GN: What about the veterans? They are gathering down at your reservation right now, as we speak.
CF: I think it is a pretty awesome thing. They are here to help us, offer advice. Help in any way they can, including legal advice. One of the important things is to get the truth out in mainstream America. The vets said they would like to gather all the videos from everybody and get the story out. You know North Dakota's congressional people are sure painting a bad picture on the record in Congress, saying the water protectors are violent, that we are throwing Molotov cocktails at the police. But pictures don't lie. What they are saying is untrue.
Chairman Frazier had other interviews scheduled, so we wrapped things up with some talk about Christmas and his hopes to participate in the Big Foot Ride. (On December 29, 1890, the Seventh Cavalry massacred Lakota leader Big Foot and 150 of his people at Wounded Knee, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Reservation).
In 1986 two Lakota elders--Curtis Kills Ree and Birgil Kills Straight--established the Sitanka Wokiksuye (Big Foot Memorial Ride).
Meetings and negotiations already scheduled regarding the future of the Dakota Access Pipeline might get in the way, but a Chairman/Chief steeped in the traditional Dakota ways still hopes to ride his horse in memory of those great chiefs who went before.
We did not know at the time, but less than 24 hours after this interview, the Corps issued a statement saying it will not grant an easement under Lake Oahe to DAPL interests. DAPL swiftly filed a press release saying they will proceed.
Chairman Frazier, chief executive of one of the poorest reservations in the country, was ready with a response. The reservation that operates without a casino, and without much in the way of donations other than treaty reparations, had a legal team ready for any contingency.
The legal team of Fredrick, Peebles and Morgan issued the following statement on behalf of the tribe.
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