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- Standing Rock Sioux hosted a People of the Sun gathering honoring the 2016 Dakota Access pipeline protests.
- Manape LaMere retrieved saved coals and lit a sacred fire, recreating the 2016 protest camp flame.
- Open-mic sessions and fire-pit talks highlighted lingering PTSD and trauma among participants.
- Joseph McNeil, CEO of Sage Development Authority, cited tribal wind-farm projects aimed at energy independence.