213:"I run for every man, woman and child that was, that is, and for those who will come to be... I run for my life, because I want to live. ... It's a system designed to let things slip through the cracks, but it's up to us to hold our government accountable. Our land is in danger, as well as our identity, but we will not stand in silence ... We are rising from this dilemma and uniting nations that have been separate for generations. We must take advantage of this chance to make a change." said Charger. In an interview with Democracy Now! they stated: "If the youth can ... work with other youth from different places and not know them personally and do this run ….and stand together in this fight, the elders, the adults, can do that, too"
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David Bald Eagle who took them into his home. After a friend's suicide in 2015 and another suicide following closely after, Charger and two friends founded the One Mind Youth
Movement, which encouraged young people to care for each other. They believed these suicides were happening for a reason. They found the reasoning behind Cheyenne River families struggling with poverty and drug-abuse. Charger believed that a safe space and activism would teach children survival skills to avoid bullying, drug abuse, and provide protection if home was not a safe space.
125:, in South Dakota, USA. They learned about activism from relatives who opposed a uranium mine, and learned indigenous traditions from their mother. Their father died two months before they were born. Charger has 15 half-siblings, and one full sibling, their twin sister, Jasilea Charger. Their paternal grandfather, Harry Charger, was chief of the Itazipco band.
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Charger returned home in 2014 without much of a connection to their family and no home to stay. Many suicides, murders and funerals took place in their community that year, and addiction and violence were rampant among youth. Charger was homeless and despondent until they were helped by Chief
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The prayer camp served as more than just a means to protest the
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266:. The camp members intend to stay put until all infrastructure related to the Keystone Pipeline is removed from an area of land near the reservation that belongs by treaty to the Lakota people, but was seized by settlers and the federal government.
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their son, and became depressed and suicidal. His death and burial reinforced their determination to protect the earth. They then decided to use their insights to engage in suicide prevention work as well as organize against the
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inherit this depression," they said. The members Sacred Stone Camp (now calling themselves
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824:"From Keystone XL Pipeline to #DAPL: Jasilyn Charger, Water Protector from Cheyenne River Reservation"
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