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North Dakota protesters dig in at a new camp site on private property Members of the pipeline resistance prepare for winter The Navajo Nation takes a step toward growing industrial hemp
Monday, October 24 2016
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Police arrest more than a hundred people at the Dakota Access Pipeline site over the weekend. The Standing Rock Sioux chairman calls for Justice Department intervention Some Native voters wish the two remaining presidential candidates were more like Bernie Sanders
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
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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…
[audio wav="https://nativenews.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Decision-day-DAPL.wav"][/audio]Oil and water: tensions over the Dakota Access Pipeline play out in the courts and on on the ground
By Jenni Monet
CANNON BALL, SOUTH DAKOTA – The debate over the Dakota Access Pipeline is taking place on several fronts, including two courtrooms and work sites near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. In Washington D.C. on Tuesday, a federal judge granted only a partial stop on the North Dakota pipeline work. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled the company must halt construction on a portion of land where he believes the Army Corps of Engineers lacks jurisdiction. The Standing Rock chairman expressed disappointment the scope of the order does not cover the main area requested by the tribe. Read more…
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
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Commissioners begin work in Canada’s national investigation into missing and murdered Indigenous women Videos posted online show clash between security guards and people opposing Dakota Access Pipeline Navajo Nation leaders emphasize safety during flooding on reservation after recent deaths
Friday, September 2, 2016
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Enbridge announces deferral of Sandpiper project NCAI president shows support for Standing Rock Peltier supporters hope for clemency from Obama
Monday, August 29, 2016
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Large amounts of drug fentanyl test positive in heroin seized in Southwest Alaska Yakama Nation leaders travel to Standing Rock to support pipeline opposition Tribes, conservation group, lawmaker seek protection of Great Bend of the Gila University of South Dakota professor remembered for work in Indian education
Bismark Tribune: Dakota Access company lacks construction permission on Army Corps land
The backers of the Dakota Access oil pipeline lack a key easement to complete construction. The Bismark Tribune reports Army Corps of Engineers officials confirm Energy Transfer Partners does not have a written easement to build on Corps property. A Corps spokesman tells the paper the agency issued permission for the easement to be written, […]
Thursday, April 7, 2016
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Group of Standing Rock Sioux citizens protest proposed pipeline Senate Committee on Indian Affairs calls for subpoena of EPA leader Minnesota tribe takes steps to improve nutrition of American Indians Comedian Ralphie May criticized for jokes about American Indians