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10-31-16 ~ Why Police From 7 Different States Invaded a Standing Rock Camp—and Other Questions
http://tinyurl.com/hk7orza
To clear the way for a pipeline, North Dakota invoked a measure reserved for state emergencies like natural disasters. That’s one answer.
10-31-16 ~ Why your Facebook friends are checking in at Standing Rock
http://tinyurl.com/zppz8ja
Protesters are using a new weapon in their push to block the Dakota Access Pipeline: Facebook. By Monday, hundreds of thousands of people had checked in at Standing Rock Indian Reservation on the social networking site.
10-31-16 ~ Did #DAPL Security Worker Wielding an AR-15 Rifle Try to Infiltrate Native Water Protectors?
http://tinyurl.com/zl8z6g4
Amnesty International dispatched human rights observers to North Dakota to monitor the ongoing repression of the thousands of Native Americans resisting the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline.
10-31-16 ~ ANONYMOUS DONOR PAYS $2.5 MILLION TO RELEASE EVERYONE ARRESTED AT THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE
http://tinyurl.com/h5lc64q
Family members of Caddo Nation chairwoman Tamara Francis-Fourkiller said an anonymous donor paid $2.5 million late Saturday afternoon to release everyone arrested on Thursday at the Dakota Access Pipeline site.
10-31-16 ~ Hennepin Co. sheriff’s deputies leave Standing Rock protest
http://tinyurl.com/zn67b5l
Hundreds of people protested last week, calling on the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota to bring back its staff and equipment from the Standing Rock pipeline protest.
10-31-16 ~ Atrocities at Standing Rock and Police Weaponry
http://wp.me/P6lD99-1ac
Police beating people with batons, shooting them in the face with rubber bullets and bean bags, pepper spraying women and the elders, killing horses and buffalo, arresting peaceful, unarmed, prayerful peoples in ceremonial sweat lodges. Journalists taken into custody, camera’s and equipment confiscated.
10-31-16 ~ Mirrors Brought to Protests: Police Forced to Look at What They’ve Become
http://tinyurl.com/jpbbmvk
Now, police are being forced to face themselves in the mirror.
Several appeared to be ashamed or confused. Several others smiled as if to pretend that it didn’t get to them. Others turned away, not wanting to look at all. The mirrors have had an intense effect on the psyches of many officers. Some reports suggest that the government currently has plans to ban the use of mirrors at protests, labeling them as “potential weapons.”
10-31-16 ~ Did #DAPL Security Worker Wielding an AR-15 Rifle Try to Infiltrate Native Water Protectors?
http://tinyurl.com/zl8z6g4
Protectors say inside the man’s truck they found a DAPL security ID card and insurance papers listing his vehicle as insured by DAPL. For more, we speak with Dallas Goldtooth, organizer with the Indigenous Environmental Network.
10-31-16 ~ How Can I Help Standing Rock? #NoDAPL
https://letourvoicesecho.wordpress.com/
3 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INDIGENOUS EFFORTS AGAINST THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE
It’s Not Political – It’s Life and Death
This Is a Women-Led Issue ~ Women are the protectors of water and life
Our Movement Is Non-Violent Direct Action ~ No guns. No drugs or alcohol. Protect and care for others in the camp.
10-31-16 ~ News Updates and Video Links
http://wp.me/P6lD99-17T
Anyone looking for lost articles, YouTube videos, Camps, verified Donations sites, Petitions, Supply Lists etc. You can find links and information for everything in one place.
10-31-16 ~ News Articles and Updates ~ Standing Rock
http://tinyurl.com/gmewvx8
100’s of News articles beginning 2-23-2013 to datev
10-31-16 Atrocities at Standing Rock and Police Weaponry
http://tinyurl.com/jm8tycx
Militarized Police beating people with batons; shootings to the face with rubber bullets and bean bags rounds; high voltage stuns guns held directly to Protectors bodies for prolonged periods of time and tasers with electrical pronged hooks incapacitating people; pepper spraying women and Elders; flash bang explosions permanently damaging hearing.
10-31-16 ~ President Obama, They Shoot Horses And Teenage Boys On The Dakota Access Pipeline
http://tinyurl.com/h8p5sdr
It is a little over two years later and these people whom the president claimed as his own are being arrested on minor charges by a seemingly omnipotent Sheriff in Morton County. They are herded into dog kennels at Fort Rice and the insides of their arms are marked with a number in black ink. Women suffer broken bones from batons wielded by police officers and deputies.
10-30-16 ~ ‘Anonymous’ Threatens North Dakota Governor After Pipeline Employees Caught Infiltrating Protests To Incite Violence
http://tinyurl.com/jygvwpv
as the fight against the pipeline grows in North Dakota and around the country, dirty tricks are being deployed in an apparent attempt to delegitimize the opposition.
10-30-16 ~ Dakota Access Pipeline Shooting Victim Was An Armed Instigator, Protesters Claim
http://tinyurl.com/jy5fxg3
A man who North Dakota authorities had said was shot by Dakota Access Pipeline protesters was actually an armed instigator linked to the pipeline company, Standing Rock Sioux tribe members said Friday.
10-30-16 ~ Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Vows To Fight Dakota Access Pipeline Through Winter
http://tinyurl.com/jf8p9kr
Native American leaders vowed on Saturday to protest through the winter against a North Dakota oil pipeline they say threatens water resources and sacred lands and are weighing lawsuits over police treatment of arrested protesters.
10-30-16 ~ ASSOCIATED PRESS: MONEY POURS IN FOR ANTI-PIPELINE PROTEST, BUT WILL IT LAST?
http://tinyurl.com/zw8zugy
The money goes as quickly as it comes, but without it having been as much as it is, we certainly wouldn’t have been able to be as productive as we have been in the fight.
10-30-16 ~ Massive North Dakota Oil Leak Proves Native American Protesters Right For Fighting ILLEGAL DAPL Pipeline
http://tinyurl.com/jc8qzeq
A North Dakota oil well owned by Oasis Petroleum Inc blew out over the weekend and has yet to be capped, leaking more than 67,000 gallons of crude so far and endangering a tributary of the Missouri River.
10-30-16 ~ CBS MINNESOTA: Money Is Pouring Into The Dakota Pipeline Protest
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/10/30/money-dakota-pipeline-protest/
The number of protest-related arrests increased this week, so did contributions — the funds raked in more than $200,000 between Thursday and Friday alone.
10-30-16 ~ National Guard helicopters put out large fire in Morton County
http://tinyurl.com/h9zqz2y
Approximately 12:50 this morning a vehicle was spotted zigzagging on the west side of Hwy 1806, the hillside was lit on fire. The vehicle then left the area. Approximately 1 am Law enforcement was notified, the 911 operator said there was no fire and hung up. Oceti Sakowin Camp drones have been able to spot and photograph a drip torch which was left behind by the DAPL or Law Enforcement arsonist. Authorities finally dispatched fire 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
10-30-16 ~ Like a ‘Concentration Camp’ Police Mark DAPL Protesters with Numbers & Lock Them in Dog Kennels
http://tinyurl.com/zqovaew
Stuffing people into animal kennels, writing numbers on their arms like Nazi concentration inmates, stripping both men and women and cavity searching them. Refusing phone calls, food, water and blankets and left to sleep on concrete floors.
10-30-16 ~ Hundreds Flood Minneapolis City Hall to Demand Local Sheriff Withdraw from North Dakota
http://tinyurl.com/ha9h3q9
Organizers of faith and climate justice groups, local politicians, Indigenous water protectors and community members gathered in a quickly planned rally one day after the confirmation that HCSO resources were deployed. Both Minneapolis and St Paul city councils have already passed resolutions supportive of NoDAPL.
