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After a decade battling the Keystone pipeline, Faith Spotted Eagle moves to the next cause


Yankton Sioux tribal member has advocated against the Keystone XL pipeline for 13 years.
Written By: Nick Sabato
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Activist Faith Spotted Eagle (left) stands with grandaughter Mia Fischer in front of the Missouri River in Lake Andes. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Veilleux)
LAKE ANDES, S.D. Faith Spotted Eagle is used to people asking what is next.
The list of causes to support is never-ending, and even if she reached the bottom, another would surely arise. But each time Spotted Eagle can cross an item off the list, it is more time available to be spent with her grandchildren.
For the past 13 years, the 72-year-old Yankton Sioux Tribal member has battled in courtrooms, stood along pipelines and protested in front of Trump Tower in hopes of halting the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Such advocacy earned her the Electoral College vote of Washington State faithless elector Robert Satiacum Jr. during the 2016 presidential election. Spotted Eagl ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130223:17:54:00

Massive suffering if we don t address this. so we have an ethical responsibility. and the tar sands projects is an extremely carbon intensive producing mine. but daryl, you re talking about there s no benefits. i imagine you re speaking purely from an environmental ecological standpoint. no, no. i m speaking from every standpoint. there s been a lot of mischaracterizations that this is going to provide a lot of jobs. been mischaracterized as being something that will provide fuel for the united states. but this is an export pipeline. the fuel that we re already receiving from the tar sands is being refined in oklahoma. they need to get it to the coast so that they can get $20 a barrel more for it to export it. if there s nothing, i mean, what are the benefits of this project? i can t imagine that there s nothing. that s a great question. no economic benefits? the economic benefits are there for the coke brothers and the people who own the ....

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