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Standing Rock
How the Women of Standing Rock Inspired the World
鈥淎 nation isn鈥檛 defeated until the hearts of the women are on the ground.鈥�
Native Americans on Police Response to Capitol Insurrection
鈥淣o way would Black or Brown people be treated that way had they attacked a symbol of our democracy.鈥�
Police Violence Meets Spiritual Resistance in the Struggle Over DAPL
An appeals court overruled the shutdown of DAPL, pending a full environmental review. The fight against a pipeline that provoked unprecedented resistance continues.
How the Women of Standing Rock Are Building Sovereign Economies
Food security, traditional agriculture, and local self-reliance are key to regenerative societies of the future, say water protectors taking the movement鈥檚 lessons forward.
Standing Rock鈥檚 Surprising Legacy: A Push for Public Banks
The effort to divest from Wall Street鈥攁nd stop environment-killing projects gained momentum after the historic pipeline protest. Here鈥檚 what a city needs, and could gain, from municipal banking.
How Standing Rock Changed the Course of a Doctor鈥檚 Life
The camp was 鈥渙ne of the most soulfully powerful places I鈥檝e ever been,鈥� says a volunteer medic.
Standing Rock Medic Bus Is Now a Traveling Decolonized Pharmacy
These Native herbalists are doing more than just healing sore muscles.
鈥淒ecolonization Starts Inside of You鈥�
Photographer Josu茅 Rivas spent seven months living at Standing Rock, documenting the gathering force of Native Americans and their allies. He says it wasn鈥檛 just a protest; it was an awakening.
What Standing Rock Gave the World
Americans saw the Indigenous struggle鈥攖he violence, stolen resources, colluding corporations and governments鈥攖hat goes hand in hand with protecting the Earth.
Decolonizing Birth: Women Take Back Their Power as Life-Givers
鈥淲e鈥檙e just beginning to bring those Indigenous perspectives forward again.鈥�
New Documentary Remembers Standing Rock in Beauty and Catastrophe
鈥淭he Standing Rock I knew was not a mystical place with a uniform perspective. It was a complex place鈥攁n experiment in love, hope, courage, and solidarity.鈥�
Why Native American Women Are Going After Europe鈥檚 Banks to Divest From Big Oil
鈥淚ndigenous women ... often are the ones to call out injustice when they see it immediately. We saw that at Standing Rock.鈥�
The Pipeline Protest Before Standing Rock
Last year鈥檚 water protectors garnered worldwide attention, but several pipeline fights鈥攕uch as the Enbridge Sandpiper pipeline victory鈥攇ot little public notice.
In Photos: Water Protectors Return to Standing Rock鈥擳his Time for Healing
The camps are gone now, but the awakening to protect the water, land, and tribal sovereignty continues.
Banks Have Cut Funding for Fossil Fuels Projects 22 Percent
But activist groups say that鈥檚 not enough: There鈥檚 no resting, even after divestment victories.
Judge鈥檚 Ruling on Standing Rock a Second Chance for Justice
The federal court decision could start a new chapter in the DAPL saga, beginning with dropping prosecution of water protectors.
How Photography Shapes Our View of Native Americans
Using an early photographic process, one photographer hopes to draw a line connecting what happened to the Dakota people in Mankato, Minnesota, 155 years ago and what is happening today to the Dakota/Lakota standing up to a $3.7 billion crude oil pipeline.
Monet Wins Tobenkin Award for Standing Rock Coverage
鈥淎t their heart, her stories were about the religious freedom, sovereignty, and human rights sought by Indigenous people everywhere.鈥�
Water Is Life: The Story of Standing Rock Won鈥檛 Go Away
The Dakota Access pipeline is set and oil will flow. But this is not the only fight about water, and Standing Rock is only one chapter somewhere in the middle of a long story.
As Police Evict Water Protectors, Tribes Vow to Continue the Fight
鈥淭his isn鈥檛 the end by any means. This is the spark. The whole world is waking up now.鈥�
In Defense of Standing Rock Reporter Jenni Monet鈥攁nd All Journalists
If you鈥檝e valued our Standing Rock coverage over the months, tell the Morton County State鈥檚 Attorney to drop all charges against Monet. Journalism is not a crime.
Defund DAPL Spreads Across Indian Country as Tribes Divest
The Navajo Nation is making moves to join a growing number of tribes that have already respectfully, but conclusively, shown Wells Fargo the door.
Banks Agree to Talk With Tribe (While Handing over Millions for Dakota Access)
Seven banks鈥攊ncluding Wells Fargo, TD Bank, and Citibank鈥攚ill meet with Standing Rock Sioux leaders after months of intense defund-DAPL pressure.
Standing Rock Chairman Demands 鈥淟eader to Leader鈥� Meeting With Trump
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reportedly has been directed to issue the Dakota Access pipeline easement, even though the environmental review is in the middle of a public comment period.
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