 00:59:39.381
(speaks in foreign language)

01:00:27.311 --> 01:00:30.061
(crowd shouting)

01:00:45.725 --> 01:00:49.475
(speaks in foreign language)

01:02:56.250 --> 01:02:58.569
- The fact that they\'ve
been able to win a case

01:02:58.570 --> 01:03:00.729
against Chevron in their own country,

01:03:00.730 --> 01:03:03.419
but the Ecuadorian government
not being able to hold

01:03:03.420 --> 01:03:04.849
the company accountable

01:03:04.850 --> 01:03:06.799
because it\'s no longer in this country,

01:03:06.800 --> 01:03:08.039
is pretty despicable,

01:03:08.040 --> 01:03:10.869
but it\'s now a case that\'s
gonna be heard in Canada

01:03:10.870 --> 01:03:11.703
by the Supreme Court.

01:03:11.704 --> 01:03:15.899
I think that just shows
how diligent they\'ve been

01:03:15.900 --> 01:03:18.275
in their search for
justice for the people.

01:03:18.276 --> 01:03:22.193
- (speaks in foreign language)

01:04:14.841 --> 01:04:16.603
- It almost looks like tar sands.

01:04:18.206 --> 01:04:20.837
Oh yeah, you can totally see it.

01:04:20.838 --> 01:04:24.755
- (speaks in foreign language)

01:04:26.430 --> 01:04:29.463
- Oh my gosh, that\'s so horrible.

01:04:30.926 --> 01:04:34.676
(speaks in foreign language)

01:05:34.519 --> 01:05:37.102
(rain falling)

01:06:11.535 --> 01:06:14.829
- Oh my god! Lago Agrio was horrible.

01:06:14.830 --> 01:06:17.090
It was really difficult for me to

01:06:18.140 --> 01:06:19.769
sleep, eat, wanna be there.

01:06:19.770 --> 01:06:24.009
I really, really, really,
really did not like it.

01:06:24.010 --> 01:06:25.959
It was very triggering
and very challenging

01:06:25.960 --> 01:06:27.864
for me to be there.

01:06:27.865 --> 01:06:31.615
(speaks in foreign language)

01:07:03.083 --> 01:07:06.250
(bright upbeat music)

01:07:34.779 --> 01:07:38.489
- We must stop this madness now!

01:07:38.490 --> 01:07:40.339
I don\'t care who\'s in the White House!

01:07:40.340 --> 01:07:43.972
We will tell him that you
must reject this pipeline

01:07:43.973 --> 01:07:45.890
and you must do it now!

01:07:48.348 --> 01:07:52.238
And we will not be stopped!
We cannot be stopped!

01:07:52.239 --> 01:07:54.373
- [Woman 5] The
Cowboy-Indian Alliance lives!

01:07:56.160 --> 01:07:58.973
- Seven Council Fires of the Lakota,

01:07:58.974 --> 01:08:02.819
Nez Percé, the Cheyenne
River formed an alliance

01:08:02.820 --> 01:08:05.639
with the rancher farmers
all across that area,

01:08:05.640 --> 01:08:08.597
Cowboy and Indian
Alliance, or the new C.I.A.

01:08:10.255 --> 01:08:14.005
(crowd cheering and singing)

01:08:16.060 --> 01:08:21.059
- We came to understand that
the thing that was common to us

01:08:21.060 --> 01:08:23.479
was the love of that portion of Earth

01:08:23.480 --> 01:08:28.480
and that our common enemy
was those that would destroy.

01:08:28.670 --> 01:08:31.569
- There\'s an ancient story
about a black snake that comes

01:08:31.570 --> 01:08:36.149
and threatens the First Nations\'
people across North America

01:08:36.150 --> 01:08:37.989
and this is it!

01:08:37.990 --> 01:08:40.779
It stretches from the tar sands of Alberta

01:08:40.780 --> 01:08:42.429
to the Gulf of Mexico.

01:08:42.430 --> 01:08:44.199
And it carries this poison

01:08:44.200 --> 01:08:47.919
that is going to do incredible
damage to Mother Earth,

01:08:47.920 --> 01:08:51.409
three times as much CO₂ in this oil

01:08:51.410 --> 01:08:54.019
as in any other oil on the planet.

01:08:54.020 --> 01:08:56.459
We need to end the fossil fuel age

01:08:56.460 --> 01:08:58.383
and move onto something better.

01:09:01.450 --> 01:09:04.629
- I have the distinct
honor to come before you

01:09:04.630 --> 01:09:09.223
with my life-giver, the
sacred water of Mother Earth.

01:09:10.150 --> 01:09:14.929
On this day, we are all
blessed to be here together.

