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>> IN THE BITTERLY COLD
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE BARREN
STANDOFF.
ON ONE SIDE OF THE HILL, MEMBERS
AND THEIR SUPPORTERS.
PROTECTORS.
THEY SAY THE 1000 PLUS MILE
PIPELINE WHICH WOULD CARRY OIL
WITH THREATEN THEIR WATER
SUPPLY.
IT'S ROUTE WOULD CROSS
UNDERNEATH THEIR LATE.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, POLICE
OFFICERS FROM 10 DIFFERENT
STATES, TRYING TO KEEP ORDER.
>> IT IS ONE OF THESE ISSUES
THAT AFFECTS A LOT OF NATIVE
NORTH DAKOTA.
>> SHE HAS NOT STICK -- TRAVEL
SHIPPED MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO
THOSE WHO REMAIN CAMPED THERE.
STEREOTYPES AND MISINFORMATION
ABOUT NATIVE PEOPLE.
THIS IS ONE THING THAT HELPED
THE FOREFRONT.
I THINK PROGRESSIVELY OVER THE
YEARS, NATIVE ISSUES HAVE BECOME
MORE AND MORE VISIBLE, BUT
STANDING ROCK HAS REALLY BEEN
THE BIG ONE BECAUSE SO MANY
PEOPLE FIND A CONNECTION,
PROTECTING OUR DRINKING WATER.
SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUTSIDE
YOU DOWN, REALLY.
>> LINCOLN IS A RETIRED ATTORNEY
AND THE FORMER CHIEF PROSECUTOR
FOR STRATHAM COUNTY.
MORE THAN 2000 MILES AWAY.
SO JUST BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, HE
LEFT HIS WIFE AND COMFORTABLE
HOME, ACT UP HIS CAR, AND DROVE
TO NORTH DAKOTA BY HIMSELF.
>> WITHOUT NECESSARILY
UNDERSTANDING WHY, I JUST FELT
COMPELLED TO GO.
>> AS A WITNESS TO THIS HISTORIC
EVENT, LINCOLN WROTE ABOUT HIS
EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS WHAT HE SAW WHEN HE
APPROACHED THE CAMP.
X I WAS AMAZED AT HOW LARGE IT
WAS.
PEOPLE WITH TEPEES AND TENSE,
DON'TS.
IT JUST SEEMED TO GO ON FOREVER.
>> HE ATTENDED DAILY MEETINGS
WHERE HE HEARD THE SAME THINGS.
>> THEY KEPT REPEATING OVER AND
OVER, MANY TIMES, SO THAT YOU
UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WAS THE
CAMP FOR PRAYER AND CEREMONIES.
THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE THERE
DOING.
AT EVERY MEETING WE HAD, THAT'S
WHAT THE MEETING WAS FOR.
PRAYER.
>> TRIBAL MEMBERS ALSO TALKED
ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN DURING
THESE STANDOFFS WITH
AUTHORITIES.
LINCOLN LEARNS QUICKLY FROM THE
LAWYERS WHO WERE THERE TO
VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES ABOUT
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF HE TOOK
PART IN AN ACTION AND ENDED UP
JAIL.
, THEY WOULD WRITE WITH A
SHARPIE THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE
LEGAL TEAM ON YOUR ARM, SO THAT
ONCE YOU GOT ARRESTED, BECAUSE
THE POLICE WOULD OFTEN TAKE
EVERYTHING, SOME PEOPLE WERE
STRIP-SEARCHED COME THEY WOULD
TAKE EVERYTHING FROM YOU, BUT
YOU WOULD HAVE THAT PHONE NUMBER
SO YOU COULD CALL THE LEGAL
TEAM, AND THEY WOULD ACTUALLY
POST YOUR BAIL.
>> LINCOLN NEVER DID GET
OF THAT.
MORE HE DISCOVERED HIS PURPOSE
FOR BEING THERE.
>> I WAS THERE TO BE OF USE.
THERE WERE ACTIONS THAT WERE
GOING ON THAT I DIDN'T
PARTICIPATE IN, PRIMARILY
THE KITCHEN.
I WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A WOOD
STOVE.
I WAS TROUBLESHOOTING A PROBLEM
WITH THE LIGHTING SYSTEM.
>> TROUBLESHOOTING INTERNET
ACCESS REQUIRED SOME CREATIVITY.
THERE WAS JUST ONE SPOT IN THE
HILL.
>> IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW AREAS
WHERE YOU COULD GET SOMETIMES
RECEPTION.
THERE WAS LIKE A BICYCLE THERE
PADDLE.
WHAT THE BICYCLE DID, IT RAN A
CHARGE YOUR PHONE.
EVERYBODY WOULD BE UP THERE,
PEOPLE WOULD TAKE TURNS ON THE
BICYCLE AND THEY WOULD HAVE
CHARGE THEM.
>> BACK IN PORTSMOUTH, HIS WIFE
KATHLEEN WAS CONCERNED, BUT
FACEBOOK WAS HOW SHE KEPT UP
WITH WHAT HER HUSBAND WAS DOING.
>> I WOULD WAIT FOR CERTAIN TIME
OF DAY AND I WOULD TRY TO SEE IF
HE HAD POSTED SOMETHING SO I
THAT DAY.
DAY WAS LIKE.
>> LINCOLN WAS PRESENT IN EARLY
DECEMBER WHEN THE ARMY CORPS OF
CONSTRUCTION OF A KEY SECTION OF
CONSTRUCTION.
A VICTORY FOR THE WATER
NOT OVER.
>> THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE
IN TERMS OF MANY THINGS THAT
THEY HAVE GONE PREPARED >>
BEFORE HIS JOURNEY, LINCOLN SAID
HE DID NOT CONSIDER HIMSELF
BUT AFTER SPENDING SEVERAL WEEKS
AT STANDING ROCK, HE CAME TO
EXPERIENCE.
EX FOR ME, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY
THE CONTENT OF THE PRAYER, IT
WAS THE IDEA OF IT BEING A
PRAYER, AND SOMETHING THAT WAS,
FOR THESE PEOPLE, THEIR HERITAGE
, THEIR LINEAGE.
EXPECT TO HAVE BEEN PAYING
WHICH IS PRETTY AWESOME.