STANDING ROCK:
Join us, Thursday evening, February 16, 2017 from 6:30 to 8:00 to hear
Ann Podlipny discuss her first-hand experience at the Oceti Sakowin camp
(otherwise known as the Seven Council Fires Camp). Oceti Sakowin Camp is the
largest water protector encampment at Standing Rock Reservation. A massive
camp-in led by the Standing Rock nation, aimed at blocking the construction of
the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), which would carry oil from the Bakken shale
in North Dakota across several states and under the Missouri River. She will provide a visual description from
the weekend of December 4th when 5 thousand veterans and 7 thousand water
protectors arrived to support the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
The Standing
Rock Sioux Indian Reservation is home to Dakota and Lakota people of the
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. On July 25, 2016, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(Army Corps) granted authorization to the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross Lake
Oahe as part of the construction of a 1,100-mile pipeline that is proposed to
carry over a half-million barrels of Bakken crude oil to Illinois and across
four states.
The
construction takes the pipeline less than one half mile from the Tribe’s
reservation border and the pipeline would cross the Tribe’s traditional and
ancestral lands and the construction of the pipeline jeopardizes many sacred
places. The Tribe opposes DAPL because of the honor they have for their
ancestors and sacred sites as well as protection the drinking water of the
Tribe and its citizens.
About the
presenter: Ann Podlipny has a career
background in education and social work.
She works closely with immigrants and refugees in Manchester, NH and
volunteers teaching ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages).
Register to
attend this free and open to the public discussion about Standing Rock.
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ORIGAMI FUN: Origami is the art of paper folding and it is lots of fun!
Feel like having a good time? Come and join us as we make several paper
creations to create and take home. Adults are certainly welcome to help the younger
kids fold. Please register if you'd like
to join in the fun on Saturday, February 25th, at 10:30am. Recommended for kindergarten age through
grade 5.
HOLIDAY HOURS: The library will be closed on Monday,
February 20th, in recognition of Presidents Day. Please stock up accordingly, and do remember
that Overdrive (NH Downloadable Books) and TumbleBook Library is open 24/7
right on our website.
STAY TUNED: We are working hard on some exciting programs and
events for the winter school vacation week.
(Week of February 27th.)
Look for that in next week’s article.
J
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