Photographer Josu茅 Rivas spent seven months living at Standing Rock, documenting the gathering force of Native Americans and their allies. He says it wasn鈥檛 just a protest; it was an awakening.
Americans saw the Indigenous struggle鈥攖he violence, stolen resources, colluding corporations and governments鈥攖hat goes hand in hand with protecting the Earth.
The white male-centric colonial system is incapable of the leadership we need, and Indigenous knowledge is essential for the innovation that will follow this disruption.
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