DB: You mean, they were just pulling people over and taking the stuff?
MH: That's the reports that we had heard, yeah. It felt like...you know, that's a blockade, right?
DB: It sounds like a blockade. Military again, huh?
MH: Right, exactly. But I think that when the public pressure kinda came... there started to be more awareness of that, they dialed back, and they have been fining people. I believe I saw something recently that the ACLU is already on that. But, you know, they're trying to find tactics to disrupt the flow of people, and resources, to this camp.
Activists gather in Seattle to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, September 2016.
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DB: And help us, before we say goodbye, help us put a human face on this. What's going on at the camp now. Is there a lot of building, a lot of preparation? I know we were there just before the snow storm hit, and people were incredibly focused and engaged, in preparing for a very difficult winter. How would you describe the situation? What does it look like, are people ready?
MH: Yeah, I think so, for the most part. You know, there's been a lot of winter preparations that happened before we got here. There are definitely folks that have the kind of three season tents, or worse, that were not prepared for a snowstorm, but fortunately there are a lot of communal sleeping tents, that were set up for people.
And ... I've told people recently ... that definitely we need wood/propane because it has been cold. Fortunately, this snow storm has let up. But, you know, because of the collective spirit of this camp, folks that aren't as prepared are being taken care of. If they don't have the kind of gear they need, they're being provided with. Despite that, we definitely encourage anybody who is planning on coming out to not just come here prepared but come here to leave things.
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