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83 People Arrested, Maced in North Dakota

October 23, 2016 Nadia Prupis, www.commondreams.org , , , ,
By Nadia Prupis for Common Dreams. More than 80 people were arrested in North Dakota on Saturday, as police armed with pepper spray descended on a protest near the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) construction site. The 83 water protectors were hit with charges ranging from rioting to criminal trespass, according to the Morton County sheriff's department. Saturday's arrests follow reports of escalating police abuse at the protest sites, including beatings and unnecessary strip-searches of those arrested. On Twitter, Ojibwe activist and attorney Tara Houska wrote: Journalists, attorneys, indigenous protectors arrested & maced while demonstrating today. Whose interest is North Dakota protecting? Construction on the pipeline is continuing despite a request from the federal government to put a halt on activity so that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can properly consider objections.

‘I Was Doing My Job’: Climate Reporter Facing 45 Years Speaks Out

October 19, 2016 Deirdre Fulton, www.commondreams.org ,
By Deirdre Fulton for Common Dreams - Deia Schlosberg, filmmaker arrested for documenting climate protest, says she believes felony charges are 'unjust' The filmmaker facing a lengthy prison sentence for documenting a nonviolent civil disobedience action last week has spoken out on behalf of journalism, the First Amendment, and the global climate movement.

North Dakota Prosecutors Charge Amy Goodman With Riot For DAPL Reporting

October 16, 2016 Trevor Timm, freedom.press , , ,
By Trevor Timm for Freedom of the Press Foundation. North Dakota prosecutors have indicated they have dropped the trespassing charges against Amy Goodman, and instead will charge her with participating in a "riot." “I came back to North Dakota to fight a trespass charge. They saw that they could never make that charge stick, so now they want to charge me with rioting," Goodman said on Saturday. "I wasn’t trespassing, I wasn’t engaging in a riot, I was doing my job as a journalist by covering a violent attack on Native American protesters." It couldn’t be more obvious that Ms. Goodman is being charged solely for her journalism and the impact it had on the oil pipeline debate. Here’s howDemocracy Now described its news coverage that led to the charges against Ms. Goodman: "On Saturday, September 3, Democracy Now! filmed security guards working for the pipeline company attacking protesters. The report showed guards unleashing dogs and using pepper spray and featured people with bite injuries and a dog with blood on its mouth and nose. Democracy Now!’s report went viral online . . ."

Indigenous Peoples Day Sweeps Nation; 27 #NoDAPL Arrests

October 10, 2016 Nika Knight, www.commondreams.org , , ,
By Nika Knight for Common Dreams. As the movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day finds success in communities from Phoenix, Arizona to the state of Vermont, the battle for Indigenous rights in the face of industrial development rages on. In North Dakota, 27 Indigenous water protectors were arrested in Monday's action to peacefully occupy a Dakota Access Pipeline construction site. The arrests at the hands of militarized police came less than a day after a federal court of appeals ruled against the Standing Rock Sioux's request for an emergency injunction against the controversial pipeline project. Meanwhile, on Alcatraz Island, a sunrise ceremony saw hundreds gather to honor the culture of Indigenous peoples and express solidarity with the fight against Dakota Access.

North Dakota Seeks More Felonies For Water Protectors

October 10, 2016 Staff, www.lastrealindians.com , , , , ,
By Staff of Last Real Indians - North Dakota continues to escalate repression of the people protecting sacred sites and waters from the Dakota Access Pipeline. On Tuesday, two more felony charges were sought for water protectors, bringing the total to seven. One of the we charges is against Dale “Happi” American Horse, the first person to lock to lock his body to active Dakota Access Pipeline construction equipment.

Black Snakes And Grizzly Bears: The Tribes’ Fight For Nature

October 10, 2016 Louisa Willcox, www.grizzlytimes.org , ,
By Louisa Willcox for Grizzly Times - In an unprecedented series of events, Tribes from across North America are rising up to protect land, water, and wildlife such as the sacred grizzly bear from degradation by greedy corporations. Last week, in one of the latest developments, Chief Stanley Grier of the Piikani Nation of the Blackfeet Confederacy submitted a declaration to Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell reaffirming their opposition to removal of federal protections for the Yellowstone grizzly bear...

Appeals Court Takes Up #NoDAPL Case As Pipeline Remains In Limbo

October 7, 2016 Staff, www.indianz.com , ,
By Staff of Indianz - The leader of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe continued to call for prayers as a federal appeals court heard arguments in the closely-watched #NoDAPL lawsuit. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals did not issue a decision after more than 90 minutes of arguments on Wednesday morning. But Chairman Dave Archambault II said it was "clear" that the Dakota Access Pipeline poses a significant threat to his people.

