Week 12: Indigenous Women, Social Media & Pipeline Resistsance. "Documentaries."

In  Badass(Indigenous) Women Caretake Relations: NoDAPL, #IdleNoMore, #BlackLivesMatter, by Kim TallBear it focuses on the organizations that are led by indigenous women. These women are known as "water protectors," because their goal is to protect land and water from the Dakota Acess Pipeline, which is destroying the lives of people. These organizations are peaceful and it is a way for them to stand up for their rights and protect the Earth and the lives of the indigenous people community. In The Frontline of Refusal: Indigenous Women Warriors of Standing Rock, by Temryss MacLean Lane, it shows how the indigenous women decided to protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline. These women standoff at Standing Rock and pray for their land and water. There are interviews where different indigenous women share their stories on how the pipeline will destroy their lives. All of the stories were similar, so it shows that these indigenous women will literally lose everything and that is why they choose to fight so hard. In Pipeline Resistance Confronts Big Oil in the Bayou, by Mariya Strauss, it focuses on the different organizations involved in bayou bridge pipeline fight, like 350 New Orleans, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and Bold Louisiana. 




This weeks text really hit me. I knew that having a pipeline installed in communities hurts the economy and people's lives. I never knew that it affected mostly women though: indigenous women at that. As a female myself I feel it's not really fair how we always have to step to the plate and try to repair the harm that has been done by the hands of man. These women are very strong to me and the organizations they created made them even stronger. Everyone knows that no matter how hard you protest, the government won't do anything about the pipeline, because the government is funding it. The organizations make the argument much stronger.


Keywords: Environmental Movement- a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues.
Climate Change- when changes in Earth's climate system result in new weather patterns that last for at least a few decades, and maybe for millions of years.
Community Organizations-  a process by which a community identifies needs or objectives, takes action, and through this process, develops cooperative and collaborative attitudes and practices within a community.
Capitalism- an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
Industrialization- a period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society
Privatization-the process of transferring an enterprise or industry from the public sector to the private sector. 
Indigenous people-ethnic groups who are the original settlers of a given region