November 2016 News

November 30, 2016
November 30, 2016By Timothy BrownYale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies In recent days, the conflict has escalated over construction of the Dakota Access...
November 30, 2016
November 29, 2016By Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News ServiceNational Catholic Reporter STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. - In the Sioux creation narrative, water was...
November 30, 2016
November 29, 2016By Christopher MeleNew 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...
November 29, 2016
November 28, 2016By William YardleyLA Times North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple on Monday ordered a mandatory evacuation of protesters seeking to block construction of the...
November 29, 2016
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....
November 29, 2016
November 29, 2016By Bill McKibbenThe Guardian The US government sent helpers to protect integration efforts in the 1960s. Why not do more to protect the Dakota Pipeline...
November 29, 2016
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...
November 29, 2016
November 29, 2016By Levi RickertNative News Online WASHINGTON – Seventeen Native Americans from different tribal backgrounds and who served at various capacities within...
November 29, 2016
November 29, 2016By Jonathan ThompsonHigh Country News As the weather gets colder, the fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline is heating up, in rather ugly ways. Just days...
November 29, 2016
November 29, 2016By Brady DennisWashington Post Pope Francis this week implored world leaders not to postpone the implementation of global environmental pacts, an appeal that...
November 28, 2016
By Stephanie KeithReuters November 28, 2016 View a slideshow of photos by photographer Stephanie Keith: http://in.reuters.com/news/picture/north-dakota-pipeline-protest?...
November 28, 2016
November 28, 2016C-SPAN Watch the video: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4632844/senator-reid-standing-rock  
November 28, 2016
“We will be going back to support the water protectors again. By Maxwell Strachan, Senior EditorThe Huffington PostNovember 28, 2016 Neil Young and his girlfriend,...
November 27, 2016
November 26, 2016 By Christopher MeleNew York Times Citing public safety concerns, federal officials plan to close access to a campsite where demonstrators have protested the...
November 27, 2016
Full title: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reacts to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Eviction Notice: Your Letter Makes a Grave & Dangerous Mistake By Levi RickertNative News...
November 27, 2016
November 27, 2016By ErasmusThe Economist WHATEVER the final result of the huge, long-running protests by native Americans against the Dakota Access Pipeline, the...
November 26, 2016
Letter by Wendy JohnsonNovember 25, 2016 Dear Dharma friends, teachers and family, I write you a day after the annual celebration of Thanksgiving, always a holiday of mixed...
November 25, 2016
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 LindorffNation of...
November 25, 2016
November 25, 2016By Eric MartinThe StoneNew York Times Near Cannon Ball, N.D. — “We love you!” yelled someone from our line, linked arm in arm. We were...
November 24, 2016
“Let’s stop this savage injustice being committed right here at home. If not us, who? If not now, when?” By Nika KnightCommon DreamsNovember 24, 2016 Over 1,000 U.S....
November 23, 2016
Is devastating policy brutality against water protectors in North Dakota a harbinger of what’s to come when Donald Trump takes office? By Nika KnightCommon...
November 23, 2016
November 23, 2016By Deborah SontagNew York Times After an unusual land deal, a giant spill and a tanker-train explosion, anxiety began to ripple across the North Dakota...
November 23, 2016
November 22, 2016By Raul GarciaEarth Justice Over the past few months, the Dakota Access pipeline and the Standing Rock Sioux tribe that opposes this oil project went from...
November 23, 2016
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...
November 22, 2016
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 DeVaultYES!...
November 18, 2016
November 18, 2016By Tom Goldtooth and Annie LeonardYES! Magazine With Donald Trump’s presidency on the horizon, it is now more important than ever for President Obama...
November 18, 2016
The standoff at Standing Rock offers a choice between two worldviews: one that can lead to a new economy of shared prosperity and one that will hasten the devastation of the...
November 18, 2016
November 18, 2016By Brian RoeweNational Catholic Reporter A letter from 30-plus faith leaders and several more religious organizations across the country urges President...
November 17, 2016
November 17, 2016By Brian RoeweNational Catholic Reporter Throughout the second and final week of COP22, the tenor at the annual international climate conference continued to...
November 16, 2016
November 15, 2016United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner GENEVA – A United Nations human rights expert has accused US security forces of using...
November 14, 2016
On October 10, 2016, in commemoration of the International Day of Disaster Reduction, Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a community-based Buddhist organization, the Joint...
November 13, 2016
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...
November 8, 2016
November 7, 2016By Brian RoeweNational Catholic Reporter In silence they processed. In a circle they prayed. With Standing Rock they stood. More than 500 clergy and people of...
November 8, 2016
November 8, 2016By Ann WrightCommon 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...
November 7, 2016
November 7, 2016By Rev. John DearCommon Dreams Like millions of other concerned people, I’ve followed the standoff at the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota for...
November 5, 2016
November 5, 2016By SeattleTammyDaily 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...
November 5, 2016
The day 40 to 50 Native water protectors kept 250 militarized police from attacking camp. By Desiree KaneNation of ChangeNovember 5, 2016 Last week, the world watched in...
November 5, 2016
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...
November 4, 2016
Understanding “sacred” sites. By Rosalyn R. LaPier The Washington PostNovember 4, 2016 In recent weeks, protests against the building of the Dakota Access...
November 4, 2016
Roughly a hundred protesters and clergy members shut down the North Dakota state Capitol with a lawn prayer circle By Lauren McCauleyCommon DreamsNovember 4, 2016 In a “...
November 4, 2016
November 3, 2016By Rosalyn R. LaPier, Religion News ServiceNational Catholic Reporter In recent weeks, protests against the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline across...
November 3, 2016
November 2, 2016By Rosalyn R. LaPierThe Conversation In recent weeks, protests against the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline across North Dakota have escalated. Native...
November 3, 2016
November 3, 2016By Lynette Wilson Episcopal News Service Cannon Ball, North Dakota - In a historic show of interfaith support and solidarity, more than 500 interfaith clergy...
November 1, 2016
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