sojournjones.com » Thanksgiving Day http://sojournjones.com independent journalism: currently, travel blogging & protest photography Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:32:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 Turtle Island http://sojournjones.com/turtle-island/ http://sojournjones.com/turtle-island/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2016 03:12:35 +0000 admin http://sojournjones.com/?p=3018 Water protectors crossed Cannonball River to sacred burial site, Turtle Island, on Thursday, November 24, 2016.

Water protectors cross self-made bridge to sacred burial site, Turtle Island, on November 24, 2016.

Crossing to Turtle Island on November 24, 2016.

Jumping Mouse, aka Georgie Lilgreen, age 50, of Tlingit descent, drove out from Stanwood, Wash. Jumping Mouse and another water protector pray at the base of Turtle Island on November 24, 2016.

Water protectors sing as armed police encroach around Turtle Island on November 24, 2016.

Praying at the base of Turtle Island on November 24, 2016.

Water protectors sing, “Water heal my body. Water heal my soul. When I go down down to the water, by the water I feel whole,” at the base of Turtle Island on November 24, 2016.

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Water protectors sang at the base of sacred burial site Turtle Island, while armed police stood atop it. Prayer was held in peace.

Greg Sealion Cotten, 42, prays on the edge of Cannonball River on November 24, 2016.

Phanie, 26, stands in prayer with sage facing Turtle Island from across Cannonball River on November 24, 2016.

Water protector brings wood for bridge to Turtle Island on November 24, 2016.

Water protectors build bridge to cross Cannonball River to Turtle Island on November 24, 2016.

Water protector holds sign saying “Water is Life,” facing Turtle Island, on November 24, 2016.

 

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