Local business owners Daniel Northcutt of Frank, Blayne Tucker of The Mix and local artist Cruz Ortiz of Snake Hawk Press are joining forces with local Assiniboine/Sioux activist Jennifer K Falcon for a supply drive for the Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters. The Mix and Frank will be accepting cold weather donations through Saturday after which they will be delivered to the Standing Rock camps with a banner designed by Cruz Ortiz Art that reads “San Antonio Stands with Standing Rock.”  Cruz Ortiz Art will also be selling original merchandise and all funds collected will be donated to the camp.  To date, $3,000 has already been raised. (Frank, 2016)

Donations can be made online or dropped off at: The Mix 2423 N St Mary’s St in San Antonio  from 3p.m. to 2a.m. today through Wednesday and at both Frank locations:  1150 S Alamo St in San Antonio from 11a.m. to midnight today through Wednesday and 407 Colorado St in Austin from 11a.m to midnight today through Wednesday as well as at Mohawk in Austin from 5p.m. to 8p.m. today through Wednesday.  On Tuesday November 29 from 7p.m. to 10p.m. there will be a fundraiser along with the supply drive at the San Antonio Frank location featuring DJ Ernest Gonzales and live Silk Screening by Cruz Ortiz.

A list of needed supplies includes: firewood (preferably oak, maple and ash), wool blankets, emergency blankets, wool socks, wool thermal underwear (no cotton), safety goggles, trauma kits, straw bales, wall tents with wood stoves and poles, sleeping bags for subzero temperatures (including military style), battery packs for charging phones, carts and wheelbarrows for hauling wood, fire extinguishers, propane, fur blankets, Tesoro gas cards, gas generators, unflavored milk of magnesia, gift cards, propane heaters, snow mobiles, snow tires and more.