10-30-16 ~ ABC NEWS: Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Fund Tops $1 Million
http://tinyurl.com/h6erwwr
The fund is among several cash streams that have provided at least $3 million to help with legal costs, food and other supplies to those opposing the nearly 1,200-mile pipeline. The funds raked in more than $200,000 between Thursday and Friday alone. But demonstrators are quick to note that the amount of money raised and what they have left isn’t the same.
10-30-16 ~ Money pours in for anti-pipeline protest, but will it last?
http://tinyurl.com/j6eyg4v
The crowdsourcing goal was modest: $5,000, enough to help a few dozen people camping in North Dakota to protest the nearby construction of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline. The fund has since topped a staggering $1 million.
10-29-16 Water Protectors Jailed in Dog Kennels, Assigned Numbers as Concentration Camps
http://tinyurl.com/zg4flc5
After being caged in a ‘dog kennel’ and assigned a number as in the Nazi concentration camps, this water protector, in the video describe the heart break of the brutal police attack and arrests of Native American elders.
10-29-16 ~ 15 Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of the Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance
http://tinyurl.com/goqv3bc
Indigenous women from across North America stand on the frontline of ongoing action to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. They stand to protect the Earth, water, global climate, and the sacred sites, Indigenous rights and communities of the region.
10-29-16 ~ ANONYMOUS: The United Nations just made a major announcement on the Dakota Access Pipeline
http://www.anonews.co/un-dakota-pipeline/
North Dakota is moving forward with construction of its DAPL pipeline despite a representative from the United Nations explicitly calling on the United States to halt it.
10-29-16 ~ Amnesty International and United Nations are sending officials to investigate human rights violations
http://tinyurl.com/hpwrgpd
Amnesty International and the United Nations have announced that they are sending officials to investigate allegations of human rights violations at the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota.
10-29-16 ~ Morton County Police Officers and Sioux Tribe Leaders Shake Hands in Peaceful Protest
http://tinyurl.com/jfbptvp
Today in Cannonball, protests remained peaceful and without conflict. The Sioux Chief and Morton County Police Department shook hands.
10-29-16 ~ Stop Emergency Management Assistance Compact funds from being used against the peaceful protestors at standing rock.
http://tinyurl.com/hy5qsa4
The Governor of North Dakota has declared an improper emergency allowing him to access Federal resources, via the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. He is using these intrastate resources against peaceful protestors who are engaged in a civil dispute. By doing so he is escalating the protests to the state of emergency.
10-29-16 ~ Ohio High School Cheerleaders Taunt With ‘Trail of Tears’ Banner
http://tinyurl.com/h5vqkss
A group of cheerleaders and students at a Friday night Ohio high school football game featured a-foot tall banner reading, “Hey Indians, Get Ready for A Trail of TEARS Part 2.”
10-29-16 ~ How to Contact the 17 Banks Funding the Dakota Access Pipeline
http://tinyurl.com/zq4c3tv
Researchers with the nonprofit Food & Water Watch found that 38 banking institutions are involved in funding the proposed Bakken pipeline, which would stretch from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
10-29-16 ~ Native Americans protest outside CNN demanding they stop ignoring Standing Rock
http://tinyurl.com/j4mgt4t
In a Facebook live video from the Indigenous Life Movement, a large group of Native American protesters is seen banging on drums and singing outside the cable news network’s office building in Hollywood.
10-29-16 ~ USA TODAY: Dakota Access pipeline protests draw contrasts to Bundy
http://tinyurl.com/h5t2p49
A new day of standoffs against the 1,200-mile Dakota Access pipeline continued on Friday in South Dakota as questions bubbled through social media over the fairness of how protesters were being treated.
10-29-16 ~ Real Video from Friday in North Dakota, for those who have strong stomachs and some sense of Justice
http://tinyurl.com/zck8b9d
This is really sickening footage from North Dakota, but you need to watch it now and share it widely with your friends and groups, please.
10-28-16 ~ NEW YORK TIMES: Why Dakota Is the New Keystone
http://tinyurl.com/zolq4vv
The shocking images of the National Guard destroying tepees and sweat lodges and arresting elders this week remind us that the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline is part of the longest-running drama in American history — the United States Army versus Native Americans.
10-28-16 Attacking the Medics of Standing Rock Violates Basic Laws of Humanity
http://tinyurl.com/z5pjegq
With great horror this week nurses watched the land and water protectors at Standing Rock — those who have peacefully resisted the Dakota Access pipeline project — be attacked by a militarized force of police and armed guards.
10-28-16 ~ Security Firm Running Dakota Access Pipeline Intelligence Has Ties to U.S. Military Work in Iraq and Afghanistan
http://tinyurl.com/m5ab5zo
TigerSwan is one of several security firms under investigation for its work guarding the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota while potentially without a permit. Besides this recent work on the Standing Rock Sioux protests in North Dakota, this company has offices in Iraq and Afghanistan and is run by a special forces Army veteran. According to a summary of the investigation, TigerSwan “is in charge of Dakota Access intelligence and supervises the overall security.”
10-28-16 ~ Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chair: DOJ Must Investigate Use of Force Against #DAPL Resistance
http://tinyurl.com/hn9efpk
“I knew North Dakota state was planning something,” says Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chair Dave Archambault II of the raid on a resistance camp Thursday by militarized police. “They set up a pre-hospital tent near the camp. … That was sending me signals this was going to get out of hand.” Archambault says he asked the Department of Justice to step in and ask the state not to proceed with the raid, and now calls on the Justice Department to launch an investigation into the use of force against those resisting the Dakota Access pipeline.
10-28-16 ~ “A Shameful Moment for This Country”: Report Back on Militarized Police Raid of DAPL Resistance Camp
http://tinyurl.com/jac9ptj
We go to Standing Rock, North Dakota, for an update on how hundreds of police with military equipment raided a resistance camp Thursday.
10-28-16 ~ NY Mag: Amy Goodman on Why the North Dakota Pipeline Standoff Is Only Getting Worse
http://tinyurl.com/jzf7spb
f it’s possible in this oversaturated age for a mass-protest movement to fly under the radar, the battle over the building of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline certainly qualifies.
10-28-16 ~ POLICE FROM 5 STATES ESCALATE VIOLENCE, SHOOT HORSES TO CLEAR 1851 TREATY CAMP
http://tinyurl.com/z27vu3w
Over 300 police officers in riot gear, 8 ATVs, 5 armored vehicles, 2 helicopters, and numerous military-grade humvees showed up north of the newly formed frontline camp just east of Highway 1806.
10-28-16 ~ 141 Arrested at Dakota Access Pipeline Protest as Police Move In
http://tinyurl.com/zlkvndt
There were two incidents of shots fired late this afternoon and evening, according to authorities. One occurred along Highway 1806 near what is known as the “backwater bridge” north of the main camp — one person is in custody. A protester along the frontline on Highway 1806 also fired three rounds near officers. No one was injured and the protester was taken into custody.
10-28-16 ~ More livestock found dead in Morton and Sioux County, N.D.
http://tinyurl.com/jjj8dxd
Violent acts against livestock in Morton and Sioux County continue. Authorities confirmed reports of two new cases of dead animals after being on the scene in their pastures today. One case involves four butchered bison. The other case involves two cows that were killed and then burned. The animals belong to two different owners.
