A free family concert from 2 till 6pm on Saturday is planned at the Terrace Soundshell, Brunswick Heads, to raise awareness of the ‘Standing Rock’ water protectors camp in North Dakota, US.
Organisers Steve Andrews, Murray Kyle and Iris Nunn say they want to draw a bright line between the struggle of the American and Australian first nation people.
Iris says there is a media blackout regarding the Native American Sioux tribe, who are standing up to protect their land, water and sacred sites from the construction of a 1,172-mile oil pipeline.
‘When mobs in the US unite as one nation, as they are doing in North Dakota, it helps us all see what’s possible.
‘Many tribes here are heartbroken and frustrated, as a corrupt legal system “bulldozes” through their ancient laws, which care for Earth and people. Sacred land is being taken by mostly foreign- owned mining companies.’
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