Stand With Standing RockBy Katie Herzog Police in North Dakota turned tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannons on 400 Standing Rock protesters Sunday night as temperatures dipped into the mid-20s. At least 167 protesters were injured and seven were taken to the hospital. Activists at Standing Rock and beyond are wondering why President Obama has yet to… Read more »
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman calls on President Obama to stop pipeline and violence
Doctors struggling to save water protector’s arm Cannon Ball, N.D. — The following statement from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Chairman, Dave Archambault II, can be quoted in part or in full. “Our deepest gratitude, thoughts and prayers are with water protector Sophia Wilansky and her family right now. She sustained severe injuries to her… Read more »
Broken Promises: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Cites History of Government Betrayal in Pipeline Fight
For the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline perpetuates a long history of broken promises made by the U.S. government. “We live with so many broken promises, there’s no reason for it,” Dave Archambault II, the chairman of the tribe, told ABC News. “We understand what lands we own, and what lands… Read more »
Tribe Leader Calls On Obama to Halt Pipeline After Violent Clash
The leader of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe called on President Barack Obama to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline today, after a clash last night that protest organizers say left 17 people hospitalized and scores more injured after law enforcement unleashed water, rubber bullets and tear gas on demonstrators in below-freezing temperatures near Cannon Ball,… Read more »
Washington tribes demand that Obama stop, reroute Dakota Access Pipeline
By Lynda V. Mapes Seattle Times environment reporter After police used water cannons and tear gas on protesters in North Dakota, more than two dozen Washington tribes have written President Obama, urging that he stop construction and reroute the Dakota Access Pipeline. Twenty-eight tribal leaders in Washington state have written President Obama insisting he stop… Read more »
Press Release: Tribes call on President Obama to deny easement, investigate pipeline safety and protect tribal sovereignty
Under the cover of darkness, ETP and North Dakota try to hide law enforcement abuses CANNON BALL, N.D. — Under the cover of darkness, North Dakota law enforcement have leveraged tear gas and water cannons to force Native Americans and allied water protectors to submit to unlawful police tactics in the wake of a standing… Read more »
Washington Post: U.N. officials denounce ‘inhuman’ treatment of Native American pipeline protesters
The United Nations’ special rapporteur on the rights of freedom of association and peaceful assembly released a forceful statement Tuesday, calling out U.S. security forces for using violence against protesters peacefully opposing the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, as well as what he called “the inhuman and degrading conditions” those arrested… Read more »
Rolling Stone: How musicians are joining Standing Rock
In October, Dave Matthews visited the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in rural North Dakota to meet with children and play a concert as part of an Obama-administration program that teams artists with schools in economically deprived areas. When he was assigned to visit the school, he was surprised to find that people on the reservation,… Read more »
USA Today: 7 history lessons that help explain the Dakota Access Pipeline protests
CANNONBALL, N.D. — There are a lot of terms tossed around at the Oceti Sakowin camp near the Standing Rock Reservation that the outside world might not be familiar with. “Water is life,” — “Mni Wiconi” in Lakota — is the refrain from those opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline, who call themselves “water protectors”… Read more »
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Releases Documentary – Urge Obama to Listen
In the midst of federal government deliberations over the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe has released a short film titled “Mni Wiconi: The Stand at Standing Rock,” a new, eight-minute film exploring the nearly eight-month battle to stop construction of the pipeline on sacred tribal lands. The short documentary can be viewed… Read more »