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Native Americans facing excessive force in North Dakota pipeline protests — UN expert

November 15, 2016
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

GENEVA – A United Nations human rights expert has accused US security forces of using excessive force against protesters trying to stop an oil pipeline project which runs through land sacred to indigenous people.

Roundtable on the Contribution of FBOs to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction


On October 10, 2016, in commemoration of the International Day of Disaster Reduction, Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a community-based Buddhist organization, the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLIF&LC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC), co-organized a roundtable on “The contribution of FBOs to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction” at...

Grant Opportunity: Creation Care Initiatives in the Episcopal Church

The Advisory Council on the Stewardship of Creation is pleased to make available funds for creation care initiatives. The purpose of these funds is to equip Episcopalians for reconciliation with Creation in accordance with our mandate as disciples of Jesus Christ.

At our General Convention in 2015, The Episcopal Church allocated funds to enable local faith-based projects for mitigating...

At Standing Rock, A Native American Woman Elder Says "This is What I Have Been Waiting for My Entire

November 8, 2016
By Ann Wright
Common Dreams

This time I have been at Standing Rock, North Dakota at the Oceti Shakowin camp to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) for four days during a whirlwind of national and international attention following two terrible displays of police brutality toward the water protectors.

Larger faith community comes to Standing Rock in solidarity

November 7, 2016
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

In silence they processed. In a circle they prayed. With Standing Rock they stood.

More than 500 clergy and people of faith across religious denominations joined the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and its supporters in their stand against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Taking a Stand at Standing Rock

November 7, 2016
By Rev. John Dear
Common Dreams

"This is a good day!" News from Standing Rock (and Hoquiam!)

November 5, 2016
By SeattleTammy
Daily Kos

There has been a lot of Standing Rock news happening late Friday, and I don’t see it being posted here. Let me know if someone else has covered this.

It’s really, really good news!

Kandi Mossett (...

The Standing Rock victory you didn't hear about

The day 40 to 50 Native water protectors kept 250 militarized police from attacking camp.

By Desiree Kane
Nation of Change
November 5, 2016

Last week, the world watched in horror as a massive militarized police force attacked prayerful indigenous water protectors fighting for the water of 18 million people. Over and over, people were brutalized, pulled out of sweat...

The White Horse and the Humvees—Standing Rock Is Offering Us a Choice

Right here, between the barricades on a North Dakota highway, is a pivotal confrontation between two world views, two futures.

By Robin Wall Kimmerer and Kathleen Dean Moore
YES! Magazine
November 5, 2016

Here's what no one understands about the Dakota Access Pipeline crisis

Understanding “sacred” sites.

By Rosalyn R. LaPier
The Washington Post
November 4, 2016

In recent weeks, protests against the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline across North Dakota have escalated. Native American elders, families and children have set up tepees and tents on a campsite near the pipeline’s path in the hope of stopping its construction.

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