Nolte: Looks Like Ben & Jerry’s HQ Sits on Land Stolen from Indians
What if it’s discovered that the Sioux stole the land that is now Mount Rushmore? Do we search for the ancestral victims of the Sioux and return Mount Rushmore to them?
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Judge Reluctantly Allows Dakota Access Pipeline’s Oil to Flow
The Dakota Access Pipeline’s future is not certain but for now U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled to allow oil to continue to flow.
Activist Judge Orders Review of Pipeline Successfully Producing Oil for 3 Years
A judge with United States District Court for the District of Columbia ordered a review and could bring operations to a halt of a pipeline in North Dakota that has been successfully operating for the past three years since President Donald Trump kept a campaign promise to get oil and gas pipelines online.
For Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters in D.C: A Few Facts
In the shadow of the Washington Monument on Thursday, several tepees had been pitched, ceremonial dances and songs performed, and future activism plotted as a few hundred people protested the Dakota Access Pipeline.
3 Arrested at West Texas Energy Pipeline Construction Site
Hoping to replicate the temporary successes of anti-pipeline agitators in North Dakota, three activists were arrested today at a west Texas construction site.
Donald Trump Supports North Dakota Pipeline
U.S. Senator John Hoeven responded to Trump’s support in a statement. “The Obama administration should approve the easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline without delay, and also provide assistance to state and local law enforcement.”
Court Allows Pipeline Construction to Resume After ‘Violent’ Protests
ASSOCIATED PRESS — A federal appeals court on Sunday opened the door for construction to resume on a small stretch of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline while it considers an appeal by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
DOJ Moves to Halt Energy Pipeline After Tribal Fail
The U.S. government moved on Friday to halt a controversial oil pipeline project in North Dakota that has angered Native Americans, blocking construction on federal land and asking the company behind the project to suspend work nearby.
Court Denies Tribal Effort to Shut Down Energy Pipeline
Amid violent protests and vandalism from a presidential candidate, a Native American tribe has lost a court battle to block the construction of a new energy pipeline.
More Police Requested to Contain ‘Violent’ Pipeline Protests
ASSOCIATED PRESS — North Dakota authorities are recruiting law enforcement officers from across the state to guard the site of a protest in anticipation of an impending federal ruling on whether to block the construction of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline.
Green Presidential Nominee to Face Criminal Charges After Pipeline Vandalism
The Green Party Presidential Nominee faces criminal charges after allegedly vandalizing construction equipment at an energy pipeline site with hundreds of other protesters.
Militant Native American Protesters Attack Pipeline Crew
A longstanding protest against a Texas-based energy company’s plan to build a pipeline near tribal lands in North Dakota turned violent against construction crews and a limited security team over the Labor Day weekend.
Various videos and local reports have confirmed that “hundreds” of Native American protesters and supporters of the Standing Rock Sioux turned violent at a construction site under the management of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners near Cannon Ball, ND. The Associated Press reported that four private security guards and two dogs were injured in the incident as a result, according to the Morton County Sherriff’s Office. Though protesters have asserted through a variety of mediums that they were the ones first attacked, many of their own videos purport to show the opposite occurred.
North Dakota Tribe, Obama EPA Move to Block Dallas-Based Oil Pipeline
An environmental standoff at the Missouri River near Cannon Ball, North Dakota is brewing between a Dallas-based pipeline company and the Standing Rock Sioux with increasing support from the Obama Administration. Occupying protests, bureaucratic demand letters and company promises to complete construction on time have created yet another flashpoint in America’s pipeline politics.