10-28-16 Trigger Warning: Disturbing Video of DAPL Confrontation
http://tinyurl.com/gocrct3
The activist news outlet Unicorn Riot has been filming events throughout the months-long standoff between the company trying to construct the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and the water protectors working to resist it.
10-28-16 ~ #NODAPL PROTESTS MET WITH EXTREME FORCE: NO BAIL FOR THOSE ARRESTED
http://tinyurl.com/jcnm4qh
Hundreds of people were assaulted in an onslaught by law enforcement. The actions documented included the use of a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), a sound device illegal in some countries in the world, the use of mace and pepper spray on hundreds of protestors including elders.
10-28-16 ~ Givers of Courage: Thousands of wild American Bison appear from no where at Standing Rock
http://tinyurl.com/j9lrue3
The Tatanka Oyate were called upon and gave us courage. Pilamiya Maske for your vision. Stay strong Water Protectors!
10-28-16 ~ Standing Rock Medic’s Shot and Arrested by Police
http://tinyurl.com/glwghj2
The Shooter hand a Silencer on his Weapon. They shot me in the back while I was treating patients. Law enforcement are targeting medics. We had two medic’s arrested and nearly 2 more arrested.
10-28-16 ~ Riot police move in on North Dakota pipeline protesters
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37790839
Armed police in the US state of North Dakota have arrested 141 Native American protesters and environmental activists during a tense confrontation.
10-28-16 ~ Acquittal of Bundys is proof of racial double standards — and a greenlight for right-wing terrorism
http://tinyurl.com/h53hln5
Now eight months after their occupation came to an end the government case has ended in a jury acquitting the two Bundy brothers and five other supporters on all charges but one, including the main one of conspiracy.
10-28-16 ~ Standing Rock Protesters Erect Teepee Inside Hillary Clinton Headquarters
http://tinyurl.com/jhqsoav
VIDEO: Lakota youth and their Lenape relatives erect teepee and pray in lobby of #HillaryClinton’s Brooklyn office today as a militarized police force evicted Water Protectors from their Treaty Lands in North Dakota.They were there to deliver a letter to Clinton about the pipeline. It was truly an inspiring site. #nodapl #standingrock
10-28-16 ~ Hundreds of Cops Open Fire On Horses and DAPL Protesters
http://tinyurl.com/z2mw9eq
Militarized police have assaulted peaceful protectors again. This time police stole several sacred items, attacked medics, attacked people injured in previous police assaults, used military weapons, tased and shot people in the face, shot horses, and arrested over 100 peaceful people, all while they allowed a DAPL security guard go after the protectors with an AR-15.
10-28-16 ~ How You Can Show Your Solidarity in the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline
http://tinyurl.com/jfshuht
The Red Warrior Camp calls on all people from around the world to take action and join their Global Solidarity Campaign against the Dakota Access Pipeline. If you live on this land, breathe the air, and drink water — this is your fight too.
10-28-16 ~ Chief Arvol Looking Horse to Obama: Keep Your Word
http://tinyurl.com/hbkadaa
As Keeper of our Sacred C’anupa(Pipe) Bundle of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Nation, I address you from our original governance of our people, Woope – Creator’s Law. I am not a member of leadership under any political government, I stand in position as the center of our people, the voice of our traditional government, and so this communication is nation to nation, as indicated by our treaties. Additionally, we have over 300 flags of indigenous nations including other countries supporting our stand, because they are suffering as well.
10-28-16 ~ Reckoning at Standing Rock
http://www.hcn.org/articles/Reckoning-at-Standing-Rock
In his farewell address to Congress in 1796, our first U.S. president, George Washington predicted that the flaws embedded in federalism, as it was set up in the U.S. Constitution, would eventually translate into incomprehensible misery for the American Indian. H
10-28-16 ~ When You’re a Protester, the Color of Your Skin Is All That Matters
http://tinyurl.com/hhhpok3
There is a cruel, stupid irony about living in a country when, on the same day, a bunch of gun-toting rubes who have less understanding of the Constitution than a wombat does of nuclear fusion get acquitted after an armed takeover of federal property in Oregon while, half a country away, peaceful protesters doing nothing but praying on land to which they have a right guaranteed by treaty get rousted, roughed up, and hauled away by a militarized police force acting largely at the behest of a private company.
10-28-16 ~ The Great Bison Spirit and the Dakota Access Pipeline
http://tinyurl.com/z9u9nke
As Keeper of our Sacred C’anupa(Pipe) Bundle of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Nation, I address you from our original governance of our people, Woope – Creator’s Law. I am not a member of leadership under any political government, I stand in position as the center of our people, the voice of our traditional government, and so this communication is nation to nation, as indicated by our treaties.
10-28-16 ~ FAA Says North Dakota Cops Commited Felony by Shooting Down DAPL Protester Drones
http://tinyurl.com/z9rqe7m
It is a federal crime to shoot down aircraft, and this week, the FAA confirmed that that includes drones. This is great news for anyone who has a drone, and for anyone who doesn’t want errant bullets falling from the sky, and it’s bad news for anyone eager to pump a quadcopter full of lead. Of course, now the question is “Does this apply to police officers shooting down media drones?”
10-28-16 ~ Amnesty International USA to Monitor to North Dakota Pipeline Protests
http://tinyurl.com/jgl4z94
As tensions escalate at the site of a disputed pipeline close to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) has sent a delegation of human rights observers to monitor the response of law enforcement to protests by Indigenous communities.
10-28-16 ~ What The Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Says About Race And The Sad State Of American Democracy
http://tinyurl.com/zoyypac
We are witnessing a critical moment of resistance in Standing Rock. Over 200 tribes have coalesced, uniting in peaceful protest. Thousands of people have come together to ask only for what is theirs ― land and water, yes, but also basic human rights.
10-27-16 ~ PennEast Pipeline Protestors Gather With Sioux At Standing Rock
http://tinyurl.com/zfagl65
“WAKE UP WARRIORS!” blared the loudspeaker through the frigid morning calm. “Last night the injunction was lifted! The time has come for action. This is what we are here for. Meet at the south gate. We. Must. Kill. The. Black. Snake.”
10-27-16 ~ Militarized Police Attack Standing Rock Treaty Camp: Rubber bullets, tear gas, arrests of elders
http://tinyurl.com/jzeue4o
“Today we stood strong against this Nazi oil bought police force. They set off LRAD on us, hit us, maced us, arrested our grandmothers, uncles, they shot at our horse relatives, they set off concussion grenades, rubber bullets into the unarmed crowd. They desecrated sacred land and destroyed our homes on tribal land. We had snipers scoping me out with an assault rifle pointed at me and my relative. Our hearts were wounded but we will regroup and keep our minds in high vibrations because it is not over.
We will stop the pipeline.” Cepoalli
10-27-16 ~ DAPL’s Armed Security Charges into Camp with Weapon — Arrested by BIA
http://tinyurl.com/zm2dept
Today at Standing Rock during the 1851 Treaty Camp standoff, a hired DAPL security guard was spotted in the crowd with an automatic rifle in his vehicle. When he was spotted, he began to head towards camp.
10-27-16 ~ DAPL Security Kyle Thompson Arrested For Brandishing Assault Rifle At #NoDAPL Water Protectors
http://tinyurl.com/jsseg6c
Morton County Sheriff deputies (MCSO), N. Dakota State Patrol, National Guard and assisting law enforcement officers from seven states launched an assault on Native Americans around 11:00 a.m. to clear a road block and camp on the path of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
10-27-16 ~ Powerful Photos from the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest as Cops Prepare to Make Arrests
http://tinyurl.com/gn7uqwl
Police in North Dakota Thursday are moving in on hundreds of demonstrators, including members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, who are challenging the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Protestors say the project threatens the area’s water supply and destroys sacred Native American sites.
