South Dakota

State Pulls Relief Resources From Swelling Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp

August 24, 2016 Mike Nowatzki, www.bismarcktribune.com Resist! Dakota Pipeline, Indigenous Peoples, North Dakota, Protests, South Dakota

By Mike Nowatzki for The Bismarck Tribune - CANNON BALL – North Dakota’s homeland security director ordered the removal of state-owned trailers and water tanks from the Dakota Access Pipeline protest campsite Monday, citing mounting reports of unlawful activity -- the latest involving lasers -- and the risk of damage. “Based on the scenario down there, we don’t believe that equipment is secure,” Homeland Security Division Director Greg Wilz said.

Work Stops At Dakota Access Pipeline Site

August 20, 2016 Lauren Donovan, www.bismarcktribune.com Resist! Indigenous Peoples, North Dakota, Pipelines, Protests, South Dakota

By Lauren Donovan for The Bismarck Tribune - MORTON COUNTY — Work stopped Tuesday at the site where hundreds of Standing Rock Sioux tribal members and supporters are protesting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the reservation boundary. The work stoppage gave law enforcement, tribal and state officials time to plan how to manage the protest, with numbers swelling by the hour as busloads of Sioux and others arriving to join the anti-pipeline movement. Arrests are occurring almost daily.

Dakota Pipeline Would Make Water New ‘Oil,’ Devastating All But Rich

August 19, 2016 Erich Longie, www.truthdig.com Educate! Indigenous Peoples, North Dakota, Pipelines, Protests, South Dakota

By Erich Longie for Truth Dig - The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is leading a protest of Native Americans and their allies against the construction of DAPL, which could contaminate the Missouri River and lead to other devastating environmental impacts. Opposition to DAPL has intensified since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its approval July 26. Over this past weekend, more than 15 people were arrested, including Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault.

Tribal Activists Defy Lawsuit, Vow Continued Resistance Against Dakota Pipeline

August 17, 2016 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org Resist! Indigenous Activist, North Dakota, Oil Pipelines, South Dakota

By Lauren McCauley for Common Dreams - An epic battle over land rights is being waged in the Dakotas, as a local Indigenous community, facing arrests and litigation, is standing firm in its resistance to a massive Bakken crude pipeline project. Developers of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access (also known as the Bakken) Pipeline filed suit in federal court on Monday against members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, whose days-long civil disobedience campaign last week stalled construction of the 1,200-mile pipeline.

Lakota Lead The Fight Against The Dakota Access Pipeline

May 4, 2016 Jason Coppola, www.truth-out.org Resist! Indigenous Peoples, North Dakota, Pipelines, South Dakota

By Jason Coppola for Truthout - As the start of 2016 shatters last year's record as the hottest year on record, the Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires of the Great Sioux Nation) once again find themselves on the front lines of the battle against the fossil fuel industry. Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe have established a Spirit Camp at the mouth of the Cannonball River in North Dakota as a means of bringing attention and awareness to a proposed pipeline and act as an enduring symbol of resistance against its construction.

Oil Leak From Keystone Pipeline 89 Times Worse Than Originally Thought

April 13, 2016 Alejandro Davila Fragoso, www.thinkprogress.org Educate! Keystone XL, Pipelines, South Dakota

By Alejandro Davila Fragoso for Climate Progress - Nearly a week after pipeline operator TransCanada shut down a section of its Keystone line over an oil leak, the company reported Thursday thousands of gallons of oil were spilled, not less than 200 as it first said. Based on soil excavations, TransCanada said about 16,800 gallons of oil leaked onto a field in South Dakota, the Associated Press reported. After the leak was discovered Saturday and the line was shut, TransCanada said about 187 gallons of crude oil had spilled, an accident that environmental groups said shows the dangers of shipping oil by pipeline.

Liberation Day Honors Resistance At Wounded Knee

March 2, 2016 Staff, www.unicornriot.ninja Resist! South Dakota, Wounded Knee

By Staff of Unicorn Riot - Pine Ridge, SD – On February 27th, 2016 Unicorn Riot attended the 43rd annual Liberation Day on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The day began with a “Four Directions Walk & Caravan” led by participants holding Medicine Staffs and American Indian Movement flags to the mass grave-site at Wounded Knee. We interviewed participants along the eight-mile trek on the importance of Liberation Day, the causes of the 1973 occupation and the continued influence of the 71-day standoff.

South Dakota Tribes Form Alliance To Battle Keystone XL Plan

May 7, 2015 Indianz, www.indianz.com Educate! indigenous, Oil & Gas, South Dakota

South Dakota tribes are working with non-Indians in an effort to stop the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline from crossing their state. TransCanada, the company behind the project, received a conditional permit from the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission in February 2010. But since construction did not begin within four years, the 313-mile route must be re-certified. That's when tribes and their allies stepped in. They are fighting the re-certification out of concern for their water, the environment and treaty lands.

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