President Biden is signing an Executive Order today that will put an end to the Keystone XL pipeline.

I’m sharing a few of the pieces I wrote re #NoKXL that shows how long my people have been fighting it. Water the Life giver was published by Indian Country Today in 2011.

I wrote KXL equals death in 2013 for Indian Country Today. Eventually, President Obama heeded our wishes & stopped the Keystone XL Pipeline. Trump revived it on one of his first days in office. Now Biden will revoke the permit. It’s been a long, hard fought battle. #NoKXL
Here is a spirit camp held in 2014 by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, offering prayers to stop the pipeline. #NoKXL https://t.co/kvT8yclOmP
Our Tribes signed a treaty together United against Keystone XL. https://t.co/9iw94KHLtj
The movement really got going when a small group of elders went out on a Reservation road and put their bodies in the path of trucks hauling construction equipment for the Keystone XL Pipeline. #NoKXL https://t.co/TGul0WdCnf
The Ponca of Nebraska have been fighting the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline through their ancestral lands for years. #NoKXL https://t.co/t8Vinnmpq9
The Fort Peck Tribe have been outspoken in fighting the Keystone XL Pipeline in Montana. https://t.co/PEMUaBIHX6
Native women played an incredible role in #NoKXL. https://t.co/baJGwkwwzo
The fight to stop Keystone XL continued into this year. Youth from Cheyenne River stood alone to be our voice in hostile meetings. #NoKXL https://t.co/WTi0AdroU1
In May of 2020, Biden pledged to rescind the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline. This decision was highly influential in getting Natives to vote for him. Keeping your word matters. https://t.co/tmrNjWkqbY

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