10-27-16 ~ As Standing Rock Protesters Face Down Armored Trucks, the World Watches on Facebook
http://tinyurl.com/j4pqdco
Though cellular connectivity on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota is limited, it is videos like this that first alert the world of what is going down.
10-27-16 ~ 16 Arrested at Dakota Access Pipeline Protest as Police Move In
http://tinyurl.com/zlkvndt
“Militarized law enforcement agencies moved in on water protectors with tanks and riot gear today,” tribe Chairman Dave Archambault II said. “We have repeatedly seen a disproportionate response from law enforcement to water protectors’ nonviolent exercise of their constitutional rights. Today we have witnessed people praying in peace, yet attacked with pepper spray, rubber bullets, sound and concussion cannons.”
10-27-16 ~ Police evict oil pipeline protesters from private land
http://tinyurl.com/zzauds6
Law enforcement officers dressed in riot gear and firing bean bags and pepper spray evicted protesters Thursday from private land in the path of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, dramatically escalating a months-long dispute over Native American rights and the project’s environmental impact.
10-27-16 ~ Police fire pepper spray, bean bags as they oust pipeline protesters
http://tinyurl.com/zzauds6
Law enforcement officers dressed in riot gear fired bean bags and pepper spray on Thursday as they tried to clear protesters from a camp on private land in the path of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
10-27-16 ~ Manning: Desecration, Mace and Police Snipers With Rifles at DAPL Front Lines
http://tinyurl.com/jtp5y75
“We were gathered praying near the site of the original destruction of sacred sites when we saw a police convoy coming down Highway 6. Within minutes, a large force of police arrived on both sides of the camp and surrounded about 400 to 500 water protectors who are here. We see more police arriving.
10-27-16 ~ Amy Goodman on Why the North Dakota Pipeline Standoff Is Only Getting Worse
http://tinyurl.com/herlv67
If it’s possible in this oversaturated age for a mass-protest movement to fly under the radar, the battle over the building of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline certainly qualifies.
10-27-16 ~ High Alert Standing Rock
http://tinyurl.com/hptn4pw
Newsfeed, pictorial and videos
10-27-16 ~ Developing: 100+ Militarized Police Raiding #NoDAPL Resistance Camp Blocking Pipeline’s Path
http://tinyurl.com/zv4ynmo
Cody Hall of Red Warrior Camp told Democracy Now! that behind the line of police, the Dakota Access pipeline company is carrying out construction with cranes and bulldozers on the sacred tribal burial site where on September 3, unlicensed Dakota Access security guards unleashed dogs and pepper spray against Native Americans.
10-27-16 ~ Confused about Dakota Access controversy? This primer will get you up to speed
http://tinyurl.com/hfh624u
Opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline has prompted the largest gathering of Native Americans in decades while also attracting attention from celebrities, presidential candidates and the United Nations.
10-27-16 ~ Confused about Dakota Access controversy? This primer will get you up to speed
http://tinyurl.com/jrpxatd
Opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline has prompted the largest gathering of Native Americans in decades while also attracting attention from celebrities, presidential candidates and the United Nations.
10-27-16 ~ SECTION 3: THE TREATIES OF FORT LARAMIE, 1851 & 1868
http://tinyurl.com/jext6k3
From the earliest days of the United States, the federal government had not known what to do about Indian tribes. Finally, in 1831, in a case titled Cherokee Nation vs Georgia, the Supreme Court decided that Indian tribes were not foreign nations and were not states. Indian tribes were described as “domestic dependent nations.” As nations, Indian tribes were not subject to the laws of states. However, the Constitution of the United States did not provide any guidelines for dealing with another nation within the boundaries of the United States. This ruling also meant that Indians were not citizens of the United States.
10-26-16 Onondaga Nation lawyer heads to Standing Rock to help protesters
http://tinyurl.com/hvbsncy
Onondaga Nation Lawyer Joe Heath is headed to North Dakota today to provide legal services to the protestors against the Dakota Access Pipeline on the Standing Rock Sioux Nation.
10-26-16 ~ Militarized Police Presence at Standing Rock
http://tinyurl.com/gs3mh32
Outrageous unprecedented militarized police presence at Standing Rock has taken a turn for the worse. Hundreds of police have surrounded the front lines camp, road blockades have popped up everywhere, and water protectors are currently surrounded by militarized darth vader like cop goons.
10-26-16 ~ New DAPL protest camp escalates tension between law enforcement, demonstrators
http://tinyurl.com/hrkhqpn
The Morton County Sheriff’s Office and others in law enforcement met with activists Wednesday morning to discuss the evacuation of the new campsite and the barrier that’s been built across Highway 1806.
10-26-16 ~ FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE: “I STAND BY THE STANDING ROCK TRIBE IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE
http://tinyurl.com/hcxu2s2
Former Vice President Al Gore released a strongly worded statement in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s fight against the Dakota Access pipeline.
10-26-16 ~ Wyoming sends troopers to North Dakota pipeline protest
http://tinyurl.com/hr7bzgr
Wyoming has sent six highway patrol troopers to North Dakota to help authorities deal with Indian protesters demonstrating against the construction of an oil pipeline, prompting objections Tuesday from some Wyoming Indian leaders.
10-26-16 ~ Protesters stand firm as negotiations with law enforcement fail
http://tinyurl.com/hlcp69y
Negotiations between Dakota Access Pipeline protesters and law enforcement broke down Wednesday morning, leading to a long and tense day of anticipation over whether police would raid the new camp, which its denizens are calling a “no-surrender line.”
10-26-16 ~ Rev. Jesse Jackson, Al Gore support Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s opposition to Dakota Access Pipeline
http://tinyurl.com/jelosf2
The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he is going to North Dakota to join the protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline.Jackson says Native Americans who oppose the pipeline have a “moral claim to be heard” and that their burial grounds “must be honored.”
10-26-16 ~ Mark Ruffalo in Standing Rock; Leo DiCaprio, Jesse Jackson Head to Standing Rock
http://tinyurl.com/jrcogaf
Actor Mark Ruffalo arrived in North Dakota yesterday to show his support of the Standing Rock tribe’s opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline. In addition to Ruffalo’s support, actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio says he is on his way to North Dakota. The Reverend Jesse Jackson is in North Dakota today.
10-26-16 ~ Cheyenne River Sioux chairman brings pipeline opposition to meeting with Obama
http://tinyurl.com/zxx2nvh
The stand-off between the Standing Rock Sioux and the Dakota Access pipeline shows no sign of letting up. Indigenous opponents of the four-state, nearly $4 billion dollar pipeline have set up another encampment.
10-26-16 ~ Climate change wars are coming and building walls won’t help, top general warns
http://tinyurl.com/zlyl2bh
The effects of global warming ‘are becoming so severe they hold tremendous conflict potential’ in some areas and the world should prepare for millions of refugees.
10-25-16 ~ North Dakota failed to inform the public of 100s of oil spills over last two years
http://tinyurl.com/hbhzqjf
North Dakota, which ranks second in the US in terms of oil production, endured almost 300 oil spills in under two years and yet managed to avoid reporting a single one of them to the public, according to a new report.
