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Tag Archives: #noDAPL
Photo essay: An Oceti Sakowin road trip with Nick Estes’ book, ‘Our History is the Future’
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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Tagged #noDAPL, Nick Estes, Oceti Sakowin, Our History is the Future, road trip, Rushmore, South Dakota, spotted elk, Standing Rock, Wounded Knee
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Native communities confront oil development across Turtle Island: April 2018 update
Across North America, Native communities are leading the battle against increasing oil development, fighting proposed new production, pipelines, and crude-by-rail routes. There is hardly a new proposal without indigenous opposition. Here is an update from the front lines. Note: Many … Continue reading
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Tagged #DakotaAccessPipeline, #DAPL, #noDAPL, bayou bridge, bears ears, carbon, chaco, court, crude, dilbit, enbridge, energy east, Keystone, kinder morgan, northern gateway, oil, pipeline, protest, rail, red lake, Standing Rock, swinomish, tar sands, trans mountain, transcanada, xl
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Standing Rock: Sophia Wilansky suing the FBI to get the shrapnel that used to be in her arm
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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Tagged #DAPL, #noDAPL, #standwithStandingRock, Dakota Access, militarized, pipeline, SRST, Standing Rock, wilansky
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Standing Rock: Court rules pipeline to stay open for now
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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Tagged #DAPL, #noDAPL, #standingrock, #standwithStandingRock, dakota, judge, pipeline, ruling, Sioux, Standing Rock
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Standing Rock: Court victory may be short lived
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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Tagged #DAPL, #noDAPL, #standingrock, #standwithStandingRock, boasberg, EA, eis, environmental justice, judge, pipeline, risk, ruling, Sioux, spill, SRST, Standing Rock
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Standing Rock: Victory in Court
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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Tagged #DAPL, #noDAPL, dakota, Dakota Access, EA, eis, judge, oil, permit, pipeline, ruling, Sioux, SRST, Standing Rock
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Standing Rock mercenaries’ secrets revealed
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
Standing Rock update from the pipeline and the courtroom
Here is the latest, as of May 16, 2017. Oil is in the pipe Oil is in the pipe and they are bringing it up to pressure. The actual first deliveries, and use of the pipe to transport oil, will … Continue reading
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Tagged #DAPL, #noDAPL, #standingrock, #standwithStandingRock, Cheyenne, court, Dakota Access, Earthjustice, law, oil, pipeline, Sioux, spill, Standing Rock, update
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Standing Rock: In the Courts of the Conqueror (and my comments on the EIS)
The title of this blog post comes from Walter Echo-Hawk’s book, In the Courts of the Conqueror: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided. Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) is an attorney and his book is a tour de force of US … Continue reading
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Tagged #DAPL, #noDAPL, #standingrock, #standwithStandingRock, army corp, court, drilling, eis, eis process, energy transfer partners, environment, environmental assessment, Sioux, SRST, USACE
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Standing Rock: Understanding the EIS Process
It’s time to comment on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The deadline is February 20. Here’s what you need to know. First, Trump’s “executive order” did not automatically approve the pipeline (and it’s actually … Continue reading →