The sun was out and snow covered the ground in front of Pat Wabashaw’s structure she shares with her husband and four children at the Oceti Sakowin Camp. “It’s handmade with maple wood and iron wood. It’s covered in tarp and an insulated tarp on the top,” Wabashaw said. Pat, her husband and four boys […]
Celebration at Oceti Sakowin; Pipeline backers are undeterred
By Daysha Eaton and Antonia Gonzales The self-proclaimed ‘water protectors’ honked horns, hollered and sang on a highway near the Oceti Sakowin Camp in North Dakota Sunday. The celebration came after hearing the news the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied a key easement to run the Dakota Access Pipeline under the Missouri River near the […]
Friday, December 2, 2016
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A judge rejects a restraining order request by a legal group representing people opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline construction Attorneys for people injured by police actions compare their fight to the 60s civil rights era The town of Barrow, Alaska officially has a new name
Thursday, December 1, 2016
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Cherokee Nation files suit against federal government alleging decades of trust mismanagement 17 former Obama administration appointees urge president to take action on Dakota Access Pipeline North Dakota’s governor says law enforcement will not block supplies to Oceti Sakowin Camp
Standing Rock responds to Army Corps notice
By Daysha Eaton A snowstorm blanketed the plains of North Dakota Monday bringing winter to the main camp for people demonstrating against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Army Corps of Engineers says the fast-approaching winter is one reason it issued an eviction notice to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Friday. In a letter, the […]
Monday, November 28, 2016
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Leaders respond to federal eviction order for Standing Rock campers Montana group working on Native vote efforts discusses 2016 turnout
Athabascan witnesses fault law enforcement overreaction at Standing Rock
By Daysha Eaton, Cannon Ball, ND Two Athabascan men from Alaska are among the estimated 2,500 people now gathered near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and witnessed the confrontations with law enforcement officials. They came to support the Oceti Sakowin in the efforts to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline from crossing under the Missouri River. […]
Thursday, November 17, 2016
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People opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrate in Texas. (Photo-Elizabeth Trovall) Protest held in home state of company building controversial pipeline Spokane Tribe begins construction of casino project in Airway Heights
Wednesday, November 16 2016
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Thousands turn out and dozens arrested in a National Day of Action against the Dakota Access Pipeline project The U.S. Department of the Interior cancels 15 oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area of Montana
Friday, October 28, 2016
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe calls for peace as militarized officers move in to remove people opposing Dakota Access Pipeline New Mexico grassroots group disrupts federal consultation meeting with tribes, calls for government accountability Cheyenne River Sioux chairman says tribal leaders want to make sure their concerns are carried over to next presidential administration Minneapolis, Minnesota […]
