Tribal leaders pose for a photo at the 2016 White House Tribal Nations Conference. (Photo-Navajo Nation Office President/Vice President)
Thursday, September 29, 2016
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U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell addresses tribal leaders. (Photo-Secretary Jewell, Twitter)
Obama administration MOU seeks to protect treaty rights
Weekend storms destroy homes on Pine Ridge reservation
Bill seeks to settle Hualapai Colorado River water rights
Cedar Mesa is one of the places within the Bears Ears area that is important to the Ute, Hopi and Navajo tribes and other Pueblo peoples (Photo: Jonathan Bailey)
A controversial bill to protect Utah’s Bears Ears region advances
Dozens of Canadian and U.S. Aboriginal groups join forces against oil expansion in Alberta
An actor from a small Alaska town goes big with the release of the Magnificent Seven
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are among those opposing a plan for a bottled water plant in Oregon (Photo: Steven Depolo via Flilckr/CC)
Law enforcement officials launch an investigation into the use of attack dogs on protesters
Montana tribes revise their plan to take over management of bison range land
An Oregon woman is fasting to call attention to a disputed water-bottling plant
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Judge goes against Standing Rock Tribe, Obama administration steps in
Many of the people gathered outside the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline expressed to the Bismark Tribune their willingness to keep up the fight. That comes after the ruling Friday by U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg’s decision denying the tribe’s request for an injunction halting construction on procedural grounds. The resistance to the pipeline then got a significant boost, however, from the Obama administration.
Decision day: National Guard activated and an appeal for calm
A floating caravan of boats from Pacific Northwest tribes were welcomed by whoops of encouragement as they arrived at the Sacred Stone Camp near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. A helicopter hovered above as the boaters made landfall.
Just hours before, North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple activated the state’s National Guard to help provide security along with local law enforcement in areas where the protesters and construction crews cross paths.
“Public safety has always been and continues to be paramount,” Dalrymple said at a press conference. “We must make sure that peace is maintained.”
The increasing tension has tribal leaders urging calm. Read more…
