Marcellus Life: A Native American Protest to Stop a Pennsylvania Pipeline

[Omaha Steve]

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http://truth-out.org/news/item/29056-marcellus-life-a-native-american-protest-to-stop-a-pa-pipeline

Wednesday, 11 February 2015 10:01
By Natasha Khan, PublicSource | Report

Chief Carlos Whitewolf beat a small hand drum and sang a Native American prayer for Mother Earth in the cold January air in Hershey, Pa.

Many of the 50 or so other protesters outside the Hershey Lodge, where national Republican leaders attended a retreat, demonstrated against issues like the Keystone XL pipeline and climate change.

But Whitewolf, chief of the Northern Arawak Tribal Nation of Pennsylvania, was objecting to something more local. In nearby Lancaster County, it’s the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline project.

Whitewolf calls the project “disrespectful” because the pipeline’s current route goes through parts of southwestern Lancaster County rich with ancient Native American artifacts and burial sites.

FULL story at link.

[jwirr]

1. Where is all this oil/gas supposed to come from? We have this pipeline, the one through WI, the

Keystone, the one running near my home in NE MN. And there are no doubt others that I do not know about. They cost a fortune to build and they leak. Aren't we supposed to be close to oil depletion not the mention the effect of fossil fuels on climate? Why are we investing all this money and natural lands into this dying policy?