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November 17, 2022

Joye Braun, Cheyenne River Sioux Water Protector and Policy Advocate, Dies at 53
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The longtime water protector Joye Braun died Sunday at her home in Eagle
Butte, South Dakota. She was just 53 years old. A citizen of the
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Nation, Braun was at the Sacred Stone
resistance camp since the first day of the protest at Standing Rock. She
was also a nonviolent direct action organizer and policy advocate who
trained hundreds of people over the years for the Indigenous
Environmental Network. This is Joye at a protest outside the White House
last year.

Joye Braun: "You need to be held accountable. You made promises to the
Indigenous communities across this land that you were going to uphold.
But you haven't upheld those promises. You've been speaking with a
forked tongue, just like that one that was before you."

Click here to see Democracy Now!'s interviews with Joye Braun and our
coverage of the fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline. Coming up, we'll
speak with two people who knew her well, who are here continuing the
struggle at the U.N. climate summit.


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