Category Archives: Standing Rock

Photo essay: An Oceti Sakowin road trip with Nick Estes’ book, ‘Our History is the Future’

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Stephen Carr Hampton

I just got back from a road trip through the lands of the Oceti Sakowin. My traveling companions were my 29-yr old son and Nick Estes, in the sense that we had his 2019 book Our History is the Future: … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock and the DAPL EIS: My public comment letter

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Stephen Carr Hampton

As I described in my last post, we have now finally arrived at the public comment period regarding the DAPL pipeline. This was supposed to be done before the pipeline was built. The water protectors brought us to this moment. … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock and DAPL in 2023:  The EIS process and the public’s second chance

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Stephen Carr Hampton

UPDATE ON NOVEMBER 13, 2024: We are still waiting for Step 3 on the graphic below. Once the “preferred alternative” is chosen, the Biden Administration must wait 30 days to finalize the Record of Decision. The clock is ticking. Now … Continue reading →

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How Covid, Obama, and the Standing Rock Sioux shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Obama’s Play On December 4, 2016, during that short window between Hillary Clinton’s loss and Trump’s inauguration, the US Army Corp of Engineers, at the direction of lame duck President Barack Obama, announced that construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock: Sophia Wilansky suing the FBI to get the shrapnel that used to be in her arm

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Sophia Wilansky, the college student who became the most seriously injured person in the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict at Standing Rock, is now speaking publicly. The FBI is still investigating her, and she is suing them to get the shrapnel … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock: Court rules pipeline to stay open for now

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On October 11, 2017, the US District Court under Judge Boasberg issued a temporary ruling that the Dakota Access Pipeline can stay open for now, while the larger case proceeds.  The full 28-page ruling is available here. Interestingly, the judge’s … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock: Court victory may be short lived

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

I’ve just finished reading the 91-page ruling from US District Court Judge Boasberg. Touted as a “major victory” for the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes, there’s still a lot to be worried about as legal proceedings continue. First, … Continue reading →

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Photography of Native Americans, past and present

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Teju Cole, a Nigerian living in New York City, is one of my favorite writers and photographers. In his recent column in New York Times Magazine, he compares the portraits by Horace Poolaw, Kiowa, with those by Edward Curtis.  Poolaw’s … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock: Victory in Court

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

A federal judge made a mixed ruling today, though largely in favor of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST), that the permitting process for the Dakota Access Pipeline was flawed. Earthjustice, whose legal team represented SRST, has issued a press … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock mercenaries’ secrets revealed

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

In recent weeks, whistleblowers have revealed documents and stories regarding renegade behavior by private security firms hired by Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) to protect the Dakota Access Pipeline from protesters.  But the mercenaries went a lot further than that, creating … Continue reading →

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