A look at the use of drones to document the protests by Native American tribes and other advocates against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on the Standing Rock reservation.
News Release Water Protector Legal Collective On Thursday, September 10, 2020, in a long-awaited ruling, United States District Court Judge Daniel Traynor
UArizona Launches Center to Advance Resilience of Native Nations, Address Environmental Challenges | University of Arizona News
The Indigenous Resilience Center will work directly with Native American nations to address environmental challenges in ways that respect Native and Indigenous sovereignty and knowledge.
U.S. Judge Orders That Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Can Remain Open
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Treaties and Sovereignty, from Westphalia to Standing Rock
Since April 2016, members of the Great Sioux Nation have been protesting, through nonviolent direct action, the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The 1,900-kilometer pipeline runs from the Bakken oil-shale region in western North Dakota to a tank complex in Illinois. Its route crosses the Missouri River directly adjacent to and upstream of the Standing Rock Reservation, one of several belonging to the Dakota and Lakota Sioux. A pipeline break would directly threaten the principal water source of not only Standing Rock, but more than 15 million other people.
Surveillance at Standing Rock exposes heavy-handed policing of Native lands | Julian Brave NoiseCat
The technology TigerSwan used at Standing Rock may be state of the art, but the use of policing to suppress indigenous protest is as old as the United States itself
Standing Rock’s Surprising Legacy: A Push for Public Banks - YES! Magazine
The effort to divest from Wall Street—and stop environment-killing projects gained momentum after the historic pipeline protest. Here’s what a city needs, and could gain, from municipal banking.
Sheriffs' Association Secretly Waged "Information War" on #NoDAPL Movement - UNICORN RIOT
Morton County, ND – A new investigation by DeSmog and Muckrock reveals the behind-the-scenes role played by the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) in crafting narratives for law enforcement tasked with protecting the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) from resistance by indigenous peoples and their allies. Emails obtained through public records requests show the Sheriffs’ Association contracted […]
Indigenous people are rejecting oil, coal and gas extraction in favor of renewable energy to save their land, increase employment and fight global warming
Local Cops Said Pipeline Company Had Influence Over Government Appointment
Sheriffs in Minnesota worried about who would oversee an escrow account, funded by pipeline giant Enbridge, to reimburse the costs of policing protests.
How Indigenous Activists in Norway Got the First Bank to Pull Out of the Dakota Access Pipeline
Indigenous Sami activists in Norway and Americans of Sami descent forced the first bank to divest from the Dakota Access pipeline. This is how they did it.
Fate of Dakota Access pipeline at stake at Friday court hearing | Reuters
The fate of the Dakota Access pipeline could be decided at a U.S. court hearing Friday, where federal regulators could set in motion a months-long shutdown of the line while the Biden Administration completes an environmental review.
Canadian First Nation, with rare sway over mining, puts Newmont on notice | SaltWire
By Jeff Lewis TORONTO (Reuters) - A First Nation group in Canada's British Columbia province has put top gold miner Newmont Corp on notice that it is ...
Canada formally invokes 1977 treaty in bid to prevent Line 5 shutdown
The Canadian government formally invoked a 1977 treaty that officials say prevents the U.S. or Michigan from disrupting Enbridge's Line 5 oil pipeline.
At Standing Rock, A Battle Over Fossil Fuels and Land
The Native American-led protest against the Dakota Access pipeline has gained global attention. In an e360 interview, indigenous expert Kyle Powys Whyte talks about the history of fossil fuel production on tribal lands and the role native groups are playing in fighting climate change.
15 Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of the Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance - EcoWatch
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has been resisting the construction of the $3.7 billion-dollar Dakota Access Pipeline. Indigenous women from across North America
UB education researcher Sameer Honward is using podcasts to align with Native Americans' traditional way of gathering knowledge through oral traditions.
VICTORY!: U.S. Endorses UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
At the White House Tribal Nations Conference December 15, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the United States would "lend its support" to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. "The aspirations it affirms," he said, "including the respect for the institutions and rich cultures of Native peoples, are one we must always seek to fulfill. . . I want to be clear: what matters far more than words, what matters far more than any resolution or declaration, are actions to match those words. And that’s what this conference is about. . .
UArizona Program for Indigenous Teachers Will Expand With New Federal, State Funding | University of Arizona News
The $2.4 million in funding will further the Indigenous Teacher Education Program's mission to bring more Native American teachers to schools that serve Native American students.