Standing Rock

Standing Rock: Can We Bring The Buffalo Home?

December 12, 2016 Katherine Paul, www.organicconsumers.org Strategize! Standing Rock

By Katherine Paul for Organic Consumers Association - We, living now, in the time before, have choices. We can remember what it is to be animals on this planet and remember and understand what it is to live and die such that our lives and deaths help make the world stronger. We can live and die such that we make possible a time after where life flourishes, where buffalo can come home, and the same for salmon and prairie dogs and prairies and forests and carbon and rivers and mountains. – Derrick Jensen, 2016, environmental activist and writer, April 6, 2016. It was late December 4, when news came down that the Dakota Access pipeline had been denied...

Standing Rock Sioux March On Washington, DC

December 12, 2016 John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! March, Sioux, Standing Rock, Washington DC

By John Zangas for DC Media Group - Washington, DC–A cold snap did not stop hundreds from marching to the Capitol with Standing Rock Sioux and allied tribe members of the Pontiac and Piscataway Nations on Sunday. Elders embraced allies as “relatives” to continue building on a growing bond of solidarity, and thanked them for their support in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline project over the last year. Resistance camps at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota protesting the pipeline has galvanized environmental movement enthusiasm against fossil fuel projects, which could contaminate the water supply of millions of people downstream.

Chronicle Of Veterans At Standing Rock

December 11, 2016 Susan Abulhawa, www.veteranstoday.com Organize! #NoDAPL, Pipelines, Standing Rock, Veterans

By Susan Abulhawa, via Ian Greenhalgh of Veterans Today. North Dakota - At Standing Rock, so much was not what it seemed from the distance of news headlines and reports. Up close, one could see the ideological tension in romanticized groups where some are driven by moral imperatives and others by personal glory. A hidden truth about the rank and file of the U.S. military was also laid bare. There are many untold contradictions behind the drama that unfolded at Standing Rock. Although this remains a people’s struggle against the capitalist interests of a corporate military state, there are moral inconsistencies that bear telling.

What’s Next For Water Protectors At Standing Rock?

December 9, 2016 Staff, www.sacredstonecamp.org Resist! Indigenous Activist, Indigenous Peoples, Standing Rock, Water

By Staff of Camp of the Sacred Stones - As we reflect on the decision by the US Army (NOT the US Army Corps) to suspend the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) river crossing easement and conduct a limited Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), the resistance camps at Standing Rock are making plans for the next phase of this movement. Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II has asked people to return home once the weather clears, and many will do so. Others will stay to hold the space, advance our reclamation of unceded territory affirmed in the 1851 Treaty of Ft. Laramie, and continue to build community around the protection of our sacred waters.

Next Standing Rock: Fossil Fuel Battles Loom Across North America

December 9, 2016 Natasha Geiling, www.thinkprogress.org Resist! Fossil Fuels, North America, Pipelines, Standing Rock

By Natasha Geiling for Think Progress - When news broke Sunday that the Army Corps of Engineers would not grant a permit necessary for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline to cross the Missouri River, the thousands of water protectors, environmental activists, and concerned citizens who spent months protesting the pipeline’s construction erupted in celebration. “They formed a circle — a human circle all the way around the camp — and people were holding hands and singing and praying,” Kandi Mossett, a leader with the Indigenous Environmental Network, said via a Facebook Live video following Sunday’s announcement.

Pipeline Spill Contaminates Local Water Just 200 Miles From Standing Rock

December 9, 2016 Alexandra Jacobo, www.nationofchange.org Educate! Oil Spill, Pipelines, Standing Rock

By Alexandra Jacobo for Nation of Change - Just 200 miles from Cannon Ball, North Dakota, where water protectors have been preventing the completion of the Dakota Access pipeline, a different North Dakota pipeline has leaked, poisoning nearby water. The pipeline, a six-inch crude oil pipeline operated by the Belle Fourche Pipeline Company, was shut down after the leak was discovered on Monday, but the threat to local drinking water and the surrounding environment remain. The spill caused oil to leak into the Ash Coulee Creek in Billings County. The amount of oil that was spilled is currently unknown, but is “significant” according to Bill Suess...

Standing Strong As A Rock

December 8, 2016 Beverly Bell, www.popularresistance.org Resist! #NoDAPL, Indigenous Resistance, Indigenous Rights, Standing Rock

By Beverly Bell of Other Worlds. Standing Rock, ND - The power of mobilized, united people was proven once again on December 4, when the Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit necessary for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to be laid under the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s ancestral Missouri River. The Army announced that it would explore alternative routes. Despite these advances, victory is not assured. Growing the visibility and resistance is the only way to prevent the Trump administration from clearing legal roadblocks so that Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the $3.7 billion oil project, can proceed. Fierce political pressure is essential to stopping the pipeline from being dug under the river as per the current plan, or from a rerouted access point in another community with less power.

Standing Rock: Veterans And Storms

December 8, 2016 Crystal Zevon and Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Resist! #NoDAPL, Indigenous Rights, Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Standing Rock

By Crystal Zevon and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. NOTE: The report below is compiled from posts made by Popular Resistance reporter Crystal Zevon (also of Searching for Occupy). Crystal was on the ground in the Oceti Sakowin Camp of Standing Rock in November and returned last week. Thousands of veterans and allies arrived over the weekend to be present for the possible eviction of the camp. On Monday, the light snowfall that was forecast turned into a dangerous blizzard. Temperatures dropped and many people sought refuge in Cannon Ball. Many people have gone home, but a solid group of people remain. We were there yesterday. They have a good supply of food. What are needed most are firewood, cold weather gear to protect skin from exposure, and winterization supplies. The camp will remain and the resistance to DAPL continues.