10-25-16 ~ Dakota Access dog handlers weren’t licensed to work security
http://tinyurl.com/hz2osmc
Dog handlers who provided security for Dakota Access LLC during a Sept. 3 clash with protesters were not properly licensed to provide security in North Dakota, a Morton County investigation found.
10-25-16 ~ Inside the Apache fight against development that inspired Standing Rock
http://tinyurl.com/hblfe94
“I’ve never seen this place without water,” he said. “We used to swim in here. This has always been a pond. Where is the stream? Did they reroute this? What did they do?”
10-25-16 ~ CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE CHAIRMAN HAROLD FRAZIER & PRESIDENT OBAMA MET TO DISCUSS DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE
http://tinyurl.com/h99losf
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s Chairman Harold Frazier met with President Obama at a round table event held in Los Angeles today at a private home in Beverly Hills.
10-25-16 ~ WAR CRIME: Morton County Engaged in Torture – Hooded Water Protector
http://tinyurl.com/jmjlqfy
Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier displayed proof that law enforcement is engaged in torture at Standing Rock. US Army Field Manuals 2.22-3 Human Intelligence Collector Operations and Counterinsurgency FM3-4 “No person in the custody or under the control of DOD, regardless of nationality or physical location shall be subject to torture or cruel inhumane treatment or punishment as defined by US law.
10-25-16 ~ Former Vice President Supports Standing Rock Tribe
http://tinyurl.com/zf7vqqx
Former Vice President Al Gore says he supports the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in its opposition to the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
10-25-16 ~ Dakota Access says trespassers will be ‘removed from the land’ as law officers mobilize
http://tinyurl.com/z3nqp4o
A law enforcement staging area had grown considerably from the day before, with several buses and National Guard Humvees parked among military-style tents and emergency trailers. Officers from at least six states have answered Morton County’s call for help in dealing with protest activities that started 11 weeks ago.
10-25-16 ~ As Natives Declare Treaty Rights, Police Admit Defeat — Cite Lack of ‘Manpower’ to Remove DAPL Protesters
http://tinyurl.com/z3arkve
Authorities in North Dakota may be feeling the heat from the international attention the Dakota Access Pipeline is getting. They’re now saying they lack the manpower to remove the encampment of protesters located on federal land near the controversial pipeline. The announcement may signal a softening of the treatment the protesters, up until now, have been receiving.
10-25-16 ~ Crow Creek Rescinds Contact With The State
http://tinyurl.com/hqayh7d
The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe is rescinding any and all contact with the State of South Dakota. Tribal officials say they’re not happy the state is offering aid to North Dakota law enforcement at a pipeline blockade near the Missouri River.
10-25-16 ~ Dept. of Justice says Lake Oahe DAPL permit is on hold while addressing Standing Rock Sioux Tribe issues
http://tinyurl.com/zejkv3z
The Dept. of Justice has reiterated that the Army will not issue a permit for the Dakota Access to cross Lake Oahe while they examine the issues raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
10-25-16 ~ Amy Goodman on Why the North Dakota Pipeline Standoff Is Only Getting Worse
http://tinyurl.com/zovfvfl
If it’s possible in this oversaturated age for a mass-protest movement to fly under the radar, the battle over the building of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline certainly qualifies.
10-25-16 ~ Morton County Engaged in Torture – Hooded Water Protector
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2016/10/war-crime-morton-county-engaged-in.html
Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier displayed proof that law enforcement engaged in torture at Standing Rock. The photo was posted by the Sheriff’s Dept. is at the site of Standing Rock.
10-25-16 ~ Report: Dakota Access dog handlers weren’t licensed to work security
http://www.inforum.com/news/4144837-report-dakota-access-dog-handlers-werent-licensed-work-security#.WBAekHd7a9g.facebook
The dog handlers who provided security for Dakota Access LLC during a Sept. 3 clash with protesters were not properly licensed to provide security in North Dakota, a Morton County investigation found.
10-25-16 ~ Video’s #NoDAPL – Oct. 1-15, 2016
http://tinyurl.com/znjpez6
10-24-16 ~ Morton County Sheriff News Release – Unlawful Protest Activities Call For Additional Law Enforcement Resources
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzEKNLJqG3cwVF9YV0pQZTJFT0E/view
Unlawful tactics call for additional resources. Six states are providing support to Morton County in responding to the illegal acts by those protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. Other details outlining the escalated illegal behavior by protesters is outlined in release here
10-24-16 ~ Morton County law enforcement re-establishes blockade, calls for reinforcements
http://tinyurl.com/zejkcpf
Rudy TwoMoon ~ That’s freaking hilarious!!! Gotta see it, this is what a coward does when they are truly afraid. This is actually awesome because those who are there are collecting evidence and making sure it gets out…. these cowards are gonna be busted by the public aka, the sheep. This helps us way more than harms us. That’s a promise!!!
10-24-16 ~ Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chair: Obama’s Legacy Rests on Whether He Stops Dakota Access Pipeline
http://m.democracynow.org/stories/16712
Federal appeals court recently rejected a bid by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to permanently halt construction on part of the Dakota Access pipeline, paving the way for the Dakota Access company to resume construction on private lands adjacent to Lake Oahe on the Missouri River.
10-24-16 ~ Protesters move camp to Dakota Access property, claiming it as treaty land
http://tinyurl.com/j9q497h
Water protectors took back unceded territory affirmed in the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie as sovereign land under the control of the Oceti Sakowin, erecting a front line camp of several structures and teepees on Dakota Access property.
10-24-16 ~ NORTH DAKOTA POLICE ‘OUT OF CONTROL’ IN PROTESTS AT STANDING ROCK
http://tinyurl.com/jngu3fh
North Dakota police arrested 83 protestors near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. American Indian Nations are against the construction of a four-state oil pipeline that would occur under the Missouri River, which is the water source for 17 million people.
10-24-16 ~ DAPL Crackdown Continues With Rubber Bullets and Mace As Water Protectors Form New Front Line
http://tinyurl.com/jttbhhy
Today, the Oceti Sakowin has enacted eminent domain on DAPL lands, claiming 1851 treaty rights,” said Mekasi Camp-Horinek, an Oceti Sakowin camp coordinator.
10-24-16 ~ Clashes, arrests and fears — North Dakota pipeline protest at a boiling point
http://tinyurl.com/z9s9zjm
Native peoples from across the United States and Canada, and as far away as Central America and Norway, along with thousands of nonnative supporters, have flocked to a series of encampments along the Cannonball River.
10-24-16 ~ Celebrities Join Hundreds of Protesters in Los Angeles Rallying Against Climate Change
http://tinyurl.com/j3gtpwv
Mark Ruffalo, Susan Sarandon and Shailene Woodley were among the more than 800 people who attended the rally
10-24-16 ~ N.D. Pipeline Protest Expands To Private Land
http://tinyurl.com/hnlnj3h
“North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has asked the company to explain its purchase of the ranch and how it complies with the state’s Depression-era anti-corporate farming law.
The company said it would transfer ownership of the land or use it “for some other use” THAT COMPLIES WITH STATE LAW AFTER THE PIPELINE IS BUILT.”
10-24-16 ~ Minnesota woman delivers comfort pies to Standing Rock protesters
http://www.fox9.com/news/213444762-story
Rose Mcgee founded Sweet Potato Comfort Pie in 2014, after watching protests in Ferguson, Missouri on the news. “So I went in the kitchen and started making sweet potato pie.”Her latest peace offering came this past weekend as she paired up with the Circle of Grandmothers out of Nebraska to hand out 41 pies in Standing Rock North Dakota.
