Water protectors is a term used by people, mostly of indigenous heritage, to describe themselves in their fight to protect water and land from environmental dangers. The term gained currency in the current efforts to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.[1]
The term water protectors seeks to put a focus on the importance of preserving water for life. Many who use the term water protectors insist they are protectors as opposed to protestors.[2][3][4] Iyuskin American Horse wrote: "We are not protesters. We are protectors. We are peacefully defending our land and our ways of life. We are standing together in prayer, and fighting for what is right. We are making history here. We invite you to stand with us in defiance of the black snake."[5]
- ^ "Standing Rock: Police Arrest 120+ Water Protectors as Dakota Access Speeds Up Pipeline Construction". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ Perkins, Misty (10/21/2016). "Protectors not Protesters: Indigenous Voice Lost in Translation by Colonialism". Indian Country Today Media Network. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "We Are Not Protestors, We Are Protectors: Peace, Prayer, Love and War at Standing Rock Sioux". Project 562 Travel Log. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
- ^ "A Pipeline Fight and America's Dark Past". The New Yorker. 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
- ^ Horse, Iyuskin American (2016-08-18). "'We are protectors, not protesters': why I'm fighting the North Dakota pipeline". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-10-27.