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Oil and water: tensions over the Dakota Access Pipeline play out in the courts and on on the ground

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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 

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

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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

Special Series: Alaska’s Native Voice 2015

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Alaska’s Native Voice (ANV) is a three-part special, which airs annually during KNBA’s gavel-to-gavel broadcast of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) convention. The program, in its fourth year, features engaging discussions on the top issues facing Alaska Native people. ANV also highlights the First Alaskans Institute’s Elders and Youth Conference, which is held each […]

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