(poem) Standing Rock – 2016 by Tani Lone Tree (Dakota Native American Poet and Empowered Woman)

This peom is Tina’s tribute for the incident at Standing Rock where Police Officers and Ecologists had a drammatic confrontation about the  Dakota Access Pipeline.

Here you can find more information:

NORTH DAKOTA POLICE ‘OUT OF CONTROL’ IN PROTESTS AT STANDING ROCK

Police Have Arrested At Least 141 North Dakota Pipeline Protesters

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When I first learned of Standing Rock

My first reaction was of shock

The companies – all  the same stock

As the protesters they did mock

It really didn’t take me long

To see who was right or wrong

Officials using force against prayer and song

Coming on like King Kong

That’s not all I have to say

This isn’t an act, not a play

Though I can’t be there today

I still will help in any way

Tani Tree Lone ©2016