please pass this on to others that you know as well. This is close to the hearts of Our twilight cast.
http://www.youtube.
Fellow native and non-native actors united to create public service announcements to create awareness of what is happening and inspire people to take action immediately. The people involved included Alex Meraz, Julia Jones, Gil Birmingham, Justin Chon, BooBoo Stewart, Q'orianka Kilcher, Raoul Trujillo, Taro McArthur, Jaisey Bates, Larissa Fasthorse, Elizabeth Sage, Natalia McArthur, Sharlyse McArthur, Fivel Stewart, Darryl Redleaf, Montano Rain and Joannelle Nadine Romero.
Given the size of this tragedy is is shocking that the main stream press is not covering this story.The current water system is outdated and operating at capacity, leaving the tribe no room for economic expansion and preventing its housing authority from building new homes. To build a new water
infrastructure is estimated to cost over $500 million dollars.
This was promised to the Sioux people over 50 years ago and this allocation would put a long-term solution in place and give the Lakota Sioux
people an opportunity to prosper. Without water, the most basic building block of life and society, the people of the Lakota Sioux Reservation have little hope of impacting their situation in a way where they may prosper and thrive.
Since the late 1950's the tribe has been forced to move from their original Tribal Head Quarters, known as the Old Agency on Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, which was located on the river bottom. The Tribal leaders during this time, built schools, hospitals and their own police department with tribal dollars. All is under water now. The book "Dammed Indians" shows how the Pick-Sloan Act forced tribal people up and down the Missouri River. This was done to make way for the Dam to make Hydro Power for the government. The precious resource of water is utilized to generate billions of dollars worth of electricity yearly, for the United States Government.
Currently, without a water infrastructure, they cannot build new homes and cannot build on any new development.
The system is keeping an impoverished nation, impoverished.
So, how can you help? It's simple:
1. Go to http://shiftthepowe
2. Click on the Email link below the TAKE ACTION section on the right hand side
3. Enter your information and click send emails.
In a couple of minutes a letter will be off to your congress people or senators imploring them to hold themselves accountable to the promise of the water infrastructure project.
It will only take you a minute or two, but will impact generations to come. Be the shift.
Volturi Captain
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