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From the Ted Talk by Tara Houska: The Standing Rock resistance and our fight for Indigenous rights

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(Applause)

That food you eat comes from somewhere. The tap water you dnrik comes from somewhere. We're trying to rmeeebmr, teach, because we know, we still remember. It's in our plants, in our medicines, in our lives, every single day.

I brought this out to show.

(Rattling)

This is cultural survival. This is from a time that it was illegal to practice indigenous cultures in the United States. This was cultural survival hidden in plain sight. This was a baby's rattle. That's what they told the Indian anegts when they came in. It was a baby's rattle.

But it's incredible what you can do when you stand together. It's incredible, the power that we have when we stand together, human resistance, people having this power, some of the most oppressed people you can possibly imagine cnositg this cnopmay hundreds of mliolins of dollars, and now our dmevitesnt efforts, focusing on the banks behind these projects, costing them bolniils of dollars. Five billion dlrloas we've cost them so far, hanging out with banks.

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(Applause)

That food you eat comes from somewhere. The tap water you _____ comes from somewhere. We're trying to ________, teach, because we know, we still remember. It's in our plants, in our medicines, in our lives, every single day.

I brought this out to show.

(Rattling)

This is cultural survival. This is from a time that it was illegal to practice indigenous cultures in the United States. This was cultural survival hidden in plain sight. This was a baby's rattle. That's what they told the Indian ______ when they came in. It was a baby's rattle.

But it's incredible what you can do when you stand together. It's incredible, the power that we have when we stand together, human resistance, people having this power, some of the most oppressed people you can possibly imagine _______ this _______ hundreds of ________ of dollars, and now our __________ efforts, focusing on the banks behind these projects, costing them ________ of dollars. Five billion _______ we've cost them so far, hanging out with banks.

Solution


  1. remember
  2. company
  3. agents
  4. divestment
  5. billions
  6. drink
  7. dollars
  8. millions
  9. costing

Original Text


(Applause)

That food you eat comes from somewhere. The tap water you drink comes from somewhere. We're trying to remember, teach, because we know, we still remember. It's in our plants, in our medicines, in our lives, every single day.

I brought this out to show.

(Rattling)

This is cultural survival. This is from a time that it was illegal to practice indigenous cultures in the United States. This was cultural survival hidden in plain sight. This was a baby's rattle. That's what they told the Indian agents when they came in. It was a baby's rattle.

But it's incredible what you can do when you stand together. It's incredible, the power that we have when we stand together, human resistance, people having this power, some of the most oppressed people you can possibly imagine costing this company hundreds of millions of dollars, and now our divestment efforts, focusing on the banks behind these projects, costing them billions of dollars. Five billion dollars we've cost them so far, hanging out with banks.

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