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ACP Impacts on Native Ancestral Lands - PowerPoint Presentation

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ACP Impacts on Native Ancestral Lands - PPT Presentation

Jorden Revels UNCPembroke Ericka Faircloth Clean Water for NC TribesTribal Lands Along ACP Pathway Meherrin Haliwa Saponi Coharie Lumbee Tuscarora Each shaded county has an American Indian population higher than the state average of 12 ID: 696293

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ACP Impacts on Native Ancestral Lands

Jorden Revels (UNC-Pembroke)Ericka Faircloth (Clean Water for NC)Slide2

Tribes/Tribal Lands Along ACP Pathway

MeherrinHaliwa Saponi

Coharie

Lumbee

Tuscarora

*

Each shaded county has an American Indian population higher than the state average of 1.2%Slide3
Slide4

NC River Basins Slide5

Ancestral Lands Along NC Rivers

Meherrin: Meherrin (upstream in Chowan River Basin) and Roanoke RiversSaponi

:

Burial/village sites along Roanoke

River

Tuscarora: Roanoke, Tar, Neuse, Cape Fear, and Northern Lumber Rivers

Waccamaw: Village sites on Neuse RiverLumbee: Cape Fear and Lumber RiversLumber RiverPhoto by:Donna ChavisSlide6
Slide7

Impacts of the ACP on NC Native Peoples

The Coharie, Haliwa Saponi

and Lumbee Tribal Governments wrote comments to FERC stating that they had not been adequately engaged throughout the pre-filing and DEIS preparation process.

The ACP is proposed

to plow through wetlands which are hot spots for medicinal

plants that some of our people use today, as well as old village, burial and archeological sites.

The American Indian percentage population in NC is 1.2%, yet make up 13% of residents living in census blocks along the proposed route. 25% of the American Indians in NC live in census blocks along the proposed route. *Research by Dr. Ryan Emanuel, NC StateSlide8

Impacts of the ACP on NC Native Peoples

Destruction of waterways used for cultural ceremonies

Ignoring tribal sovereignty

Degradation of tribal identity

Dispossession of familial lands Slide9

Hurricane Matthew

Robeson County is 38% American Indian and was one of the most impacted counties in NC. It is one of the poorest counties in the US.Hurricane Matthew swept through Eastern NC on 

October 8, 2016

, killing

26.

10 inches of rain fell in the area on Sept 28, then Matthew dumped another 10 - 14

 inches overnight, both instances record breaking.Robeson County schools closed until October 31.Slide10
Slide11

Resistance to the ACP Today in Robeson County

ACP Walks (November 2016, March 2017)Collaboration with other organizations, Facebook

Providing

testimony at

hearings and sending comments to policy-makers

Educating the public, advocating for health and the environment

EcoRobeson members led the Walk against the ACP, November 2016, Pembroke NCSlide12

Jorden RevelsEcoRobeson

jr0042@bravemail.uncp.eduEricka FairclothClean Water for NC

Ericka@cwfnc.org

919-401-9600

Photos in this presentation courtesy of

John

Whittemore, Fix Cain, Adrienne Kennedy