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SacredWater

Owe Aku Bring Back The Way & International justice project

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Owe Aku works to bring back our way of life which includes humanity’s role in nature:  we are a part of it, not outside of it, not having dominion over it.  To achieve this Owe Aku works to stop toxic mining that contaminates our water and land. 

Owe Aku has reestablished programs that utilize the wisdom of our ancestors in combating the effects of inter-generational trauma caused by colonization and the intentional attempts for hundreds of years to destroy our culture. ... read more.


VIDEOS

In honor of World Water Day, we share this excerpt from Crying Earth Rise Up- a Lakota story of water featuring Debra White Plume.
Music by Matou. www.cryingearthriseup.com


ARTICLES

STAND Our Sacred Ground

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Lakota Allies Gather to Stand their Sacred Ground
by Natalie Hand and Kent Lebsock, Owe Aku International Justice Project

“We sought spiritual guidance and were told that the spirit of Unci Maka will awaken people to protect her. For us it has always been about protecting sacred water, whether it's uranium mining or KXL.”  Debra White Plume, Owe Aku, Moccasins on the Ground....Read more.


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Moccasins on the Ground

The Moccasins on the Ground training developed by Owe Aku's Sacred Water Protection Project focuses on skills, tactics, and techniques of nonviolent direct action.  These three day training camps allow discussed that includes such things as blockading heavy equipment, workshops on strategic media, street medic training, knowing your legal rights with respect to civil disobedience, building solidarity and alliances, applicable international human rights and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Lakota sacred teachings on water, and many other topics under the umbrella of direct action.
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Protect Sacredwater from toxic uranium mining

Our water has been contaminated by uranium mining for 30 years. It has spread its toxins and contaminants through our aquifers and waterways negatively impacting the people, animals, plants and birds who live in our territory.  Cancer, liver disease, diabetes and myriad health problems plague the Oglala Lakota people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in what amounts to environmental genocide.  ... Read more
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Wioweye Najin Win

Sober Indian Dangerous Indian:

Wioweya Najin Win on freeing your mind through sobriety to fight for clear decolonized thinking and the preservation of the Lakota way of life…read more.

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Ama's Freedom School is dedicated to our children by providing decolonized educational programs based on traditional Lakota teachings and law.
Crying Earth Rise Up
Crying Earth Rise Up!
The Video about our fight to stop uranium mining.
Watch Trailer of Crying Earth Rise Up!
Lakota Media Project
An initiative of Owe Aku and Prairie Dust Films, the Lakota Media Project began in 2003 to mentor Lakota youth and women on documentary film-making.
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The Moccasins on the Ground, a grassroots resistance training, focuses on skills, tactics, and techniques of nonviolent direct action in three day training camps.  
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 We are a grassroots cultural preservation and human rights nongovernmental organization headquartered on the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation.  

Donations are always welcomed with heartfelt Wopila. Donations of $5 and $10 have substantially helped protect SacredWater and preserve
the Lakota way of life. 

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Protect SacredWater
    • Contact
  • Our Projects
    • Ama's Freedom School
    • Crying Earth Rise Up!
    • Lakota Media Project >
      • Videos
    • Moccasins on the Ground
  • Articles
    • Sober Indian Dangerous Indian
    • Leadership by Kent Lebsock
    • Stand Our Sacred Ground
    • PowerTech/Azarga Investors
  • Trainings
  • Actions
    • Lower Brule Action
    • Hearings & Testimonies
    • Uranium Cases
  • Donate