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by John Strand | Music | November 2nd, 2016
…By Ben Haugmobenhaugmo@yahoo.comJoin artists from the Fargo-Moorhead area and the surrounding region this weekend to celebrating the work of legendary musician Johnny Cash. “Hear That Train A’ Comin’” takes place on Saturday at the Fargo Theatre.Merrill Piepkorn helped organize the event, and will also be performing during the show alongside…
by HPR Contributor | Outdoors | November 2nd, 2016
…By Jim Fugliejimfuglie920@gmail.comI’ve been a little cranky lately. Goofy elections, pipelines and oil refineries where they shouldn’t be, and oil and salt water spilling all over the place will do that. When that happens, I try to go to the Bad Lands and refresh my soul. When I can’t go…
by HPR Contributor | News | November 1st, 2016
…By C.S. HagenBISMARCK – The man who dressed as a “water protector” and reportedly drove his white Chevy toward Standing Rock’s main camp, armed with a semi-automatic Colt AR15, is a mercenary for Dakota Access Pipeline.Kyle Thompson, of Bismarck, also known as “War Eagle” after a native naming ceremony ten…
by HPR Contributor | News | October 29th, 2016
…By C.S. HagenCANNON BALL – The battle for Backwater Bridge erupted hours after law enforcement cleared “Treaty Camp,” arresting 142 people and pushing activists back two miles making room for Dakota Access Pipeline construction. Two Dakota Access trucks and one vehicle were set on fire near the bridge; an electronic…
by C.S. Hagen | News | October 27th, 2016
…CANNONBALL – One footstep at a time, law enforcement pushed activists south of their “line in the sand,” overruning the “Treaty Camp,” and arresting 117 by early evening.Approximately 250 activists held firm, singing native songs, burning sweetgrass and tobacco, against heavily armed law enforcement. Some chained themselves to approaching machinery.…
by HPR Contributor | News | October 27th, 2016
…By C.S. HagenCANNONBALL – Hundreds of heavily-armed law enforcement officials marched on activists at their “Treaty Camp” Thursday morning.“Hold the line, be brave,” an activist called out.A massive fire was set at the activists’ frontline barricade on Highway 1806. Thick black smoke billowed toward approaching police, halting their advance. Two…
by John Strand | Editorial | October 27th, 2016
…By John Strand jas@hpr1.comLast week, HPR published “Trumpeteers,” an interview with several Republican candidates and leaders in North Dakota, to ascertain whether they support Donald Trump for president.Perhaps not surprisingly, stalwart Republicans towed the GOP line, continued their endorsements of Trump and defended some absolutely – in our opinion –…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | October 27th, 2016
…“I’ve had a lot of experiences—learning my identity over the years, growing up as a product of the assimilation campaign, I was not taught a lot about who I was as an Anishinaabe person,” says Minneapolis-based artist Jim Denomie, “Along the way I learned a lot of that stuff by…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | October 26th, 2016
…“War Is Hell” -General William Tecumseh Sherman, USA“War is a Racket” - Major General Smedley Butler, USMC“Americans are an ahistoric people. We come to new situations asking ‘what’s the problem?’ when a more appropriate inquiry might be, ‘what’s the story?’ And the way we now get the news…strengthens this tendency…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | October 26th, 2016
…Featuring a deep bench of authorities, scholars, politicians, ex-convicts, and dissenters, Ava DuVernay’s outstanding documentary “13th” arrives on the eve of a national election.Put together in near secrecy and opening the New York Film Festival, “13th” uses as its starting point the titular reference to the United States Constitution’s amendment…