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Eastern Iowans return after protesting at Standing Rock

Samantha MyersCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) — Two eastern Iowans who were recently in North Dakota protesting the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline are celebrating what they call a “small victory.” Advertisement Despite the harsh weather, protesters have spent the last few days celebrating. Last Sunday, the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers announced it wouldn’t allow a portion of the…

How Northwest Tribes Joined Forces to Beat Fossil Fuel Initiatives

Terri Hansen,, 12/10/16, The Quinault Indian Nation encompasses 200,000 acres of magnificent, productive forests, swift-flowing rivers, gleaming lakes, and 23 miles of pristine Pacific coastline. The Quinault River flows from deep in the Olympic Mountains through a lush temperate rainforest to Lake Quinault before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. It’s a short hike from the Lake Quinault Lodge to…

Fed Court gives Dakota Access Pipeline contractors the go-ahead

RAPID CITY –– Standing Rock Sioux Tribal President Dave Archambault II declared that the tribe will continue to fight after a federal court on Oct. 9 denied its request for an emergency injunction to prevent Dakota Access Pipeline construction in watersheds under U.S. Army Corps of Engineers jurisdiction. While the ruling effectively removes a ban on pipeline construction within 20 miles of the…

Stella on SCOTUS: Lewis v. Clarke

By STELLA SHANNON October 11, 2016 THE SUPREME COURT heard four Indian Law Cases last term, but the one on its docket today, Lewis v. Clarke, is an extremely important case. Indian Tribes are currently granted sovereign immunity with respect to U.S. law, which means that tribes are immune from lawsuits and judicial proceedings unless they give their consent or are faced with a (rare)…

Doubling down, ND governor says people can decide whether tribal chairman has control over protest camp

BISMARCK – Gov. Jack Dalrymple responded Wednesday, Oct. 12, to comments made one day earlier by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman Dave Archambault II, who denied telling the governor that he has lost control of the camp where thousands of Dakota Access Pipeline opponents are staying in south-central North Dakota. “People can judge for themselves how much authority Chairman Archambault has over…

Prairie Band Potawatomi Gaming Expansion: Phase II Complete

The PBCR Gaming Expansion is Complete!Pictured are (Left to Right) Ryan Rose Slot Floor Manager, Larry Mzhickteno PBPN Gaming Commissioner, Camilla Chouteau PBPN TC Secretary, Amanda Barbosa PBPN TC Treasurer, Ryan Bandt PBCR General Manager, Denise Marshall PBPEC Secretary, Chuck Wahweotten PBCR Security director and Ruth Vega Harjo PBCR Human Resources director.PBP NATION: The Prairie Band…

Delegation prepared Osage food for protectors at Sacred Stone Camp

By Chalene Toehay-Tartsah Date: Oct. 12, 2016  NEAR-CANNONBALL, N.D. – Spirits were up as the Osage delegation prepared for their second day at the Sacred Stone Camp. Energy was still high with each individual and an impression had been left on them. They felt like they needed to put their skills to use. They wanted to do more. After walking through the camp on the first day, they ran into Marcus…

Nation awaits 10th Circuit Court ruling in Wind Farm case

By Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton Date: Oct. 11, 2016 The briefs are all in and a federal appeals court will hear arguments next month challenging a lower court decision to allow Osage Wind to conduct excavation work in Osage County without a permit from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.At 9 a.m. on Nov. 16, an as-yet unnamed panel of judges with the Tenth Circuit Court in Denver will consider overturning a…

Angry Driver Plows Pickup Through Native American Crowd Protesting Dakota Access Pipeline

NATIVE-AMERICAN RIGHTS  By Sierra Crane-Murdoch , OCTOBER 12, 2016 Members of the Anishinabek Nation sing as they enter the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s protest encampment. Members of the Anishinabek Nation sing as they enter the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s protest encampment. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALYSSA SCHUKAR / THE NEW YORK TIMES / REDUX The last time Native Americans gathered and the nation noticed…

Standing Rock: A New Moment for Native-American Rights – The New Yorker

Members of the Anishinabek Nation sing as they enter the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s protest encampment. Members of the Anishinabek Nation sing as they enter the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s protest encampment. The last time Native Americans gathered and the nation noticed was in 1973. That February, after members of the Oglala Sioux tribe failed to impeach their chairman on charges of corruption,…

Pipeline Protest Recalls Decades of Native American Environmental Concerns | TIME

Sept. 19, 2016 , Time Water flows in the Navajo River through Shiprock, N.M., on Aug. 14, 2015. A story that goes back to World War II provides one example of why indigenous populations may resist the exploitation of reservation land Since Labor Day weekend, Native Americans representing at least 100 tribes from the U.S. and Canada have descended on the Sacred Stone Camp in North Dakota to…