Dakota Access Pipeline

‘Dreamers And Warriors’ Unite For Global Day Of Protest Against Dakota Access

September 14, 2016 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org Resist! Dakota Access Pipeline, Pipelines, Protests

By Lauren McCauley for Common Dreams - People across the nation—and world—on Tuesday are taking to the streets in an outpouring of solidarity for the tribal fight against the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). With more than 100 events planned for the #NoDAPL Day of Action—from Kyoto to London, from the seat of power in Washington, D.C. to Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) headquarters in Houston—tribal members, environmentalists, and supporters worldwide are joining together to call on U.S. President Barack Obama to cancel the pipeline's permits once and for all.

Arrest Warrant Issued For Journalist Amy Goodman

September 13, 2016 Laurel Raymond, www.thinkprogress.org/ Resist! #NoDAPL, Dakota Access Pipeline, Journalism, Protests

By Laurel Raymond for Think Progress - On September 3rd, Journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! filmed security guards attacking Native American protesters with dogs and pepper spray. The footage was widely covered, garnering significant negative press for the Dakota Access Pipeline company. Now, an arrest warrant has been issued for Goodman, charging her with criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor offense. “This is an unacceptable violation of freedom of the press,” Goodman said in a statement posted to Democracy Now!

Erased By False Victory: Obama Hasn’t Stopped DAPL

September 12, 2016 Kelly Hayes, www.transformativespaces.org Educate! #NoDAPL, Barack Obama, Dakota Access Pipeline, Indigenous Peoples

By Kelly Hayes for Transformative Spaces - All Native struggles in the United States are a struggle against erasure. The poisoning of our land, the theft of our children, the state violence committed against us — we are forced to not only live in opposition to these ills, but also to live in opposition to the fact that they are often erased from public view and public discourse, outside of Indian Country. The truth of our history and our struggle does not match the myth of American exceptionalism, and thus, we are frequently boxed out of the narrative.

Yankton Sioux Tribe Sues US Army Corps, USFWS Over Dakota Access

September 12, 2016 Staff, www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com Resist! Dakota Access Pipeline, Indigenous Peoples, Lawsuit

By Staff of ICTMN - The Yankton Sioux Tribe, Ihanktonwan Oyate, is suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for allowing the Dakota Access oil pipeline to go through without a full environmental impact study or meaningful consultation. “As chairman of the Ihanktonwan, I and the Ihanktonwan Oyate support the efforts our relatives at Standing Rock and Cheyenne River are taking to protect what we as the Oceti Sakowin hold sacred,” said Business and Claims Committee Chairman Robert Flying Hawk in a statement from the tribe.

Federal Government Steps In To Stop DAPL After Court Rules

September 10, 2016 Staff, www.countercurrentnews.com Resist! Dakota Access Pipeline, Pipelines, Protests

By Staff of Counter Current News - In an unexpected development, immediately following the ruling by federal judge denying a Native American Indian tribe’s injunction request Friday to stop a Dallas-based energy company from building a four-state, $3.8 billion oil pipeline, the Departments of Justice, the Interior and the Army requested a halt to the Dakota Access Pipeline’s construction. They explained that the concerns raised by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe required a reconsideration of previous decisions regarding the site, including the one that was just handed down.

N.D. Governor To Activate National Guard Ahead Of Friday Pipeline Ruling

September 9, 2016 Staff, www.billingsgazette.com Resist! Dakota Access Pipeline, North Dakota, Pipelines

By Staff of Billings Gazette - MANDAN, N.D. — Gov. Jack Dalrymple said Thursday morning he will activate the North Dakota National Guard ahead of a federal judge's ruling on a request by the Standing Rock Sioux to stop the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline. A handful of Guard members will help provide security at traffic checkpoints near the site of a large protest, Dalrymple said.

Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance: Stay In The Game. We’re Winning

September 9, 2016 Gyasi Ross, www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com Resist! Dakota Access Pipeline, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

By Gyasi Ross for Indian Country Today Media Network - As has been well chronicled, the Prayer Camps in Cannonball in Hunkpapa Territories have been HUGELY successful in slowing down this well-funded Dakota Access Pipeline. We always should acknowledge that it was prophetic and powerful Native women who began this campaign out oflove, prayer and concernfor the water and the next generations. Thank you LaDonna. For months, in the election-obsessed United States, the mainstream media ignored and disregarded the movement.

Dakota Access Pipeline Builder Spends Millions To Influence Elections

September 9, 2016 Kit O'Connell, www.mintpressnews.com Organize! Dakota Access Pipeline, Elections, Lobbying, Pipelines

By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - AUSTIN, Texas — The corporation behind the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline also operates its own political action committee that has a record of donating to the campaigns of candidates who support the company’s pro-corporate, pro-fossil fuels agenda in Congress. However, the political war chest of the Energy Transfer Partners PAC amounts to pennies compared to the wealth of Kelcy Warren, the chairman and CEO, who has spent millions becoming one of the most politically powerful oil tycoons in Texas.

Who’s Banking On The Dakota Access Pipeline?

