Stand with Standing Rock

from the National Sierra Club

Today, hundreds of tribes and thousands of allies will march in D.C. to rise in solidarity with the indigenous peoples of the world as part of the Native Nations Rise March on Washington.

If you can't be there in person, you can still show your support for Standing Rock and the rights of tribal nations across the country by calling on Wells Fargo to defund the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Take action: Tell Wells Fargo to divest from the dangerous Dakota Access Pipeline now!

Wells Fargo, the second biggest bank in America, is providing $120 million in direct project-level financing for the Dakota Access Pipeline -- a project that clearly tramples on the rights of Native Americans by putting corporate polluters' interests above Tribal treaty rights and access to clean water. The pipeline was originally proposed to cross the Missouri River just above Bismarck, ND, but after concerns from that community, it was rerouted to cross the river along sacred Tribal grounds, less than a mile from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, where a spill would pose a serious threat to the Tribe's sole source of drinking water. The people of Bismarck were right to call for the pipeline to move, and so are the Standing Rock Sioux.

Tell Wells Fargo to stop financing the continued violation of the rights of Indigenous people!

The Dakota Access Pipeline also serves as yet another example of our nation's long history of violence against Native Americans. In response to peaceful protest and prayer, hundreds of Water Protectors at Standing Rock were injured when police fired rubber bullets, stinger grenades, sonic weapons, and water cannons in below freezing temperatures. The injuries to peaceful protesters were downright inhumane: Numerous people were knocked unconscious, a member of the International Indigenous Youth Council suffered a seizure because of a flash grenade, a young man had internal bleeding, a young woman nearly lost her arm, and countless people had to be treated for hypothermia, tear gas exposure, and blunt trauma. In fact, the injury count was so high, the local community of Cannonball turned their school gymnasium into an emergency response center.

Support the Native Nations Rise March on Washington by telling Wells Fargo that it is time for them to choose the right side of history and divest!