01:09:14.930 --> 01:09:18.333
We could be sitting at
Starbucks, I kinda like that.

01:09:18.334 --> 01:09:20.789
(crowd laughs)

01:09:20.790 --> 01:09:23.373
We could be home in front of our TVs.

01:09:24.360 --> 01:09:29.360
We could be doing anything,
but instead, we\'re together,

01:09:29.920 --> 01:09:34.441
as one, to save our Mother Earth
and our future generations.

01:09:34.442 --> 01:09:37.192
(crowd cheering)

01:09:39.300 --> 01:09:43.809
- If you drink water and you
breathe air, this is about you.

01:09:43.810 --> 01:09:45.767
This is no longer an \"Indian problem.\"

01:09:46.730 --> 01:09:47.743
This is about you.

01:09:50.692 --> 01:09:54.829
- I 100% believe the Earth will endure.

01:09:54.830 --> 01:09:56.459
She\'s gone through Ice Ages,

01:09:56.460 --> 01:09:58.687
she\'s gone through overheating before,

01:09:58.688 --> 01:10:01.489
and now she\'s going
through a crisis of climate

01:10:01.490 --> 01:10:03.683
created by humankind.

01:10:04.890 --> 01:10:07.839
Our trick, as human beings,

01:10:07.840 --> 01:10:12.619
is to understand how we
can help her and heal her,

01:10:12.620 --> 01:10:14.633
and be part of that cycle.

01:10:21.460 --> 01:10:23.059
- [Reporter 8] Regulators
in the midwestern state

01:10:23.060 --> 01:10:25.119
of Nebraska say more Canadian oil

01:10:25.120 --> 01:10:26.769
can flow through the U.S.

01:10:26.770 --> 01:10:30.979
along the long-delayed
Keystone XL Pipeline extension.

01:10:30.980 --> 01:10:33.779
President Barack Obama
stopped the pipeline extension

01:10:33.780 --> 01:10:37.119
in 2015 over concerns
about carbon pollution.

01:10:37.120 --> 01:10:39.109
President Donald Trump revived it

01:10:39.110 --> 01:10:41.389
just a few months after taking office.

01:10:41.390 --> 01:10:43.429
- So Texas-based Kinder Morgan has given

01:10:43.430 --> 01:10:47.629
the Canadian government
until May 31st to take action

01:10:47.630 --> 01:10:49.409
or else it will walk away.

01:10:49.410 --> 01:10:50.889
- Trudeau\'s transformed himself from

01:10:50.890 --> 01:10:53.399
climate activist to pipeline purchaser.

01:10:53.400 --> 01:10:55.869
His move to nationalize
the Kinder Morgan Pipeline

01:10:55.870 --> 01:10:58.729
for $4.5 billion is designed to protect

01:10:58.730 --> 01:11:00.884
Alberta\'s oil industry.

01:11:00.885 --> 01:11:03.839
- How will our ancestors remember them?

01:11:03.840 --> 01:11:07.649
Are they gonna say they
said no to Keystone XL

01:11:07.650 --> 01:11:10.499
because it was the tipping point

01:11:10.500 --> 01:11:13.549
of whether all things continue on Earth?

01:11:13.550 --> 01:11:16.069
Or did they say, \"go
ahead, because I live for

01:11:16.070 --> 01:11:19.379
the greed of today, I live for myself,

01:11:19.380 --> 01:11:22.427
I think nothing about
my generations to come\"?

01:11:23.472 --> 01:11:26.055
(gentle music)

01:11:46.333 --> 01:11:49.949
- For a long time, the
prophecies have spoken to us

01:11:49.950 --> 01:11:53.539
of the condor and the
eagle coming together.

01:11:53.540 --> 01:11:56.599
Spoken to us of the Red Nations rising up

01:11:56.600 --> 01:12:00.639
to teach the world how
to live in harmony again.

01:12:00.640 --> 01:12:04.779
This is the first time
that a treaty will be made

01:12:04.780 --> 01:12:07.829
among the women of the Red Nations,

01:12:07.830 --> 01:12:09.969
strictly among the indigenous people,

01:12:09.970 --> 01:12:13.099
without a colonial government signing it.

01:12:13.100 --> 01:12:16.769
We understand that we do
not have the time to change

01:12:16.770 --> 01:12:19.239
the system in the manner
in which these systems

01:12:19.240 --> 01:12:21.409
are normally changed.

01:12:21.410 --> 01:12:24.339
We understand that we
have run out of time.