September 8, 2016 Staff, www.foodandwaterwatch.org Resist! Dakota Access Pipeline, Pipelines

By Staff of Food and Water Watch - The Standing Rock Sioux are inspiring the world with their resistance against the pipeline. But it’s not just Big Oil and Gas that they’re opposing. When the Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for the 1,100-mile Dakota Access Pipeline in July, executives at the corporations behind the plan probably thought their path forward was clear. They’d moved easily through the permit process, seemingly dodging the concerns of people affected by the pipeline, and were ready to go ahead with construction.

Judge Hauls Dakota Access Into Court After Sacred Sites Bulldozed

September 7, 2016 John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Dakota Access Pipeline, Police abuse

By John Zangas for DC Media Group. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg on Monday ordered parties involved in a standoff over the Dakota Access Pipeline to appear in court on September 6 to hear a motion for an emergency injunction. Tuesday’s hearing is expected to address the desecration of the burial sites which led to a dog attack incident. The same judge had declared at an August 24 hearing that he would issue a decision on a motion for a permanent injunction on work near the Reservation no later than September 9. “On Saturday, Dakota Access Pipeline and Energy Transfer Partners brazenly used bulldozers to destroy our burial sites, prayer sites and culturally significant artifacts,” said Dave Archambault II, Chairman Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, in a press release on Sunday. “They did this on a holiday weekend, one day after we filed court papers identifying these sacred sites. The desecration of these ancient places has already caused the Standing Rock Sioux irreparable harm. We’re asking the court to halt this path of destruction,” he said. The standoff escalated when a private security firm, contracted by Dakota Access Pipeline, LLC brought in a team of attack dogs to hold a line against water protectors.

Weeks Of #NoDAPL Solidarity Actions Planned

September 6, 2016 Melinda Tuhus, www.beyondextremeenergy.org Resist! #NoDAPL, Dakota Access Pipeline, Nonviolence, Oil and Gas

By Melinda Tuhus for Beyond Extreme Energy. North Dakota - Our Native American brothers, sisters, relations & settler supporters have assembled at the Sacred Stone Camp and are converging with hundreds of Indigenous Tribal Nations and thousands of Water Protectors at Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. They are holding the line against construction of a pipeline that would carry highly flammable, fracked oil from the Bakken oil fields in that state to Illinois. The pipeline would go under the Missouri River, and protesters — referring to themselves as “protectors” and holding signs such as “Water is Life” — are carrying out radical non-violent resistance. Their numbers swell daily at the Camp of the Sacred Stones and the Red Warriors Camp.

New Occupation At Mississippi Entrance To Dakota Access Pipeline

September 6, 2016 Frank Cordaro, www.popularresistance.org Resist! #NoDAPL, Dakota Access Pipeline, Nonviolence, Pipeline

By Frank Cordaro of the Des Moines Catholic Worker. Jessica Reznicek out of jail and is now starting a “24/7” occupation of the Dakota Access pipeline Mississippi entrance just north of Keokuk IA. DM Catholic Worker Jess Reznicek was arrested twice earlier this week for blocking traffic at this Dakota Access pipeline entrance on the Mississippi. In hopes to get more people to join her, Jess changed her presence from blocking traffic in and out of the site to setting up her tent and starting a 24 hr / 7 days a week occupation of the entrance. Jess got permission from the property owner to set her tent up and welcomes others to join her in the same nonviolent spirit.

Global Call To Action In Solidarity With Dakota Pipeline Resistance

September 5, 2016 Staff, www.risingtidenorthamerica.org Resist! Dakota Access Pipeline, indigenous, Indigenous Rights, Pipelines

By Staff, Rising Tide of North America. The Red Warrior Camp, in partnership with the Camp of the Sacred Stones issued an official Call to Action Wednesday for allies from around the world to stand ?in solidarity with the groups by joining the NoDAPL Global Weeks of Solidarity Actions from September 3 – 17. The groups call on supporters to organize protest actions at Citigroup, TD Bank, and the Japan-based Mizuho Bank locations to highlight the companies’ financing of the $3.7 billion Dakota Access Pipeline. If built, the new pipeline is expected to deliver 570,000 gallons of crude oil across 1,172 miles across North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois, where it will link to infrastructure able to transport the oil to the Gulf of Mexico. According to the Call to Action: “Water is a necessity for all life. Water is life. Now is the time for all people from all walks of life to join together to stop the desecration and destruction of water, land and life! Please join our Indigenous led movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline by planning or joining an action near you!”

#NoDAPL Water Protectors Attacked By Dogs & Pepper Spray

September 4, 2016 Staff, www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com Resist! Dakota Access Pipeline, Indigenous Rights, Oil & Gas, Water

By Indian Country Today Media Network. North Dakota - A group of nearly 100 people crossed onto private land to stop bulldozers that were clearing land for the Dakota Access pipeline on September 1. Construction was shut down for the day on Saturday as private security guards from Dakota Access LLC arrived with barking guard dogs to push back the crowd of water protectors, including women, children and horses. It was reported that company security guards used pepper spray in addition to canine units. In a statement released in a live-stream on Facebook, Red Warrior Camp leaders said that at about 3pm on Saturday September 3, “water protectors successfully stopped pipeline construction as it reached Hwy. 1806 through nonviolent direct action and mass assembly.”

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