Stand With Standing RockCANNON BALL – Audio released by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribefrom a September 2014 meeting with Dakota Access Pipeline representatives contradicts recent claims made by a pipeline company executive. Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, the parent company of Dakota Access LLC, told The Wall Street Journal the pipeline route that crosses just north… Read more »
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe issues proclamation in support of Oceti Sakowin camp safety
Calls on Obama to stop civil rights and law enforcement abuses Cannon Ball, N.D.— Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II today issued a proclamation in support of water protectors who face continued civil rights abuses and excessive use of force by law enforcement. “This week is the anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre.… Read more »
Reps. Huffman, Grijalva Demand Accountability for Brutal Law Enforcement Tactics at DAPL
Nov 28, 2016 Washington, D.C.- Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today requested an immediate meeting with White House and Department of Justice officials to demand accountability for alarming treatment of Water Protectors and peaceful demonstrators at the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, and to denounce the closure of the Oceti… Read more »
30 Years of Oil and Gas Pipeline Accidents, Mapped
The sheer number of incidents involving America’s fossil fuel infrastructure suggests environmental concerns should go beyond Standing Rock. The increasingly brutal police response to protests over the construction of The Dakota Access Pipeline has pushed the debate over the safety of oil infrastructure into the national spotlight. From the beginning of their anti-pipeline organizing, the… Read more »
U.S. veterans to form human shield at Dakota pipeline protest
By Terray Sylvester | CANNON BALL, N.D. CANNON BALL, N.D. More than 2,000 U.S. military veterans plan to form a human shield to protect protesters of a pipeline project near a Native American reservation in North Dakota, organizers said, just ahead of a federal deadline for activists to leave the camp they have been occupying.It… Read more »
‘Bogus charges’: Standing Rock activists say they face campaign of legal bullying
Native American protesters claim that threats of fines and criminal charges, many which later unravel in court, are designed to silence their efforts In what appears to be a concerted effort to deter people from joining the Standing Rock protests, North Dakota officials are pursuing serious criminal charges and threatening to levy hefty fines against… Read more »
C-SPAN: Senator Reid on Standing Rock
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NYTimes: Veterans to Serve as ‘Human Shields’ for Dakota Pipeline Protesters
As many as 2,000 veterans planned to gather next week at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota to serve as “human shields” for protesters who have for months clashed with the police over the construction of an oil pipeline, organizers said. The effort, called Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, is planned as a… Read more »
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe member on protests: ‘We are in for the long haul’
The people protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline are staying put. “We expect a win,” said Chase Iron Eyes, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. “We are in for the long haul.” Speaking with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “New Day” on Monday, Iron Eyes and Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault said they… Read more »
Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Al Franken, Vocal Supporter of the #NoDAPL Demonstrations
Many politicians have remained silent amid an increasingly troubling situation at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota. But Minnesota Sen. Al Franken broke away from his fellow Democrats after Sunday’s violent clash between “water protectors” and law enforcement. The following day, Franken penned a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, urging the Justice… Read more »