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Standing Rock rally slated for Dec. 3

Pacific Northwest Standing Rock Support sponsors a rally from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3 at the city park on the corner of Kearney Street and Sims Way.

People are invited to attend for all or part of the event to learn about the Dakota Access Pipeline and the movement that opposes it. All are welcome, and signs are encouraged.

Thousands of people from across the country are hosting hometown rallies or going to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to join an effort to block an oil company from building an underground pipeline 1,172 miles from North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois. The pipeline would transport 460,000 barrels of crude oil a day, according to Energy Transfer’s website at daplpipelinefacts.com.

Opposition to the pipeline has grown as Native Americans have voiced concerns about the impact of possible leaks into the Missouri River and onto lands they consider sacred.

Makah member to talk about Standing Rock experience

Trinity United Methodist Church in Port Townsend hosts a guest speaker who has recently returned from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota.

The speaker, Sabrina “Breezi” Hill of the Makah Tribe, is set to appear at the 10 a.m. worship service on Sunday, Dec. 4

Hill and her two children traveled with about 30 other people in the caravan from the Olympic Peninsula to North Dakota. The goal was to show support and supply the water protectors at Standing Rock.

Trinity United pastor Tony Brown said that Hill is to talk about the trip during Sunday morning’s service, and after the service, continues a dialogue and question and answer session.

“Everyone is invited and welcome to attend,” Brown noted.

The church is located at 609 Taylor St.