News For All Americans
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Advocates call for sensitivity training at Montana school after students wear white power shirts Chickasaw Nation leader touts tribal sovereignty, language initiatives and economic development U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Washington football team’s appeal involving trademarks First Nations in Canada take part in British royal visit, which wrapped up over the weekend
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…
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, […]
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Family members say police overreacted by shooting a Winslow Arizona woman A First Nations boy takes to the road to raise awareness of missing and murdered women FEMA offers emergency training for tribal officials
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The Navajo Nation president recommends cultural training for high school basketball officials Great Plains tribal leaders continue to speak out about Indian Health Service failures
