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LaDonna Brave Bull Allard

Kandi Mossett on a hill overlooking the Oceti Sakowin Camp.What began with a small beachhead last April on the banks of the Cannonball River on land belonging to LaDonna Brave Bull Allard has expanded to both banks of the river and up the road, to multiple camps that have housed as many as 7,000 people from all over the world.As the lawsuits proceed, other members of the camp have been involved in nonviolent direct actions, locking their arms around construction machinery to prevent digging.Dozens have been arrested as part of those actions, including 22 people on Sept. 12, the day I arrived at the camp.In addition to the legal battles and the direct actions the people of the Oceti Sakowin and Sacred Stone camps were preparing for another challenge: a North Dakota winter.Already at night, the temperature drops to 40 degrees Fahrenheit; deliveries of blankets and warm clothing were constant, as was the chopping of wood for fires and discussion of what kinds of structures would allow the camps to stay in place through the bitter cold months ahead. "We're already winterizing in all aspects of the camp, young people working with the elders to find, whether it's longhouses, whether it's yurts, whether it's any kind of structures that would keep us warm for the winter," said Lay Ha, who traveled to North Dakota from the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming in late August and became part of the camp's youth council.Further along, signs, flags and banners hang from the

Other camps: Sacred Stone - first one is on Standing Rock

REd Warrior - most fervent activist; on leased land next to Standing Rock OCETISAKOWIN - main camp -- along main road with flags of all the nations Rose Bud - satellite reservation from the S. Dakota rose bud tribe. Leased the land from the Standing ROck reservation. Own food, security...so they can have their own control. Lakota name? This is where Kirsten stayed. On same side as Sacred Stone. easiest to find is rose bud and _____ What's happening with the dogs? Pepper sprayDewe Bureua of Indian Affairs has a trailer with communiations and helicoptyers. Drones, some participating and Myron Dewey professor at North West Indian College -- digital smoke signals -- doing live feeds to show what's actually happening. Being harassed and arrested from afar...taking photos and filming license plates. Amy Goodman interviewed him. Map? Kirsten says does not exist. Maybe on purpose. Not letting media in but Sacred Stone is on google map found it. LaDonna is a local from Standing Rock -- grew up there?