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MNI
WICONI
La
última batalla en la pradera...
Miles
de activistas indígenas y religiosos de todo el continente,
acampados en tierra sagrada Lakota ('Sioux'), han conseguido detener
a la poderosa Serpiente Oscura de la industria Petrolera, que ya no
atravesará el río Missouri con su criminal proyecto de oleoducto.
Ha
sido una gran manifestación de lucha ecologista e indígena, pero
esta movilización también ha sido todo un milagro desde el punto de
vista religioso: una enorme explosión de activismo espiritual,
impulsado tanto por los hombres y mujeres medicina tradicionales,
como por miembros de todas las denominaciones cristianas de América.
La
victoria de los defensores lakota del gran río es también un gran
avance político, que repercutirá en la lucha de los pueblos
originarios de los vecinos Canadá (los Inuit están luchando contra
proyectos similares, más al norte) y México, en el esfuerzo de
Wixárikas, Purépechas y muchos otros pueblos, así como del resto
del continente... por salvar el Agua, la Tierra y la Vida, frente a
la cultura de la muerte que es el sistema industrial occidental.
Para
los cristianos ha sido una experiencia muy importante por otro
motivo: en esta ocasión han tenido la oportunidad de enmendar siglos
de ignominia colonialista y de reconciliarse con sus hermanos
aborígenes americanos, abrazando su lucha, y el característico
concepto indígena del carácter sagrado de la naturaleza,
aprendiendo esa gran lección de los antiguos guerreros de la pradera
para el mundo de hoy. Buena muestra de esa nueva conciencia es el
artículo que reproducimos a continuación, de una escritora y
predicadora cristiana norteamericana:
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At
Standing Rock, God heard our cries for justice
By
Shane Claiborne
Religion
News Service, RNS: On the second Sunday of Advent, I was part of a
historic celebration of the power of nonviolent resistance. Here at
Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, thousands of voices cried out in
America’s wilderness.
Sunday
(Dec. 4) was a beautiful reminder in the long struggle for justice
that no matter how long we wait, God hears our cry. And love and
justice will win.
A
few weeks ago, Chief Arvol Looking Horse issued an invitation to
clergy and faith leaders to stand in solidarity with the people of
Standing Rock. He said he was hoping maybe 100 would respond. But I
joined thousands in a procession of faith leaders to gather around
the sacred fire at the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock.
I
knew something special was happening here.
As
the entire camp held hands in prayer, we learned that the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers had refused to grant an easement to complete the
Dakota Access pipeline, a $3.8 billion project that stretches across
four states.
From
the beginning, the pipeline has been resisted as a “black snake”
that threatens the sacred waters of the Sioux people. And in recent
months, pipeline construction destroyed holy sites.
But
Native American tribes from some 200 nations came together here to
protect their water and resist the Dakota Access Pipeline. On Sunday,
they won.
Manada de Búfalos que se une a la protesta:
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The
water protectors here have been attacked by dogs, tear-gassed, hit
with rubber bullets, and hosed down with water in below-freezing
temperatures. The police have been brutal on the vigilant, nonviolent
people protecting their sacred land and water. But they have shown us
how people of faith can stand up to broken promises and corporate
greed in the strength of nonviolent resistance.
It’s
great to see how the resistance here was started by young people.
Like the students who started the sit-in movement in 1960, 200 Native
American young people rode here on horseback in the spring and
established a base for resistance. They had the vision and the zeal,
but elders and holy men like Chief Looking Horse embraced them and
invited official leadership in Indian Country to support their
resistance.
It’s
a beautiful example that’s echoed when civil rights veterans stand
with Black Lives Matter activists and clergy go to jail with fast
food workers in the Fight for 15.
Our
nonviolent struggle is a journey that spans generations.
El gran Pow Wow de los activistas celebra la milagrosa
decisión presidencial.
Fuente/Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgHphdkOLc0
It’s
also deeply rooted in prayer. My brother Richard Twiss helped me and
many Red Letter Christians overcome the colonial misconception that
Jesus is at odds with Native American spirituality. Standing Rock has
become an important center for spiritual formation this year,
inviting people who want to connect their faith with action to see
that we are more than “protesters.” We are “water protectors,”
called by our Creator to watch over and care for all the good gifts
of creation.
Whatever
their religious traditions, the people who stood united in prayer as
the news of victory came in Sunday witnessed the power of God. We got
to stand together and experience the glory of a justice party.
In
the Advent readings for Sunday, John the Baptist points us to a voice
crying out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of the Lord.” This
snow-covered prairie feels like an unlikely place for a party.
But
John knew that what Isaiah had promised is true: “Every valley
shall be lifted up, every mountain and hill made low … and the
glory of the Lord will be revealed and all people will see it
together.”
It’s
an honor to be here with the people of Standing Rock. And it’s
inspiring to see how they’re showing the world what the
revolutionary love of Jesus looks like in 21st-century America.
Shane
Claiborne is founder of The Simple Way and author of many
best-selling books including, “Executing Grace: How the Death
Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It’s Killing Us“
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