21 Arrested During Peaceful Prayer Ceremony At Standing Rock

September 30, 2016 Dan Zukowski, www.ecowatch.com , , ,
By Dan Zukowski for Eco Watch - "We had a really nice ceremony," said a Sicangu Lakota grandmother. "Then we looked and over that way, there were a few police and the next thing we knew there were 40 police all in riot gear." Police moved in as peaceful demonstrators stood with their hands up. The video then shows officers confronting the protestors, grabbing women and ordering everyone into their cars. "I've never had a gun pointed at me," said the grandmother. "I went into shock."

UN Experts To United States: Stop DAPL Now

September 26, 2016 Andrea Germanos, www.commondreams.org ,
By Andrea Germanos for Common Dreams - Backing up the Standing Rock Sioux and its allies, a United Nations expert has called on the United States to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Echoing pipeline opponents' concerns, the statement from the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, cited the pipeline's threats to drinking water and sacred sites. She also admonished the U.S. for failing to protect protesters' rights and failing to properly consult with communities affected by the fossil fuel infrastructure.

Dakota Access Blackout Continues On ABC, NBC News

September 24, 2016 Jim Naureckas, www.fair.org , , , ,
By Jim Naureckas for FAIR - The Sacred Stone Camp established by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota has brought together thousands of demonstrators in opposition to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 1,172-mile conduit designed to carry some 200 million barrels of crude oil per year from fracking fields in North Dakota to Southern Illinois. An unprecedented coalition of hundreds of Native American tribes has faced down attack dogs and pepper spray in defense of sacred and historic sites, irreplaceable water resources and the planet’s climate.

How #NoDAPL United A Movement For Indigenous Rights

September 17, 2016 Nick Engelfried, www.wagingnonviolence.org ,
By Nick Engelfried for Waging Nonviolence - On Friday, federal agencies halted work on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project where it cuts close to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The decision came after a long court battle and a wave of nonviolent direct actions led by indigenous organizations. While it remains to be seen whether the Army Corps of Engineers will ultimately allow construction to continue, Friday’s news marks an important milestone for a movement years in the making.

Inside Camp That’s Fighting To Stop The Dakota Access Pipeline

September 17, 2016 Xian Chiang-Waren, www.grist.org , ,
By Xian Chiang-Waren for Grist - At sundown, Montgomery Brown meets me by the information tent. He has a paper plate piled with brownies in one hand and a toothbrush in the other. The 25-year-old youth organizer and Navy-trained combat medic from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe has been up since daybreak. Brown and I walk past hand-painted “NO MEDIA” signs. We wander through a kitchen, where volunteers are chopping vegetables and boiling pots of soup over an open fire, past kids chasing each other in a game of tag.

#NoDAPL Protesters Shut Down 2 TD Bank Branches In DC

September 15, 2016 Staff, www.beyondextremeenergy.org , ,
By Staff of BXE - Several of the activists walked into the branch to deliver a letter calling on TD Bank to stop lending its investors’ money to Energy Transfer Partners to build the 1,134-mile Dakota Access Pipeline that would run from North Dakota to Illinois, crossing beneath the Missouri River near Standing Rock Reservation and threatening the tribe’s water supply and sacred and cultural lands. TD Securities, the bank’s parent, is contributing $365 million to the project.

Standing Rock Protests: This Is Only The Beginning

September 15, 2016 Rebecca Solnit, www.theguardian.com , , ,
By Rebecca Solnit for The Guardian - A pioneer monument and a lot of state troopers with batons and riot helmets stood between the mostly young native activists and the North Dakota state capitol on Friday afternoon. Many of the activists arriving at the capitol’s vast green lawn hadn’t heard that the Washington DC judge had decided against the Standing Rock reservation Sioux lawsuit. That was the lawsuit asserting that the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) had gone forward without adequate tribal consultation.

Judge Won’t Grant Injunction To Protect Sacred Sites In DAPL Path

September 14, 2016 Staff of Indianz, www.indianz.com , ,
By Staff of Indianz - The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe celebrated on Friday after learning that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't allow construction at a key site near the #NoDAPL resistance camps in North Dakota. But they quickly moved for an injunction in federal court to protect cultural sites and burial grounds that aren't covered by the administration's extraordinary action.
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