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Activists Protest CNN To Demand Fair & Accurate Reporting On Standing Rock

November 3, 2016 Alexandra Jacobo, www.nationofchange.org , ,
By Alexandra Jacobo for Nation of Change - Native American activists are protesting outside CNN’s office building in Hollywood demanding more coverage on the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. The Indigenous Life Movement has covered the event via Facebook: The group can be heard singing and playing instruments in peaceful protest outside the building. They have to raise awareness about the bias or near-lack of coverage the mainstream news network is giving to the protests in North Dakota.

Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II

November 1, 2016 Emma Niles, www.truthdig.com ,
By Emma Niles for Truth Dig - Demonstrations against the construction of a $3.8 billion oil pipeline in North Dakota began to receive much-needed mainstream media coverage this week when law enforcement and protesters faced off in a tense confrontation that ended in at least 140 arrests. While many people only recently may have learned of the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL), Standing Rock Sioux tribe Chairman David Archambault II has worked for two years to prevent its construction.

Is Standing Rock Oil Industry’s Last Stand? It’s Up To Us To Make It So

October 19, 2016 Four Arrows, www.truth-out.org , ,
By Four Arrows for Truthout - Having just flown in from Mexico, my first night at the campground in Standing Rock felt especially cold. Temperatures had dropped to the low 30s and strong winds shook my rented minivan until 4 in the morning. By 6:45 am, the illumination of the yet invisible sun revealed that many of the tents around me had been blown down. The tepees of course were still standing.

Environmentalists: Make Your Stand Like Standing Rock

October 19, 2016 Billy Talen, www.revbilly.com , ,
By Billy Talen for The Stop Shopping Choir - The First Nations peoples in North Dakota are showing us the future of direct action. In the path of the Enbridge pipeline, the “black snake,” they’re making something that traditional environmentalists don’t have words for. A friend of mine who is there put it this way: “It’s not like a protest. It’s a ceremony.” There is a crucial lesson here that we environmentalists must learn. At Standing Rock, the cops and courts, helicopters and drones and Dobermans

Supporting Standing Rock And Confronting What It Means Living On Stolen Land

October 14, 2016 Berkley Carmine and Liza Minno, www.wagingnonviolence.org , , ,
By Berkley Carmine and Liza Minno for Waging Nonviolence - A month after President Obama told the Army Corps of Engineers to pause construction on the Dakota Access oil pipeline, the Standing Rock Sioux and those supporting them still find themselves in a dire struggle to protect their water and land. With winter approaching, the 300 tribes that are now represented at the Camp of the Sacred Stone in North Dakota are preparing for a lengthy battle.

Appeals Court Halts Dakota Access Pipeline Work Pending Hearing

September 18, 2016 Staff, www.indianz.com , , , ,
By Staff for Indianz. A federal appeals court has handed a temporary victory to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe as the #NoDAPL fight continues. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order on Friday that preventsDakota Access Pipeline from doing construction within 20 miles on both sides of Lake Oahe. That's exactly what the tribes and the #NoDAPL resisters have been seeking as they work to protect sacred sites and burial grounds near the Missouri River. But the court cautioned that it was not making a decision on the merits of the underlying lawsuit. Instead, the order was described as an "administrative" one that will give the court more time to consider the tribes' request for an injunction. "The purpose of this administrative injunction is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion for injunction pending appeal and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion," the clerk of the court wrote.
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