Two Time award winning Academy Award winner Jane Fonda is not solely known for her work on the silver screen, but is also well recognized for her political activism. Known to some as “Hanoi Jane” for opposing the Vietnam war – she has always been a force to be reckoned with when she puts her efforts behind a cause, ranging from feminist issues and civil rights issues.
Most recently, she has been using her influence to raise awareness about the dangers surrounding the construction of the DAPL, and has been actively protesting against the pipeline. In thanks and recognition to the water protectors, and climate activists- she also plans to serve dinner at the Oceti Sakowin camp, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota on Thanksgiving Day.
As Levi Rickert for Native News online reports:
Fonda will be part of a delegation 50 people from around the country who will be visit the site of the Standing Rock action against the Dakota Access Pipeline — to serve a Wopila Feast to thank American Indian water protectors for their courage in defending Mother Earth.
“Our purpose is to give back to Native Americans – the Standing Rock Sioux and representatives of over 300 native tribes from throughout the Americas who have joined them in support,” says Judy Wicks, the primary organizer of the delegation.
Additionally, Fonda is contributing five butchered Bison and four Mongolian yurts to the camp.
Fonda’s support of American Indian rights and causes goes back decades. The long-time activist supported the Alcatraz Island occupation by American Indians in 1969, which brought attention to treaty rights. In 1970, Fonda went to Seattle, Washington, to lend her support a group of American Indians who occupied part of Fort Lawton to get land that was being surplussed by the U.S. Army. The group succeeded and is the site of the Daybreak Star Cultural Center in Seattle’s Discovery Park.
All the foods to be served at the Wopila dinner were first “Cultivated by Native Americans which will include potatoes, corn, peppers, squash, pumpkin, chocolate and cranberries.”
(Article By Tasha Shairfa)
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