After four years locked in legal struggle over the construction of the controversial 1,172 mile-long, Dakota Access Pipeline, the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes won a major victory on Monday when a federal court ordered the pipeline to cease its operations by August 5.
- June 7, 2017Reporters are exposing the human, political and economic pressures on our planet.
- May 16, 2017Rebecca Adamson is an economist and advocate for the rights of indigenous peoples around the world. She is the founder of First Peoples Worldwide and the founder and former director of the First Nations Development Institute.
- April 26, 2017Poet Robin Clarke reflects on the Standing Rock protests
- April 26, 2017Even if Washington won’t listen, the demonstration will still lead to action.
- March 16, 2017After protesting in Washington, DC against Donald Trump's pipeline plans last week the Indigenous Environmental Network vows to fight to the end.
- February 22, 2017In the wake of the Women's March and other anti-Trump demonstrations, some state lawmakers are trying to punish protesters.
- February 14, 2017By their witness, the Standing Rock Sioux and other protesters teach us that "the sacred" takes many forms.
- February 9, 2017The 25/8 news cycle is already rolling, but the looting of America hasn’t really begun.
- February 9, 2017After the Army approves the completion of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline under President Trump, the Native Organizers Alliance vows to continue its fight.