Standing At Standing Rock

December 7, 2016 Jose Rivas, www.potd.pdnonline.com Educate! Standing Rock

By Jose Rivas for PDN POTD - Opposition to the proposed route of the Dakota Access pipeline has been growing since this spring, as members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other indigenous people and supporters have gathered in North Dakota to protest the development. As the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers announced over the weekend that it would not allow the pipeline to be routed under a dammed section of the Missouri River, protesters are celebrating but bracing for a continued fight. Since this summer, Josué Rivas has been photographing at Standing Rock, documenting what he sees as a new chapter of indigenous resistance.

Forgiveness Ceremony Unites Veterans And Natives At Standing Rock Casino

December 7, 2016 Jenna Amatul, www.huffingtonpost.com Create! Native Indians, Standing Rock, Veterans

By Jenna Amatul for The Huffington Post - Many of us, me particularly, are from the units that have hurt you over the many years. We came. We fought you. We took your land. We signed treaties that we broke. We stole minerals from your sacred hills. We blasted the faces of our presidents onto your sacred mountain. When we took still more land and then we took your children and then we tried to make your language and we tried to eliminate your language that God gave you, and the Creator gave you. We didn’t respect you, we polluted your Earth, we’ve hurt you in so many ways but we’ve come to say that we are sorry. We are at your service and we beg for your forgiveness.

Standing Rock: The Fight Continues

December 6, 2016 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.popularresistance.org Resist! #NoDAPL, Indigenous Rights, Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Standing Rock, White Supremacy

By Margaret Flowers an Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance. Bismarck, ND - Monday, December 5 was the date the the US Army Corps Of Engineers' eviction notice took effect. Tens of thousands of people converged on the Oceti Sakowin Camp over the weekend to be in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux in case the eviction was acted upon. On Sunday afternoon, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced that they were denying the final permit for Energy Transfer Partners to drill under Lake Oahe and that they would do an Environmental Impact Statement to assess other sites. The news was celebrated in the camp that night as a victory, although there was a healthy distrust of the US army Corps of Engineers and a sense that the struggle was not over.

Launching Injustice Boycott In Standing Rock, San Francisco, And NYC

December 6, 2016 Shaun King, www.medium.com Resist! boycott, Injustice, NYC, San Francisco, Standing Rock

By Shaun King for Medium - It’s an organized resistance, driven by local people and activists, supported by passionate believers all over the country and around the world. Just as the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted for 381 days, we are prepared for this boycott to last as it takes to make change happen. Indeed, we won’t stop until it does. This boycott will not weaken, but will grow in size, strength, reach, and power every single day. We are launching Phase 1 of the Injustice Boycott Monday, and it will last until Monday, Jan. 16th, 2017 — which is also known as Martin Luther King Jr. Day in this country.

Actions In Solidarity With Standing Rock

December 5, 2016 Staff, www.popularresistance.org Resist! #NoDAPL, Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Standing Rock

Asheville, NC by Steve Norris - On Sunday afternoon, December 4, in a cold drizzling rain, over 100 people gathered in Asheville at Vance Monument for a Rally, Prayer Service and March in Solidarity with Standing Rock. Statements from NC Lumbee activists and leaders were read, with prayers, song and drumming. People who had been to Standing Rock spoke. Many became aware that the 550 mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which will cut through some of the poorest east coast counties of NC with the largest minority and indigenous populations, will be the east coast's DAPL. After the rally, we marched to four of the biggest banks which have branches in Asheville: TD Bank, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and PNC.

#NoDAPL Scores Major Victory: No Final Permit For Pipeline

December 4, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! #NoDAPL, Big Finance, Indigenous Rights, Nonviolent Action, Oil and Gas, Standing Rock

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. Cannon Ball, North Dakota (Oceti Sakowin or Council of the Seven Fires Camp) - Today, the people won a major victory in the fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The US Army Corp of Engineers sided with the Water Protectors and refused the final permit that would have allowed Energy Transfer Partners to drill under Lake Oahe. There will be battles ahead but this was another amazing people-powered victory. When people unite, we have power. This time people power defeated big oil and big finance. 20161204_112709When we arrived at the Oceti Sakowin Camp, we were impressed by its size and organization. From our view on the highway, the camp stretched far into the distance and was packed with all kinds of structures.

Newsletter – Standing Rock And American Genocide

December 4, 2016 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter #NoDAPL, Indigenous Rights, Nonviolence, Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Solidarity, Sovereignty, Standing Rock, Water

By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese. As we write this newsletter, we are driving to North Dakota to volunteer at Standing Rock. We have been wanting to go for many months but could not because of our commitment to organizing to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and our political work outside of Popular Resistance. We were planning to join a team from Baltimore in late December, but recent events made us decide that it was more important to go ourselves now. For a while, a profound sense of the importance of this moment has been growing within us. There are and have been many fights against fossil fuel infrastructure, but this one is different. Given the history of the country, the crises we all face on many levels and the direction that we are going - growing revolt and an increasingly repressive government - the fight at Standing Rock feels like a major turning point.

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