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CENSORED NEWS: Yankton police officer quits job, arrested, at hog farm protest


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Illegal South Dakota state police occupation continues on Yankton Indian Land

Incoming messages from Yankton protest:

I am Oitancan Zephier, a former police officer of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, combat veteran of Afghanistan and a father. Last week I quit my job when the protests started over the building of a hog farm by a corporation on private land surrounded by tribal lands. I quit because the Bureau of Indian Affairs will not help us. They stand and watch us get tossed in jail. The filth of the pigs will effect every part of our Indian people here.
There is a headstart school 2 miles away from the hog farm. There is a kindergarten through 12th grade school 4 miles away. There is a day care a couple miles away from the site. It is a prejudice act granted by the state of South Dakota to these pig farm owners. We need your help. If this is completed they will assume jurisdiction of all that surrounds them. The already began taking our tribal road, which we have intensely fought for 2 weeks now.
I have been thrown in jail while on our Indian land by a state officer. That is wrong!
I am begging you for your help. If you can, please publish the cry for help below in any way you can.
Contact me if you can help; or please forward this on to anyone who can help us."

The Zephier family is much respected in Lakotah country. (TouchArt)

Another censored news item from Brenda Norrell.
Brought to you from TouchArt.net and One Earth Blog because it's always been Earth Day every day in indigenous America.

Here are more links about the hog farm protest by Lakotahs.
Great pics of the excavation for hog farm andLakotah protesters at this link - http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/16/18493231.ph...

More here - http://www.guerrillanews.com/headlines/17270/Yankton_La...
And here -
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2...

Note how this protest relates to global warming and green house gases, since corporate meat production results in the biggest contribution of methane gas to the atmosphere.

Have a great Earth Day every day and consider eating organic farm raised pork if you have to eat meat.
Peace, Pax, Shalom, Salaam, Skenon,
Charleen
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6 responses // CENSORED NEWS: Yankton police officer quits job, arrested, at hog farm protest

  • Corporate farming has got to be controlled, it is out of hand, I've had enough! I'm going to find some local farm raised meat, fuck the supermarket and their corporate bedfellows, this is ridiculous!
    rabidlemur
  • Whew..I know the smell is going to be like money to those greedy corporate officers, but those poor students 4 miles away are going to have a hard time breathing the air when the winds are that way! Here is a way to put a road block on this: Have, or demand the corporation do a study on the ecological and or sociological ramifications of putting this pig farm there. This smell alone (!) can ruin the progress of education which is federal, it IS federally controlled and there should be no problem filing an injunction based on just that and any other items you can come up with. My two cents.
    WorldPeaceTV
  • I can understand being frustrated but anyone who quits a job today, with the economy being the way it is, has to be nuts:(
    PatrickEdwardMurray
  • BTW, my family gives to the Lakota tribe every year!
    PatrickEdwardMurray
  • I agree with WorldPeaceTV, a court injunction should be an option.

    Funny how there is a news blackout on this story.
    jubal
  • This is wrong and needs to be addressed, The articles i saw the last one was dated 4-18 this being posted 4-28 The latest article i could find was 4-21nothing after that. Senator Clinton will surely hear about it as she is in South Dakota today! I hope it has been resolved and the Indians have won. It is wrong for this to take place.
    maltesetitan

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