The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe remains steadfast in its commitment to protecting the water flowing through its unceded ancestral lands from the irreversible consequences of a crude oil spill. In 2016, the Tribe adopted a resolution supporting individual or collective activities that respect and defend the rights of Mother Earth. Read more info here.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is asking a judge to throw out a federal permit for the Dakota Access oil pipeline, arguing that the government shut the tribe out of a court-ordered second environmental review and ignored its concerns. The challenge comes as Energy Transfer, the company behind the pipeline, is now seeking to double…
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg expressed solidarity Monday with “the struggles of all Indigenous peoples in protecting their land, water, and traditions” as she continued her climate-focused trip to the Americas with stops in the Dakotas. Thunberg’s tweet included images of an event she attended on Sunday, the Youth Climate Activism Panel at Red Cloud Indian…
