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Documentary Remembers Standing Rock in Beauty and Catastrophe

Documentary Remembers Standing Rock in Beauty and Catastrophe

By Kelly Hayes In October of 2016, I wrote a piece called How to Talk About #NoDAPL: A Native Perspective. I had visited the Standing Rock camps twice at that point, at the request of local youth who coordinated skill shares for Water Protectors, and I had written extensively about the movement. About a year […]

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    Native Nations Gather in DC for 4-Day Protest Against Trump, DAPL

    Native Nations Gather in DC for 4-Day Protest Against Trump, DAPL

    Members of Native nations from across the country will begin a four-day demonstration against the Trump administration and the Dakota Access Pipeline in Washington, DC today, culminating with a march on the White House on Friday. Tom Goldtooth: 'They Cannot Extinguish the Fire That Standing Rock Started' https://t.co/C1FDuaFIxL @GreenpeaceAustP @foeeurope — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) February 25, […]

    Tom Goldtooth: ‘They Cannot Extinguish the Fire That Standing Rock Started’

    Tom Goldtooth: ‘They Cannot Extinguish the Fire That Standing Rock Started’

    By Andy Rowell Once again Big Oil has been forced to rely on brutal militarized force to bludgeon, bully, beat and intimidate peaceful water protectors fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. https://facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1462944880385111/ But in the face of such violence and intimidation, the growing movement against new fossil fuels will not be intimidated, it will only grow. […]

    10 Arrested as Deadline to Evacuate Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp Passes

    10 Arrested as Deadline to Evacuate Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp Passes

    The deadline set by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for evacuating the Cannon Ball Dakota Access Pipeline protest site passed Wednesday and most protesters peacefully vacated before the 2 p.m. cutoff time. 4 Pipeline Fights Intensify as Dakota Access Nears Completion https://t.co/NphteXzXtJ @IENearth @FrackAction @joshfoxfilm @MarkRuffalo @NRDC — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) February 19, 2017 Authorities arrested […]

    Dakota Access Pipeline ‘Could Be Operational Within 30 Days’

    Dakota Access Pipeline ‘Could Be Operational Within 30 Days’

    By Andy Rowell A federal judge refused to issue a temporary injunction Monday against construction of the highly controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. The latest setback for the First Nations fighting the pipeline means that it could be “operational in as little as 30 days,” according to a lawyer for the company building it, Energy Transfer […]

    Army Corps to Grant Final Permit for Dakota Access Pipeline

    Army Corps to Grant Final Permit for Dakota Access Pipeline

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will grant Energy Transfer Partners the final easement to finish the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), according to a court filing Tuesday. The permit will allow construction for a tunnel under Lake Oahe, a reservoir that is part of the Missouri River. Breaking: Dept. of Army statement announces approval of […]

    First Amendment Under Siege as Another Journalist Arrested at Standing Rock

    First Amendment Under Siege as Another Journalist Arrested at Standing Rock

    By Mark Trahant Jenni Monet, a Native American journalist, was arrested last week while covering Standing Rock. You’d think that would trigger a lot of support from the national and regional news media. There is an idea in law enforcement called the “thin blue line.” It basically means that police work together. A call goes […]