Sarah Sunshine Manning / TruthdigNov 22, 2017
The Keystone spill in South Dakota and approval for the Keystone XL in Nebraska have galvanized indigenous people and their allies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigOct 14, 2016
A panel of federal judges has allowed construction of the controversial $3.8 billion DAPL project to proceed, but the resistance movement will not back down from the fossil-fuel industry and government authorities. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 12, 2016
The U.S. government has a long history of breaking promises and dishonoring contracts with Native Americans and other marginalized groups. Hopefully, the next president will change this shameful truth. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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By Nika Knight / Common DreamsSep 14, 2016
As the head of the company building the pipeline vows to move forward with the controversial project, nonviolent protesters bring work to a halt at one North Dakota site. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigSep 9, 2016
The battle against the Dakota Access pipeline is being waged as a renewed assertion of indigenous rights and sovereignty. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Lauren McCauley / Common DreamsSep 7, 2016
An emergency request for a restraining order was filed in response to the holiday weekend desecration of sacred sites. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Paul Street / TruthdigAug 23, 2016
While most of the United States has been blinded by the presidential election spectacle, a grass-roots coalition has been fighting "the next Keystone XL” being pushed through—largely under the radar—by Big Carbon. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 19, 2016
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is heading a protest by Native Americans and their allies against the newly approved line. These opponents of the project say it could lead to contamination of the Missouri River and other devastating environmental impacts. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Emma Niles / TruthdigJul 30, 2016
David Bald Eagle, who died July 22 at 97, was known for an eclectic mix of passions, especially his work in motion pictures. But he also left a legacy of activism for the Native American community, including his service as the first chief of the United Indigenous Nations of the Americas. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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