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Jennifer Falcon, Nakoda, Lakota and Dakota, with Indigenous Rising Media, was inside and said before Thursday’s sit-in at the Bureau of Indian Affairs that they warned President Joe Biden to “respect us or expect us” and he didn’t listen. “So we're going to keep showing up until we die,” Falcon said.
There’s been a historic surge in Indigenous resistance in Washington since Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday, where “expect us” was written on a Andrew Jackson’s statue. On Thursday, roughly 55 Indigenous leaders were at the federal agency for a sit-in in what is believed to be for the first time since the 1970s.
“He promised that he would honor our treaties,” Braun said. “He promised that he would have consultations. He promised that he would, he would actually listen to us and that has not happened.”
The Federal Protective Service Police took one woman, who was zip tied and wearing a red shirt, out of the building and into the ramp under the Interior building. “Stop Line 3! Honor our treaties!” she yelled while being escorted.
Very brave action they took yesterday