Cowboys and Indians Stand Together Against Keystone XL.

[G_j]

Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on May 14, 2014

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/14/cowboys-and-indians-stand-together-against-keystone-xl/

Text by Kristin Moe, photos by Garth Lenz, for the International League of Conservation Photographers.

On April 22, 2014, the dozen or so leather-booted ranchers mounted their horses and lined up in the midday sun. Facing them were an equal number of American Indians, in the regalia of tribes from across the U.S. The two groups stood still, waiting for the signal. Around them, the crowd cheered, photographers snapped photos, and in the background loomed the dome of the U.S. Capitol.



But this was no showdown. Nor was it – despite the banners that said “No Tar Sands, No KXL” – a protest. This was the opening ceremony of Reject and Protect, a five-day gathering of the Cowboy Indian Alliance: a coalition of tribal members, ranchers, and landowners which over the past forty years has come together again and again to fight industrial incursions onto their land. This time, the fight is over the Keystone XL pipeline.



The Cowboy Indian Alliance isn’t an anomaly. Across the continent, the fight to stop tar sands – and in particular the fight over Keystone XL – has catalyzed the creation of unlikely coalitions. And increasingly, it’s the “frontline” leaders from the most at-risk communities who are taking the lead.





The horses began to move. When a moment ago they had been facing one another, the two groups – “cowboys” and “Indians”— got into formation and led a procession through downtown Washington, now walking side by side. “We came in separately, but we marched together,” says Julia Trigg Crawford, a landowner from Direct, Texas who has been fighting Keystone XL since 2008.

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[malaise]

1. K & R for a treasured moment in my life

[G_j]

2. +1000

[former9thward]

3. They appear to be Natives to me.

They do not look like they are from the country of India.

[G_j]

4. They call themselves the Cowboy Indian Alliance

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Cowboy Indian Alliance: a coalition of tribal members, ranchers, and landowners which over the past forty years has come together again and again to fight industrial incursions onto their land. This time, the fight is over the Keystone XL pipeline

[former9thward]

7. Fine, you come to AZ where I live and call a Native "Indian".

See what they think about that. Hint: It won't be pleasant.

[G_j]

10. or

you could tell the alliance (consisting of represenratives from many tribes) they should change their name?

[former9thward]

13. If I were to write a post talking using "Indians" I would be attacked for not using Native.

But I guess some are more equal than others.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

5. What do you eat with cranberries at Thanksgiving? n.t.

[former9thward]

6. I have never had cranberries in my life.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

8. K&R n/t

[Uncle Joe]

9. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, G_j.

[kelliekat44]

11. only thing is, the cowboys will stab Obama in the back as a job killer if he doesn't approve it.

Just watch what happens...

[G_j]

12. certainly not these cowboys

they have made their opposition very clear.