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North Dakota: Lakota Land Defender Olowan Martinez Freed

HeadlineSep 23, 2016

Meanwhile, in North Dakota, Lakota land defender Olowan Martinez was freed Thursday. She had been held for more than a week, after she locked herself to a piece of heavy machinery to stop construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline on September 13. This is Martinez speaking to Democracy Now! when we were in North Dakota.

Amy Goodman: “So how long do you plan to stay here?”

Olowan Martinez: “Until we know for sure that this black snake is dead.”

Amy Goodman: “Your T-shirt says 'Red Warrior Camp.'”

Olowan Martinez: “Yes.”

Amy Goodman: “And it’s got a fist.”

Olowan Martinez: “Yes, I believe it speaks the spirituality and the mentality of everyone here within Red Warrior Camp. We’re a camp of great minds that have come together, again, to kill this black snake by any means necessary.”

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