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The Priest in the Trees

Feral faith in the age of climate change

By Fred Bahnson
Harper’s Magazine
December 2016

Sioux anti-pipeline action sustained by Native American spirituality

November 29, 2016
By Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service
National Catholic Reporter

STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. - In the Sioux creation narrative, water was one of the first beings the Creator made, and it became a major part of the people’s religious ceremonies.

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Veterans to Serve as 'Human Shields' for Dakota Pipeline Protesters

November 29, 2016
By Christopher Mele
New York Times

As many as 2,000 veterans planned to gather next week at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota to serve as “human shields” for protesters who have for months clashed with the police over the construction of an oil pipeline, organizers said.

John Grim on Standing Rock: 'This is Not Only About Water, It's All About Water'

November 30, 2016
By Timothy Brown
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

In recent days, the conflict has escalated over construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. John Grim, a senior lecturer and research scholar at F&ES and an expert in Native American religions, discusses the historical, cultural, and spiritual significance of the Standing Rock...

North Dakota governor orders evacuation of Standing Rock protest site, but no forcible removals plan

November 28, 2016
By William Yardley
LA Times

North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple on Monday ordered a mandatory evacuation of protesters seeking to block construction of the Dakota Access pipeline, but both the state and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said they have no plans for “forcible removal” of the protesters.

The Corps of Engineers earlier had said that it planned...

The Many Ways to Help Standing Rock

Even if you can’t show up at the wintry encampments, you can join water protectors in other ways: from calling the North Dakota governor to breaking up with your bank.

By Sarah van Gelder
YES! Magazine
November 29, 2016

The timing couldn’t have been more awful.

Standing Rock is the civil rights issue of our time — let's act accordingly

November 29, 2016
By Bill McKibben
The Guardian

The US government sent helpers to protect integration efforts in the 1960s. Why not do more to protect the Dakota Pipeline protesters today?

Dakota Access Pipeline 'akin to cultural genocide' - DAPL activist to RT (VIDEO)

November 29, 2016
RT.com

Linda Black Elk, who has treated Standing Rock protesters injured by law enforcement, describes the Dakota Access Pipeline as “cultural genocide” in an RT interview. Vowing not to give up the effort, she calls on President Barack Obama to stand with them.

17 Former Native American Obama Administration Officials Send President DAPL Message

November 29, 2016
By Levi Rickert
Native News Online

WASHINGTON – Seventeen Native Americans from different tribal backgrounds and who served at various capacities within the Obama administration have called on President Barack Obama to take immediate action to block or reroute the Dakota Access Pipeline.

The collective group sent President Obama...

The twisted economics of the Dakota Access Pipeline

November 29, 2016
By Jonathan Thompson
High Country News

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