RAPID CITY, S.D. (4 JULY 2021) Read the full article NDN Collective holds Land Back protest in downtown Rapid City
NDN Collective staged a protest march in Rapid City under the banner “The Fourth of You Lie.” For members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, it was a time to change a false narrative of natives in Rapid City.
The protest is NDN’s call for justice for indigenous people who have been, “over-criminalized by colonial government and law enforcement on their own lands.”
“We’re really tired of being seen as violent people. We’re not out here trying to be violent…cause destruction. We’re literally fighting for our lives, for our children’s lives, for the next generation. And we have to, or nothing’s gonna change, we’re gonna constantly get lip service. And we’re done. We’re done with that,”
Sunny Red Bear, Director of Racial Equity at NDN Collective
As the walk came to an end, a group scaled the Dakota Grain and Mill tower downtown to reveal a Landback banner. As crowds made their way to the site, law enforcement increased. NDN Collective said in a release that four climbers at the protest were arrested.
