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83 arrested at Standing Rock yesterday, Dakota Access Pipeline wants war. Native drones shot down!

October 23, 2016
By Navajo
Daily Kos

How Far Will North Dakota Go to Get This Pipeline?

The militarized response is escalating, Dakota Access construction is accelerating. To be clear: North Dakota is acting as trustee for the company, using what it considers the powers of state to make this project so.

By Mark Trahant
Yes! Magazine
October 23, 2016

CANNON BALL, N.D. | A peaceful protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline ended in the arrests of 83...

Canadian Supreme Court Prepares to Hear Inuit Case With Global Implications

October 19, 2016
By Chris Williams
Truthout

'Do it for the water': Native Americans carry Potomac water on prayerful, 400-mile journey

October 16, 2016
By Julie Zauzmer
Washington Post

It’s noon on a Thursday, and Reyna Davila-Day would ordinarily be sitting in her AP Human Geography class, memorizing the rivers of the globe.

Instead she’s stumbling in and out of a gully alongside a busy road, ignoring the cars and trucks that whiz past, walking as fast as her 14-year-old legs can carry her. Instead of...

Standing Rock: A New Moment for Native-American Rights

October 12, 2016
By Sierra Crane-Murdoch
The New Yorker

Katharine Hayhoe, a Climate Explainer Who Stays Above the Storm

October 10, 2016
By John Schwartz
New York Times

LUBBOCK, Tex. — A member of Katharine Hayhoe’s church asked her a question after services a couple of weeks ago: “Do you feel our weather is getting more extreme?”

Urgent action needed to prevent cholera becoming 'the real disaster' in Haiti

October 10, 2016
Christian Aid

Cholera could kill more people in Haiti than Hurricane Matthew, without urgent action to control the disease and ensure families have safe drinking water, Christian Aid warned today.

“I am worried that if it is not controlled as soon as possible, cholera will be the real disaster,” said Prospery...

Court Rejects Dakota Access Injunction, But Standing Rock Sioux Vow 'This is Not The End'

‘This ruling puts 17 million people who rely on the Missouri River at serious risk’

By Nika Knight, staff writer
Common Dreams
October 10, 2016

A U.S. federal court of appeals ruled against the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe late Sunday evening and denied its request for an emergency injunction against the...

After Court Lifts Injunction, Government Once Again Calls for Voluntary Halt to Dakota Access

As arrests of water protectors continued on Monday, joint letter from three agencies says that Standing Rock Sioux objections should be considered

By Jon Queally, staff writer
Common Dreams
October 10, 2016

Ranchers Tote Guns as Tribes Dig In for Long Pipeline Fight

October 10, 2016
By Jack Healy
New York Times

As others built winter shelters over the weekend, she worked in the camp’s supply area, sifting through thousands of donated sleeping bags, parkas and boots.

Fighting for Water

Nine indigenous groups gathered in New York City to show solidarity with the Standing Rock protest in North Dakota. They are also urging the...

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