Tag Archives: #noDAPL

The Indigenous Vote: Blue Islands on a Red Prairie

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Native Americans voted overwhelmingly against Donald Trump, consistent with their previous support for Barack Obama.  In a review of 24 of the most Native American counties in the nation, it is clear that the more Native Americans there are in … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock Update: Non-violence vs 7-State Army

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On October 27, a combination of military-equipped police forces from seven states and multiple counties, at the request of North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple, violently forced their way thru non-violent protesters and removed the Treaty Camp (also known as the … Continue reading →

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Upside-Down Flags, Standing Rock, and the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest: Background and Basic Facts

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Here are the basic facts.  There’s an oil boom in North Dakota in a region called the Bakken oil fields, which produces high quality oil, so pure that some workers up there have put unrefined Bakken crude oil straight into … Continue reading →

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Case dismissed against Amy Goodman; the press is now free to cover the Dakota Pipeline protest

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The case pitted the North Dakota State Attorney Ladd Erickson against Democracy Now! reporter Amy Goodman.  He was charging her with rioting for her role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, in which she was simply a reporter with a microphone, … Continue reading →

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Havoc, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Dogs of War

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The violent confrontations splashed across the media in the last few days recall not just another Avatar-esque confrontation between militarized resource-exploiting corporations and local indigenous inhabitants– and yet another ironic use of an appropriated Native name– but also the sordid … Continue reading →

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