The Restless Native

When @de_la_r0ca was painting this banner on Flag Road at the Oceti Sakowin Camp you could sense her work might become somewhat iconic by the amount people stopping to take photographs. And...within a couple of days someone had made this beautiful composite with it and it had been posted by @vicmensa and many others. This ensured her banner was seen by millions of people right before the ACOE deadline, when the camp needed the most amount of support. This is on the ground and online art activism at its finest! I'm so fucking proud of her!!! #nodapl #artactivism #vicmensa #waterislife #activism #delaroca #silkpainting #banner #ocetisakowin #ocetisakowincamp #northdakota #art #activism #mniwiconi #decolonize #indigenize #standingrock #standwithstandingrock #sacredhoop #medicinewheel (at Oceti Sakowin Camp)

Second degree Berns... I hope this kid is still at the camp to keep everyone warm! #feelthebern #berniesanders #nodapl #standingrock #northdakota #bernie #bernieorbust #bernie2020 #defiance #resistance #solidarity #waterislife #mniwiconi #humor #onezie #ocetisakowin #ocetisakowincamp (at Oceti Sakowin Camp)

For many, this is the true flag of America. Each quadrant of the medicine wheel, or sacred hoop, combines to symbolize all life on this land. It is an organic symbol that has evolved naturally in the collective consciousness of indigenous Americans. It represents us, all of us. For not only does the medicine wheel symbolize the four elements, the four seasons and the four directions, but it also symbolizes all people of the earth (red, yellow, black and white) coming together to live as one on this continent. Carrying that prophesy with it, the medicine wheel has existed for eons, calling us to unite around it and visualize healing, strength, peace and the love of one nation. On our last night at Standing Rock a group of us sat round our camp fire discussing, amongst many things, how the Stars and Stripes was made by force and can only be held together as such and, if you truly want to see peace on this land, we need a new flag. One that represents everybody. Almost immediately we began to visualize this flag as the medicine wheel. And, as we huddled around our last smoldering logs on the frosty prairie meditating on this vision, we started to discover true allegiance. #medicinewheel #healing #sacredhoop #america #nativeamerican #flag #onenation #nativeamerica #patriotism #allegiance #standingrock #nodapl #mniwiconi #ocetisakowincamp #northdakota #starsandstripes #decolonize #love #peace #unity (at Oceti Sakowin Camp)