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Tag Archives: Standing Rock
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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Standing Rock and DAPL in 2023: The EIS process and the public’s second chance
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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Tagged dapl, eis, public comment, public comment instructions, Standing Rock, understanding EIS process
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Texas deputizes citizens and awards bounties, as was done for burning witches, catching slaves, and killing Native Americans
Texas just outlawed all abortions after six weeks after a woman’s last menstruation. They knew this violated the US Constitution under Roe v Wade. To avoid a federal judge blocking the law, Texas will not enforce it. Instead, the law … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, bounties, bounty, genocide, legal, massacres, militias, scalp, SCOTUS, Standing Rock, Supreme Court, texas
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How Covid, Obama, and the Standing Rock Sioux shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline
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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Tagged #DAPL, #standingrock, army corp, boasberg, Covid, Dakota Access, eis, eis process, judge, Obama, ruling, Sioux, Standing Rock
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Movie review: “From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: A reporter’s journey”
In 1973, Kevin McKiernan was a young white photographer from Minneapolis looking for a job. When AIM took over Wounded Knee, he headed to South Dakota and managed to get a press pass. When the US military excluded all media … Continue reading
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Tagged "from wounded knee to standing rock", aim, Anna Mae, Aquash, documentary, FBI, film, Leonard Peltier, McKiernan, movie, Oglala, Standing Rock, Wounded Knee, Yurok
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Voter suppression led to unusually high voter turnout by Native Americans in North Dakota
After a last-minute court decision required Native Americans in North Dakota to have street addresses instead of PO boxes, the affected tribes and other organizations mobilized to created the needed documents. Election returns from the 2018 midterms show that the … Continue reading
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Tagged #standingrock, 2018, address, election, heitkamp, midterm, native american, North Dakota, senate, Standing Rock, turnout, turtle mountain, voter suppression, voter turnout
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Supreme Court’s ruling against North Dakota Natives may decide the Senate
In a critical decision that may very well effect control of the US Senate, the US Supreme Court today rejected an emergency appeal by Native Americans in North Dakota regarding their ability to vote in November. Control of the Senate … Continue reading
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Tagged address, echohawk, election, Gorsuch, heitkamp, North Dakota, off the reservation, PO box, registration, senate, Standing Rock, Supreme Court, turtle mountain, voting
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Vote– except if you’re a Native in North Dakota
After Standing Rock, Republicans in the “Deep North” are taking no chances. In April, the Republican-dominated North Dakota legislature passed, and the Republican governor signed, a bill that required voter identification to include a residential street address. As the Native … Continue reading
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Tagged #standingrock, court of appeals, disenfranchised, eighth district, election, hovland, North Dakota, residential address, Standing Rock, trump, turtle mountain, voter fraud
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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 and the DAPL EIS: My public comment letter
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 →