amy: that was when on a laduke. --winona laduke.t same day, we spoke to longtime lakota water and land rights activist debra white plume, born and raised on the primary reservation, living along the banks of wounded knee creek. i asked her what it means to her. >> it pushes us further over the tipping point of not only fossil fuel extraction but the desecration of mother earth and the exploitation of native peoples in the area as well as the threat to drinking water. six hours from here when i turn on my cap, the water that comes out is from the missouri river. .0/50 mix the aquifer is badly contaminated by decades of uranium mining. there only portions of the aquifer on the heinrich reservation that has the environmental protection agency's maximum contaminant level for emitters. so we have to mix half-and-half with the missouri river water. amy: what would happen to the missouri river water? >> well, if the pipeline is put in, it will leak or spill or burst or explode and oil is going to get into the water. the code access pipelin

laduke, that was winona longtime native american activist who set up her tv and the red warrior campnorth dakota saturday morning. saturday's action went viral, people immediately been comparing the dog attacks at standing rock to the violent crackdown againsnst civil rights in birmingham in 1965 in birmingham, alabama. for more on the dog attacks at saturday's protest, we're joined by jonni joyce. she's an expert in law enforcement canine handling with more than 25 years of experience. she is the head of the consulting firm jonni joyce seminars international in south dakota. jonni, welcome you to democracy now! we just play the video of the dogs attacking native americans, hundreds of people who came up on the site to protect their land. the trouble burial ground in the sacred sites. -- the tribal burial ground in the sacred sites. the dogs bit the horses, but the people. one dog, the mouth and nose of the dog were dripping with blood . as you took a look at this video , what could you tell us about what these dogs were trained to do? all,ll am amy, first of thank you for having me.