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by C.S. Hagen | News | February 8th, 2017
…Standing Rock’s fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline are not unlike the Wiindigo legends, said Winona Laduke, an economist and two-time vice presidential candidate for the Green Party.“The winter of the North Country is unforgiving. It is a time when we do things we regret…part of being human is to…
by C.S. Hagen | News | February 15th, 2017
…Standing Rock’s fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline has all the ingredients of legend, with only the ending remaining be be told. Centuries past, bards would be tuning their lutes, preparing lyrics, in fact, modern singers such as Neil Young, Dave Matthews, the Black Eyed Peas, Trevor Hall, and many…
by C.S. Hagen | News | November 30th, 2016
…Standing Rock’s supporters. The nemesis’ presence has long been felt inside the camps opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline, but few had proof of its existence until recently.Cell phone and live streaming problems were jokes, hidden behind nervous chuckles. Then people began pointing to the ubiquitous airplane circling on the hour,…
by C.S. Hagen | All About Food | July 24th, 2019
…Standing Rock, Red Tomahawk and others have quietly resisted, using the name Long Soldier to describe Sioux County’s seat, Fort Yates – in memory of Captain George Yates, killed at the Battle of Greasy Grass in 1876. Across the border in South Dakota is the town of McLaughlin, named to…
by C.S. Hagen | News | July 12th, 2017
…Standing Rock camps, according to IT analysts. One question remains: who was responsible for launching the attacks?Hundreds of mobile phones and vehicles were damaged as batteries were suddenly drained of power, or were “fried,” during warm and cold weather. Incidents of random hot spots for Internet reception with alternating GPS…
by C.S. Hagen | News | November 5th, 2018
…Standing Rock Sioux are not angry. After centuries of unfair treaties and mistreatment they’re shrugging away the latest government attempt to suppress their votes, and heading to the polls in record numbers. Absentee ballots have quadrupled this midterm election from previous years with 320 received by the Sioux County Auditor’s…
by C.S. Hagen | News | September 7th, 2017
…STANDING ROCK – Long ago, Native American women would stuff dirt up their dresses to keep from getting raped by the wasi’chu, meaning eat the fat, a term which has evolved to denote the collective white man. In those lawless days, they preferred death to the pain and humiliation.“If the…
by C.S. Hagen | News | December 1st, 2016
…Standing Rock, North Dakota Veterans took a step back.They’re remaining neutral. Their stance nationally is not popular, Chairman of the North Dakota Veterans Coordinating Council Russel Stabler said during a press conference. And they’re adamantly opposed to any North Dakota veteran joining Veterans for Standing Rock movement set to arrive…
by C.S. Hagen | News | January 24th, 2017
…Standing Rock’s first camp was pitched against the Dakota Access Pipeline, a deadly poison was spread across thousands of acres in the area by a rancher intent on killing prairie dogs.Six eagles, a buffalo, prairie dogs, and an antelope may have died because of the poison, investigators from the United…
by C.S. Hagen | News | December 5th, 2016
…Standing Rock supporters stretched a mile south on Highway 1806. Police barricades disappeared en route to the camps, and Morton County Sheriff’s Department backed away from the militarized zone north of Backwater Bridge.“This is what hope looks like, regardless of the color of your skin,” Brady said. “All these prayers…