10-24-16 ~ Cops Mass Arrest and Brutally Pepper Spray 83 Native Americans Who Were Praying For An End To The ILLEGAL Dakota Access Pipeline
http://tinyurl.com/zhlfhq9
The Morton County Sheriff’s department is engaging in strip searches and false imprisonment of Native American men and women, who are jailed without credible charges. The owner of the land where the Camp of the Sacred Stones Camp is located, said her daughter was arrested without cause, while traveling in a car away from the area, strip searched and jailed naked.
10-24-16 ~ Standing Rock: Police Arrest 120+ Water Protectors as Dakota Access Speeds Up Pipeline Construction
http://tinyurl.com/jpsonlf
Organizers also say police discharged rubber bullets to shoot down drones the water protectors were using to document the police activity. In response to Saturday’s protest, Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said, quote, “Today’s situation clearly illustrates what we have been saying for weeks, that this protest is not peaceful or lawful.
10-23-16 ~ Hundreds in Los Angeles protest climate change, North Dakota pipeline
http://tinyurl.com/z77l3cn
Hundreds of people gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday to protest against climate change and show support for activists demonstrating against the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota.
10-23-16 ~ Police beat water protectors with batons, pepper spray them during prayer
http://tinyurl.com/j9vjtsk
he Morton County Sheriff and police carried out a brutal attack on Native Americans as they gathered for prayer today. Native Americans and supporters defending the water of the Missouri River from the Dakota Access Pipeline were beaten with batons by police, pepper sprayed and thrown to the ground.
10-23-16 ~ 141 WATER PROTECTORS ARRESTED AS POLICE ESCALATE VIOLENT MILITARIZED RESPONSE
http://tinyurl.com/gosmc9c
Hundreds of water protectors from different nations were met with violence by militarized police in riot gear, and approximately 141 were arrested. Four protectors locked themselves to a disabled car at an active construction site, stopping construction for approximately 7 hours.
10-23-16 ~ HOW FAR WILL NORTH DAKOTA GO? THE ILLOGICAL CONCLUSION IS TOO TERRIBLE TO THINK ABOUT #STANDINGROCK
https://trahantreports.com/2016/10/23/how-far-will-north-dakota-go-the-illogical-conclusion-is-too-terrible-to-think-about-standingrock/
The state has been an ally instead of a referee. Helping to craft a regulatory approach that avoided regulation. There is this crazy notion that the company did everything it was supposed to do so leave them alone. It’s so much more efficient to be governed by official winks instead of an Environmental Impact Statement.
10-23-16 ~ CITING 1851 TREATY, WATER PROTECTORS ESTABLISH ROAD BLOCKADE AND EXPAND FRONTLINE #NODAPL CAMP
http://tinyurl.com/hw5kssp
Water protectors took back unceded territory affirmed in the 1851 Treaty of Ft. Laramie as sovereign land under the control of the Oceti Sakowin, erecting a frontline camp of several structures and tipis on Dakota Access property, just east of ND state highway 1806.
10-22-16 ~ North Dakota Police ‘Out Of Control’ In Crackdown On Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
http://tinyurl.com/jlavumm
Police have beaten, harassed, and strip-searched activists and even confiscated sacred Native American drums, a civil liberties group reports.
10-22-16 ~ Police release more information regarding Saturday’s DAPL protest
http://tinyurl.com/gvwtr2z
More than 80 protesters were arrested Saturday in Morton County. Morton County Sheriff’s Office estimates 300 protesters marched north on Highway 1806 and then three miles west onto private property where they were met by a line of law enforcement officers who stood between protesters and construction equipment.
10-22-16 ~ Water Protectors Running, Surrounded, Sprayed, Arrested
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2016/10/standing-rock-water-protectors-running.html
Peaceful, prayerful Water Protectors being beaten with batons and sprayed
10-22-16 ~ VIDEO: POLICE VICIOUSLY ATTACKED PEACEFUL PROTESTERS AT THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE
http://tinyurl.com/gtrsg9u
Just before dawn, hundreds of people, including many families, gathered and prepared to march toward the Dakota Access pipeline construction site near Standing Rock, North Dakota. Native American organizers lit sage and prayed for protection from police brutality before setting off on the 8-mile trek.
10-21-16 The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US
http://tinyurl.com/jq7edxc
A stunning new map shows the complex network of rivers and streams in the contiguous United States.
10-21-16 ~ The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US
http://tinyurl.com/zvnnu8z
A stunning new map shows the complex network of rivers and streams in the contiguous United States.
10-20-16 ~ In Standing Rock, The Cops Are Out of Control
https://cldc.org/2016/10/20/in-standing-rock-the-cops-are-out-of-control/
Countless stories of police misconduct occurring at or around the Standing Rock Camps. Actually, “misconduct” makes the actions of the police sound far more sanitized and civil than they actually are. The actions of police against the land and water protectors at Standing Rock are depraved, abusive, and disgraceful.
10-20-16 ~ Pipeline Expansion Means Increased Violence Against Tribal Women
http://tinyurl.com/zeock5u
The reality is that these sorts of extractive industries bring profits to a limited few, and the true cost rests on the shoulders of those who live next to the extraction.
10-20-16 ~ The Agency Designed to Protect Civilians From the Police Actually Protects Police From Civilians
http://tinyurl.com/hxxft2s
On September 16, 1992, 10,000 protesters descended on City Hall. They blocked traffic for the better part of an hour, climbing over cars, buses, and police barricades. Some were violent and inebriated, and a few physically assaulted members of the press, as others hurled racist epithets at New York’s first African-American mayor, David Dinkins. They eventually burst through barricades into the City Hall parking lot, much to the indifference of the 300 uniformed police officers there to oversee the demonstration. The protesters were off-duty cops.
10-19-16 ~DOJ Told U.S. Attorney To ‘Stand Down’ On ND Pipeline Protests
http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/19/source-doj-told-u-s-attorney-to-stand-down-on-nd-pipeline-protests/
Attorney General Loretta Lynch refused to meet with National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) Executive Director Jonathan Thompson about the law enforcement issues facing communities in North Dakota as a result of protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline and the DOJ wants the ND U.S. Attorney to stay away from the situation.
10-19-15 ~ North Dakota oil well spewing after weekend blowout
http://tinyurl.com/jdmnc6s
A North Dakota oil well owned by Oasis Petroleum Inc blew out over the weekend and has yet to be capped, leaking more than 67,000 gallons of crude so far and endangering a tributary of the Missouri River.
10-19-16 ~ Someone Set $2 Million in Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Equipment on Fire
http://tinyurl.com/hv966yl
For the second time in recent months, someone or some group has set fire to construction equipment at the Dakota Access Pipeline site in Reasnor, Iowa. The incident, which damaged an estimated $2 million in equipment, is being treated as arson. It’s unclear who set the fire, and there are currently no suspects identified.
10-19-16 ~ Death of farmer checking on anhydrous ammonia leak leaves Decatur-Tekamah area shaken
http://tinyurl.com/htz8u4h
Landowners who were evacuated pending pipeline repair and air quality readings.
10-17-16 ~ Report from Standing Rock: 100+ Militarized Police Deployed Against Native American Water Protectors
http://tinyurl.com/h89umv6
One person reportedly delayed work for up to six hours by locking to an excavator. At least 14 people were arrested. Democracy Now! began covering the action just after dawn, from the main resistance camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota.
10-17-16 ~ North American Pipeline Project Roundup
http://tinyurl.com/gwmclpr
The following oil and gas pipeline projects have been announced. Projects are in order of most recent approximate starting date. All projects are for 2016 unless noted.
