Solidarity with Standing Rock

The indigenous tribe of the Standing Rock Sioux, together with other indigenous tribes of the U.S. and defenders of the earth and water have been protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in North Dakota for months now. 

This pipeline would transport crude oil through the land of the Sioux which includes sacred burial sites as well as cross the Missouri River which provides potable drinking water for millions.  Those gathered at Standing Rock in peaceful resistance of DAPL have been met with militarized violence in the form of beatings, pepper spray, sound cannons, rubber bullets, and water cannons fired on them in freezing temperatures.  

The JPIC Office of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word stands in solidarity with the indigenous tribes and all those gathered at Standing Rock to protect the sacred land and water.

We denounce the violent and militarized response waged against these water protectors, and call on the U.S. government and all investors in the pipeline to stop the violence and respect the rights of those gathered at Standing Rock protecting their sovereign land.