Anti-Blackness, for example, is a performative enforcement of structural power, whereas the violence against us is a matter of pragmatism. The struggle at Standing Rock is an effort to prevent the construction of a deadly, destructive mechanism, created by greed-driven people with no regard for our lives. We die, and have died, for the sake of expansion and white wealth, and for the maintenance of both. Every Native at Standing Rock — every Native on this continent — has survived the genocide of a hundred million of our people. And while such discussions have always been deserved, we are living in a moment when Native water protectors and water warriors have more than earned both acknowledgement and solidarity.