10-17-16 ~ Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chair: Obama’s Legacy Rests on Whether He Stops Dakota Access Pipeline
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/10/17/standing_rock_sioux_tribe_chair_we
A federal appeals court recently rejected a bid by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to permanently halt construction on part of the Dakota Access pipeline, paving the way for the Dakota Access company to resume construction on private lands adjacent to Lake Oahe on the Missouri River.
10-17-16 ~ Sheriff: Dakota Access Construction Equipment Set Ablaze In Iowa. Dakota Access suffered about $2 million in damages.
http://tinyurl.com/jrswd4x
Dakota Access said in an emailed statement it “experienced the intentional burning of construction equipment by unknown individuals. These illegal actions have resulted in millions of dollars in damage.”
10-17-16 ~ Judge Rejects “Riot” Charges Against Amy Goodman in North Dakota
http://tinyurl.com/zurnqvx
District Judge John Grinsteiner did not find probable cause to justify the charges filed on Friday October 14 by State’s Attorney Ladd R Erickson. Those charges were presented after Erickson had withdrawn an earlier charge against Goodman of criminal trespass. Goodman had returned to North Dakota to turn herself in to the trespassing charge.
10-17-16 ~ Amy Goodman ‘rioting’ charges rejected by judge after filming attack on Native American protesters
http://tinyurl.com/zx7j32a
A North Dakota judge rejected riot charges against award-winning journalist Amy Goodman after she filmed an attack on Native American anti-pipeline protesters.
10-17-16 ~ Standing Rock Pipeline Fight Draws Hundreds to North Dakota Plains
http://tinyurl.com/gtaoax2
They have come by the hundreds to protest construction of the 1,172-mile Dakota Access oil pipeline, which would run within a half-mile of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation and cross beneath the Missouri River. Opponents say the pipeline will adversely impact drinking water and disturb sacred tribal sites.
10-17-16 ~ Judge Rejects Proposed Riot Charges Against Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman
http://tinyurl.com/h828wpv
A judge has refused to sign off on proposed riot charges against Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman. In September, Goodman and her crew filmed an ongoing protest by thousands of American Indian activists against a planned North Dakota pipeline. A prosecutor first charged Goodman with criminal trespass, then attempted to upgrade the charges to participating in a riot.
10-17-16 ~ ‘Riot’ Charge Dropped Against Amy Goodman For Covering Pipeline Protest
http://tinyurl.com/zzg3q55
Criminal charges against “Democracy Now” radio host Amy Goodman were dropped Monday in North Dakota. Prosecutors had charged her with participating in a riot while she covered a protest against the construction of an oil pipeline there last month.
10-13-16 ~ Documentary Filmmaker Faces Up to 45 Years in Prison for Covering Pipeline Protest
http://tinyurl.com/j82pe7g
Now here is the really bad news and this is why we need you to act right now. This afternoon she was escorted to the courthouse where she was charged with 3 Class A and C felony charges that carry 45 years maximum sentences combines. She has been charged with 2 Class A Felony Charges and 1 Class C Felony Charge; Conspiracy to theft of property, Conspiracy to theft of services, Conspiracy to tampering with or damaging a public service.”
10-13-16 ~ Journalist Amy Goodman Shouldn’t Be Arrested for Covering Dakota Pipeline Story
http://tinyurl.com/hz7pvpw
Filming the protests in North Dakota that day was a crew from Democracy Now! The show’s award-winning anchorwoman Amy Goodman conducted interviews during the protests and covered the dog attacks as they unfolded. The show’s subsequent special report about the incident went viral, with more than 14 million people viewing it on Facebook. Amy Goodman was clearly acting as a reporter at the protest. Moreover, she’s as close to the ideal of what it means to be a journalist as one can get in this business.
10-13-16 ~ Sheriff in Wisconsin pulls deputies back from North Dakota pipeline deployment
http://tinyurl.com/hrw5dq3
Deputies from the Dane County Sheriff’s Office in Wisconsin who were sent to North Dakota this week to aid police efforts at a contested pipeline site will return by Sunday and will not be replaced, as earlier planned, Sheriff Dave Mahoney said.
10-11-16 ~ Shailene Woodley Released From Jail After Protesting Dakota Access Pipeline
http://tinyurl.com/zshu7l2
The Divergent star was charged with criminal trespass and “engaging in a riot during a protest at a construction site that involved about 300 people,” which are both misdemeanors and punishable by up to 30 days in jail along with a $1,500 fine.
10-10-16 ~ Army Corps won’t yet allow Dallas firm to resume Dakota Access work
http://tinyurl.com/gut4e7n
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won’t yet authorize construction of the $3.8 billion, four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline on federal land in southern North Dakota.
10-10-16 ~ Four Water Protectors Crawl Inside Pipe to Stop Construction of Spectra Energy’s AIM Pipeline
http://tinyurl.com/z3as5p2
7 am Indigenous People’s Day, four water protectors crawled inside lengths of pipeline along the Hudson River to stop Spectra Energy from dragging its 42-inch diameter, high pressure, fracked-methane gas pipeline under the Hudson River alongside the aging and failing Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.
10-10-16 ~ Actress Shailene Woodley films own arrest
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37612587
US actress Shailene Woodley has been taken into custody with 27 other people during a protest at an oil pipeline construction site in North Dakota.
10-10-16 ~ Shailene Woodley Broadcasts Her Trespassing Arrest on Facebook Live
http://tinyurl.com/gvnsjdp
Woodley recorded more than two hours of footage that was shared on Facebook, showing herself among a crowd of people picketing and chanting. Every once in a while she would turn the camera around on herself to address viewers. “This is America — America,” she says sadly. “And look what we’re faced with when we’re trying to protect clean water.”
10-10-16 ~ Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Allowed To Resume Near North Dakota Tribe
http://tinyurl.com/j9nb5k4
“Although the Tribe has not met the narrow and stringent standard governing this extraordinary form of relief, we recognize Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act was intended to mediate precisely the disparate perspectives in a case such as this one,” the order said. “We can only hope the spirit of Section 106 may prevail.”
10-10-16 ~ Yavapai-Apache Nation News: Hopi boy runs from Arizona to Standing Rock
http://tinyurl.com/hnc8uyw
A 15-year-old Hopi boy who has convictions about protecting other living things from the dangers of pollution. Meet Riley Ortega, a Hopi Spider clan long distance runner who has every intention of running from Flagstaff, Arizona to Cannonball, North Dakota, near the Standing Rock Nation. His parents, Lori and Erin Ortega fully support their son’s run to North Dakota.
10-9-16 ~ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS RULES AGAINST STANDING ROCK TRIBE IN DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE CASE
http://tinyurl.com/zs3f2l4
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is not backing down from this fight,” said Dave Archambault II, Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. “We are guided by prayer, and we will continue to fight for our people. We will not rest until our lands, people, waters and sacred places are permanently protected from this destructive pipeline. “This ruling puts 17 million people who rely on the Missouri River at serious risk.”
10-8-16 ~ Video’s #NoDAPL – Sept. 2016
http://tinyurl.com/zbma52n
10-7-16 ~ Pipeline protest now a city of 4,000 with a growing infrastructure
http://tinyurl.com/h39e8x8
As several of us from Chicago approached the camp here that is known now around the world we saw the flags of many Native tribes, tents, tepees, makeshift buildings, horses and motor vehicles spread across a valley near where the Missouri and Cannonball Rivers come together.
