IN THE SPIRIT OF SITTING BULL AND CRAZY HORSE

Chicago poet Susana Sandoval has been fasting at Standing Rock ever since she spoke to my classes earlier this semester at the University of Arizona. Several years ago, she was arrested while fasting 17 days in front of the White House to call for a humane immigration reform.

This time, she is not counting, but it must be close to 30 days. When she left Tucson, she returned to Chicago, picked up her daughter and has been at Standing Rock ever since. Her stay there has been a spiritually transforming experience and the camp itself, she says, is a ceremony. Link to column here:
http://diverseeducation.com/article/89903/ * UPDATE: DAPL permit denied by Army Corps; DAPL says it will proceed anyway: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/…/live-standing-rock-spirit-r…