By Alicia Erickson, BBC News
“‘Land and cultural restoration in Dakota are one and the same. Taking care of the land is our culture,’ said Shelley Buck, Bdewakantunwan Dakota and president of Owámniyomni Okhódayapi, which aims to restore the falls. ‘Owámniyomni is our living relative. The water, the land, the birds are our relatives. Industrialisation destroyed the river, exploiting it as a commodity.'”
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