10-6-16 ~ DAPL Corporation Furious After New Pipeline Permit REJECTED
http://countercurrentnews.com/2016/10/dapl-corporation-furious-new-pipeline-permit-rejected/
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to put on hold a permit request from Enbridge Energy Partners for 18 Line 5 pipeline anchors in the Straits of Mackinac.
10-6-16 ~ Deputies from other states may be called to pipeline protests
http://tinyurl.com/hztydwd
his strategy will include increasing patrols and sending deputies out to talk to farmers and ranchers who have reported trespassing on their property and feeling intimidated and threatened. “These fears are real,”
10-5-16 ~ Feds Shoot Down Furious North Dakota Cops and DAPL Corp, Telling Them There Are No Grounds To Evict Growing Pipeline Protest Camp
http://tinyurl.com/gqpogzu
Federal officials say they will not evict the Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires camp, due to free speech reasons, even though it’s on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers that many Native Americans believe is still rightfully owned by the Standing Rock Sioux under a nearly 150-year-old treaty.
10-4-16 ~ In Case You Were Wondering, Donald Trump Has Multiple Ties to the Dakota Access Pipeline
http://tinyurl.com/jdn75k4
Trump and one of his top energy advisers stand to personally profit from the disastrous pipeline project.
10-4-16 ~ North Dakota Governor Dalrymple’s Email Inbox Full of Support for #NoDAPL
http://tinyurl.com/zz4ecbe
Almost every single email we reviewed expresses concern and outrage about North Dakota’s actions regarding resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). “This pipeline is a disaster waiting to happen, just like what’s happening in South Dakota right now with the pipeline rupture.”
10-4-16 ~ Standing Rock Sioux Tribe ends Relationships with Financial Institutions that Support Dakota Access Pipeline
http://tinyurl.com/j57d22b
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has passed a resolution, Council Resolution 591-16, that will, “end its financial relationships with banks, mutual funds, security companies or other financial entities that invest in, or otherwise financially support any aspect of the Dakota Access Pipeline. This action will end more than two decades of banking with Wells Fargo.”
10-3-16 ~ Amnesty International to Morton County Sheriff: Investigate Use of Force Against Protectors at DAPL
http://tinyurl.com/zzlgfjg
water protectors trying to stop the bulldozing of sacred sites to make way for the Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Missouri and Cannonball rivers were met with pepper spray and vicious dogs.
10-3-16 ~ Helicopter Allegedly Hired by North Dakota Authorities Found Flying in Violation of FAA Rules
http://tinyurl.com/jz6a3el
One of the helicopters, flying on behalf of local law enforcement and flying at low altitudes over the heavily populated main Oceti Sakowin encampment, has been found to have been flying with registration numbers that have been altered in order to disguise the identity of its registered owners. What appeared to be “N10767” was in fact an altered version of “N16757.” Flying with false registration is a serious violation of FAA regulations. Section 49 of the U.S. Code states that anyone “ who knowingly and willfully displays or causes to be displayed on an aircraft a mark that is false or misleading about the nationality or registration of the aircraft” shall be “fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both.”
10-3-16 ~ WORLD NEWS: U.S. Government Just Declared WAR On Native Americans, State Gives Cops the Green Light To Shoot DAPL Protesters On Sight
http://tinyurl.com/qe74ogw
While Trump is busy targeting Mexicans and Muslims, his new adviser and current governor of North Dakota has just given the green light to “shoot on sight” Indigenous tribes that are peacefully protesting against the Dakota Access pipeline
10-3-16 ~ Feds Shoot Down Furious North Dakota Cops and DAPL Corp, Telling Them There Are No Grounds To Evict Growing Pipeline Protest Camp
http://tinyurl.com/j6ujmk7
Federal officials say they will not evict the Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires camp, due to free speech reasons, even though it’s on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers that many Native Americans believe is still rightfully owned by the Standing Rock Sioux under a nearly 150-year-old treaty.
10-3-16 ~ 32 Arrested After 200 Iowa #NoDAPL Protesters Dismantle Security Fence in Bid to Disrupt Pipeline Drilling
http://tinyurl.com/jhchtwt
An indigenous delegation from the Sacred Stone Camp at Standing Rock joined family farmers, students, and everyday Iowans on the banks of the Mississippi River Saturday
10-2-16 ~ WHY THE STRUGGLE IS BIGGER THAN ONE PIPELINE: OIL COMPANY LIED ABOUT SAFETY OF DAPL
http://tinyurl.com/z4otasa
The Dakota Access Pipeline has exposed a harsh reality many were unaware of or attempted to ignore: U.S. oil interest and government co-conspirators will bulldoze over any and all obstacles standing in their way of collecting billions from exploiting fossil fuels.
10-2-16 ~ PROPAGANDA ALERT!!
PRO DAPL
http://www.prodapl.com/
A new website created by the Dakota Access Pipeline slicksters is the PRODAPL.COM website. This slanted and biased “news” page pushes pro pipeline and anti-Native propaganda in a very unabashed manner. To do this, they employ a propaganda technique called Card Stacking. Card stacking is a propaganda technique that seeks to manipulate audience perception of an issue by emphasizing one side and repressing another. Such emphasis may be achieved through media bias or the use of one-sided testimonials, or by simply censoring the voices of critics. This propaganda technique does not provide all of the information necessary for the reader to make an informed decision. It uses arguments that support their position, but ignores or even denies the arguments against. Card stacking, or selective omission, is one of the seven techniques identified by the IPA, or Institute for Propaganda Analysis. It involves only presenting information that is positive to an idea or proposal and omitting information contrary to it. Card stacking is used in almost all forms of propaganda, and is extremely effective in convincing the public – especially those who are looking for information to support their personal prejudices. The best way to deal with card stacking is to get more information.
10-1-16 ~ Citing Environmental Risks, Scientists Back Tribes in Dakota Access Fight
http://tinyurl.com/hpujtu5
Close to 100 scientists have signed onto a letter decrying “inadequate environmental and cultural impact assessments” for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), and calling for a halt to construction until such tests have been carried out as requested by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
10-1-16 ~ Witnessing History: Thank You, DAPL
http://tinyurl.com/gt495vt
Suddenly out of one more story of purely tainted dealings with the federal government comes a beautiful happening of pride and resolve.Not only by Indians but typical Americans that understand the difference between right and wrong, good and evil.
INDEX
NEWS ARTICLES ~ STANDING ROCK
http://wp.me/P6lD99-17T
VIDEO ARCHIVE ~ STANDING ROCK
http://wp.me/P6lD99-1fI
LEGAL PERSPECTIVE
http://wp.me/P6lD99-1WT
POLICE WEAPONRY AND THE ATROCITIES AT STANDING ROCK
http://wp.me/P6lD99-1ac
STORIES FROM THE FRONTLINE JAN. 1, 2017 – FEB. 28, 2017
http://wp.me/P6lD99-1GC
STORIES FROM THE FRONTLINE JAN 9, 2017 – OCT. 25, 2016
http://wp.me/P6lD99-1dE
WITHOUT WATER WE CAN NOT EXIST ~ Sep 3, 2016
http://wp.me/P6lD99-N4
STANDING ROCK CAMPS #WATER IS LIFE
http://wp.me/P6lD99-1hR
STANDING ROCK HISTORY
http://standingrock.org/history/
TRUSTED NEWS SOURCES ~ STANDING ROCK
http://wp.me/P6lD99-1i6
HOW YOU CAN HELP STANDING ROCK #NODAPL
http://wp.me/P6lD99-VG
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