01:12:24.340 --> 01:12:26.759
So we invite all women
of the world to join us,

01:12:26.760 --> 01:12:28.919
your indigenous sisters of the Americas,

01:12:28.920 --> 01:12:31.289
to put a stop to the destruction,

01:12:31.290 --> 01:12:34.833
and saying that the
harm stop here and now.

01:12:38.040 --> 01:12:41.109
So on this day, because
our little relative here

01:12:41.110 --> 01:12:46.069
has been so crazy-busy working
on saving Mother Earth,

01:12:46.070 --> 01:12:49.499
so we\'re asking Melina
to do a formal signing

01:12:49.500 --> 01:12:53.249
in the presence of my
relatives, the Kichwa,

01:12:53.250 --> 01:12:54.250
in your presence.

01:12:57.040 --> 01:13:00.089
- I think the Indigenous
Women\'s Treaty solidifies

01:13:00.090 --> 01:13:03.009
what the prophecy really signifies

01:13:03.010 --> 01:13:05.129
between the eagle and the condor.

01:13:05.130 --> 01:13:10.130
It\'s showing that the
life-givers of our Nations

01:13:10.390 --> 01:13:15.033
are making alliances across
borders, across continents.

01:13:16.800 --> 01:13:19.467
(crowd singing)

01:13:22.000 --> 01:13:23.859
- [Reporter 9] This is the
first day of the Climate Summit.

01:13:23.860 --> 01:13:25.549
- We want you to act.

01:13:25.550 --> 01:13:26.839
- [Reporter 10] A ceremony to sign

01:13:26.840 --> 01:13:29.269
the new Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

01:13:29.270 --> 01:13:31.689
- [Reporter 11] It\'s 196 nations

01:13:31.690 --> 01:13:35.069
vowing to get emissions
goals and to stick to them.

01:13:35.070 --> 01:13:38.069
- We have some kind of
action here from leaders

01:13:38.070 --> 01:13:39.459
and it\'s not nearly enough.

01:13:39.460 --> 01:13:43.343
It\'s because their under
pressure from their populations.

01:13:46.398 --> 01:13:50.148
(speaks in foreign language)

01:14:13.777 --> 01:14:15.783
(audience clapping)

01:14:15.784 --> 01:14:19.867
- In this city, 226 years
ago, an event occurred:

01:14:20.730 --> 01:14:23.639
the adoption of the Declaration
of the Rights of Man

01:14:23.640 --> 01:14:24.640
and the Citizen.

01:14:24.641 --> 01:14:27.809
We assumed this liberty
and have used it in a way

01:14:27.810 --> 01:14:32.239
which has caused enormous harm
to all the other creatures

01:14:32.240 --> 01:14:34.489
that form part of this living Earth.

01:14:34.490 --> 01:14:37.389
Today we establish a People\'s Tribunal

01:14:37.390 --> 01:14:40.009
as the global people\'s organization

01:14:40.010 --> 01:14:44.599
that promotes liberty and
freedom of all that exists,

01:14:44.600 --> 01:14:46.999
to continue to play a very unique role

01:14:47.000 --> 01:14:48.452
in the living Earth system.

01:14:48.453 --> 01:14:52.229
(audience clapping)

01:14:52.230 --> 01:14:55.313
(gentle flute music)

01:15:17.152 --> 01:15:20.902
(speaks in foreign language)

01:15:40.250 --> 01:15:42.859
- The canoes are coming!

01:15:42.860 --> 01:15:46.049
- [Man 4] The future is going
back to indigenous thinking,

01:15:46.050 --> 01:15:49.228
and it\'s not just people of
color or people in the Americas.

01:15:49.229 --> 01:15:54.229
Europeans, Asia, India, the entire globe

01:15:54.580 --> 01:15:58.973
needs to rediscover what
it means to be indigenous.

01:16:03.250 --> 01:16:06.129
- Here today, we\'re going
to share the knowledge

01:16:06.130 --> 01:16:08.659
from the natural world way

01:16:08.660 --> 01:16:11.689
from the viewpoint of
the indigenous peoples.

01:16:11.690 --> 01:16:13.939
From your heart, from your spirit,

01:16:13.940 --> 01:16:16.448
to those spirits around you.

01:16:16.449 --> 01:16:18.679
We\'re gonna share these knowledges,

01:16:18.680 --> 01:16:21.829
of what are those rights of nature.

01:16:21.830 --> 01:16:24.983
And you should know,
aren\'t you part of her?

01:16:26.220 --> 01:16:28.139
You haven\'t forgotten, have you?

01:16:28.140 --> 01:16:31.529
And if you did, remember now.

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Let the energy of the
Earth come through you,

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every portion of you.

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For she belongs to you
and you belong to her.

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(gentle music)