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Officials to Close Standing Rock Protest Campsite

November 26, 2016
By Christopher Mele
New York Times

Citing public safety concerns, federal officials plan to close access to a campsite where demonstrators have protested the construction of a crude oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota and create a “free speech zone.”

Thanksgiving Blessings Following a Peace Vigil for Clergy at Standing Rock

Letter by Wendy Johnson
November 25, 2016

Dear Dharma friends, teachers and family,

I write you a day after the annual celebration of Thanksgiving, always a holiday of mixed blessing as well as one of love and awareness, so necessary now in these post election times.

At Standing Rock and Beyond, What Is to Be Done?

November 25, 2016
By Eric Martin
The Stone
New York Times

Near Cannon Ball, N.D. — “We love you!” yelled someone from our line, linked arm in arm.

It's cowboy cops cavalry against peaceful Indians and their Anglo supporters at Standing Rock

The corporate media meanwhile, have been for the most part shameless and useless in this enormous conflict between native people and the state.

By Dave Lindorff
Nation of Change
November 25, 2016

Veterans Plan "Deployment" to Join Water Protectors' Battle Against DAPL

“Let’s stop this savage injustice being committed right here at home. If not us, who? If not now, when?”

By Nika Knight
Common Dreams
November 24, 2016

Over 1,000 U.S. military veterans are planning to “deploy” to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and peacefully support the water protectors’ fight against...

Sheriffs Refuse to Send Troops to Standing Rock as Public Outrage and Costs Mount

North Dakota is stretched thin in its battle to protect the Dakota Access pipeline construction: Costs are nearing $15 million, and police reinforcements are diminishing.

By Jenni Monet
YES! Magazine
November 23, 2016

'People Are Going to Die': Father of Wounded DAPL Activist Sophia Wilansky Speaks Out

Is devastating policy brutality against water protectors in North Dakota a harbinger of what’s to come when Donald Trump takes office?

By Nika Knight
Common Dreams
November 23, 2016

We're Missing 90 Percent of the Dakota Access Pipeline Story

November 22, 2016
By Raul Garcia
Earth Justice

Where Oil and Politics Mix

November 23, 2016
By Deborah Sontag
New York Times

After an unusual land deal, a giant spill and a tanker-train explosion, anxiety began to ripple across the North Dakota prairie.

TIOGA, N.D. — In late June, as black and gold balloons bobbed above black and gold tables with oil-rig centerpieces, the theme song from “Dallas” warmed up the crowd for the “One...

Four Ways to Look at Standing Rock: An Indigenous Perspective

In the shadow of the Trump election, I found myself explaining to world climate leaders how to see Standing Rock through an indigenous lens.

By Kayla DeVault
YES! Magazine
November 22, 2016

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