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10 Celebratory Photos From Standing Rock

10 Celebratory Photos From Standing Rock

Photos by Brian Nevins, Introduction by Joe Spring This past Saturday night, Dispatch singer Brad Corrigan called photographer Brian Nevins, and told him he wanted to go to Standing Rock. Nevins was on a flight six hours later from Boston. At the time, Corrigan was in Pine Ridge Reservation doing work for his organization Love, […]

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    Standing Rock Celebrates as Army Corps Denies Key Permit, Halts Project

    Standing Rock Celebrates as Army Corps Denies Key Permit, Halts Project

    The Obama Administration and the Army Corps of Engineers officially denied the easement to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota after a many months-long campaign by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and allies against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Army Corps will undertake an environmental impact statement (EIS) to look at potential alternative routes […]

    Thousands of Veterans Arrive at Standing Rock to Act as ‘Human Shields’ for Water Protectors

    Thousands of Veterans Arrive at Standing Rock to Act as ‘Human Shields’ for Water Protectors

    As tensions grow in North Dakota, with multiple eviction orders facing the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline, U.S. military veterans begin arriving at the Oceti Sakowin protest camp. Hundreds of Veterans to Join Water Protectors at Standing Rock to Protest Dakota Access Pipeline https://t.co/ls0d415hLB @IdleNoMoreNews — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) […]

    Trump Formally Announces Support for the Dakota Access Pipeline

    Trump Formally Announces Support for the Dakota Access Pipeline

    By Mary Sweeters President-Elect Donald Trump formally announced Thursday his support for the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline. His transition team noted that his support for the pipeline “had nothing to do with his personal investments and everything to do with promoting policies that benefit all Americans.” Trump’s May 2016 financial disclosure revealed significant […]

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: ‘I’ll See You at Standing Rock’

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: ‘I’ll See You at Standing Rock’

    In 1966, my father held Senate hearings to investigate violent attacks by growers against pickers in the produce fields surrounding Delano, California. A young United Farmworkers organizer, Cesar Chavez, was orchestrating peaceful protests by Filipino and Chicano farmworkers against meager pay and brutal working conditions. My father only reluctantly attended the hearings. While he was […]

    The Standing Rock Protests Are a Symbolic Moment

    The Standing Rock Protests Are a Symbolic Moment

    This past Thursday was Thanksgiving. A time when we remember a feast, the first Thanksgiving, on Plymouth plantation in the autumn of 1621. The tales of pilgrims from the Mayflower who celebrated the harvest, shared and broke bread with the first Americans, are still used as inspiration and shared with children, teaching them the beauty […]

    North Dakota Governor Orders ‘Emergency Evacuation’ of Pipeline Protesters

    North Dakota Governor Orders ‘Emergency Evacuation’ of Pipeline Protesters

    North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple issued an “emergency evacuation” order today to remove thousands of Dakota Access Pipeline protesters from the Oceti Sakowin camp, citing “harsh winter conditions.” ©Lori Panico The Republican governor’s order was effective immediately and he said it would remain in force “until rescinded.” The order stated: “Winter conditions have the potential […]