Above photo: Ponca Nation of Oklahoma member Mekasi Horinek (kneeling) prays over water during the first planting of sacred Ponca corn “Seeds of Resistance” by the Cowboy Indian Alliance on the Tanderup farm in Neligh, Nebraska, May 2014 (Photo: Mary Anne Andrei)
We’re planting “Seeds of Resistance” to help grassroots communities who are fighting Big Oil and working to protect our land, water and climate.
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Thanks to all who donated to help us surpass our first fundraising goal of $3,000, and also to the Solutions Project’s Fighter Fund for making this “Seeds of Resistance” tour happen!
SEEDS OF RESISTANCE TOUR: JUNE 6-8, Virginia & West Virginia
Ponca Nation member and Bold Oklahoma coordinator Mekasi Horinek Camp, Nebraska farmer Art Tanderup, and Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb will visit Virginia and West Virginia from June 6-8 to plant “Seeds of Resistance” on land that lies in the paths of the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley fracked gas pipelines.
The first “Seeds of Resistance” were planted in 2014 by the Cowboy & Indian Alliance, when sacred Ponca corn was returned to the tribe’s ancestral homeland in Nebraska for the first time in 137 years — since the tribe was forcibly removed from Nebraska.
The corn was planted on land that lies both in the path of the Keystone XL pipeline, and on the historic Ponca Trail of Tears.
The 3.5 acres of sacred Ponca corn planted in Neligh was certified by the USDA, and with the land now protected from Keystone XL, the corn planting and harvests continue to help propagate more Seeds of Resistance.
Since their first planting in Nebraska as a strategy of blocking the Keystone XL pipeline and building a Cowboy and Indian Alliance, Seeds of Resistance have since spread across the world, to to Ecuador, Minnesota, Wisconsin and other communities standing up to Big Corporations.
Donate to support grassroots communities fighting Big Oil and help plant Seeds of Resistance in the paths of the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley fracked gas pipelines.
SEEDS OF RESISTANCE TOUR: VIRGINIA & WEST VIRGINIA
Monday, June 6th:
- 10:00 a.m: Stuarts Draft, Virginia
- Virginia Davis and Kenneth Harris, 2964 Stuarts Draft Hwy., Stuarts Draft, Va. 24477 (map)
- 3:00 p.m: Wingina, Virginia
- Samuel Woodson, Sr. 2936 James River Rd., Wingina, Va. 24599 (map)
Tuesday, June 7th:
- 9:00 a.m: Boones Mill, Virginia
- Anne and Steve Bernard, 7879 Grassy Hill Road, Boones Mill, VA 24065 (map)
- 3:00 p.m: Lafayette, Virginia
- Jim Law, 6175 Yellow Finch Rd., Lafayette, VA 24087
Wednesday, June 8th:
- 9:00 a.m: Union, West Virginia
- Patricia Anne ‘Cookie’ Cole, Blue Roamin Farm, US 219, near Union, WV 24983
- 4:00 p.m: Weston, West Virginia
- Tom Berlin, 1833 Left Millstone Rd, Weston, WV 26452 (map)