117 Expand your vocabulary: Collocations Match the green expressions in the text to the correct definitions below. LANGUAGE 35 a to only give a small amount of encouragement b to play a part in creating or setting sth. up c to support a cause or ideal bigger than oneself d to accept that sth. is true e to bring sth. back to life f to be given the opportunity to learn about sth. g to give a useful, real-life explanation h to think sth. is important and act like it is Work in groups: 1 R econstruct the timeline of the protests. 2 Why were the protests so important to young Native Americans? 3 Do you know of a project in your region where tradition and technology clash in a similar way? What’s your stand on it? SPEAKING 36 E As one of the leaders of One Mind Youth, Jasilyn Charger, explained, they were hoping the religious activities would teach children the skills to survive threats like drug abuse and bullying. The One Mind Youth leaders had been exposed to ideas and training that linked the pipeline fights to larger struggles in their society. The message was clear: The struggle against the pipeline was part of the struggle against alcoholism, suicide and abuse – issues that are all too common on Native American reservations yet often go unrecognised. F The strength of the Standing Rock community was also apparent when it continued its fight in court. In 2020, a district court ruling forced the Army Corp to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS). This presented a highly unusual scenario since an EIS typically occurs before a project begins, not three years after its completion. The Army Corps published its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) in September 2023 – six years after the pipeline had started operating. The statement largely ignores climate impacts, though it does acknowledge the social cost of the carbon emitted and highlights that an oil spill would be devastating to nearby communities. However, it dismisses these legitimate concerns by saying that the chances of a spill are low and that the oil could simply be cleaned up should it occur. And the cherry on top, the statement was prepared by a company with known ties to the petroleum industry. G Unfortunately, what helped increase nationwide support was the growing violence by the police. The images of campers being maced or attacked by dogs spread anger across the country. There were strict rules that the protest would have to be done in ‘peace and prayer’. The youths took this seriously, even as they found themselves under physical threat. Twenty-six-year-old Eryn Wise had moved to the camp in late August 2016. She remembers watching her sister getting maced on social media. Furious, she raced to the scene and threw herself at the police. Suddenly, six hands were pulling her back. Others were praying for the police and keeping the protest peaceful, their faces white with what looked like war paint but was in fact tear gas. H In November 2015, the company Energy Transfer Partners was trying to build the Dakota Access Pipeline, which would move half a million barrels of oil a day beneath the Missouri River, the main source of drinking water for the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. A group of young Sioux activists, called ‘One Mind Youth’, believed that the Dakota pipeline was not only a threat to their drinking water but also a sign of the environmental crisis their generation would inherit. For this reason, they helped establish a tiny ‘prayer camp’ just off the Dakota Access route. Over the next six months that camp grew into a movement that united conservative farmers with the American Indian Movement and urban environmentalists with traditional chiefs. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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