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​DAPL Easement Issued, Pipeline Work Will Soon Begin

by C.S. Hagen | News | February 8th, 2017

…Standing Rock Sioux. “On February 8, 2017, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted an easement to Dakota Access, LLC allowing the installation of a thirty-inch diameter light crude oil pipeline under federal lands managed by the Corps at Oahe Reservoir,” Capt. Ryan Hignight reported in the Army Corps’ press…

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​“An Act of War”

by C.S. Hagen | News | February 7th, 2017

…Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is not mentioned once in the letter from the Department of the Army, nor in a January 24 letter written by President Trump to the Secretary of the Army. The issuance of the easement was influenced by the letter of expedition from the White House concerning the…

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Power, poison, and pot

by C.S. Hagen | News | September 5th, 2018

…Standing Rock Reservation. Instead of digging the rodenticide six inches into the ground – like the directions say – the poison, meant for prairie dogs, was scattered across 5,400 acres with a spoon and a bucket, killing bald eagles, buffalo, and other wildlife. The incident is one of the worst…

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​Is The Pen Mightier Than The Law?

by C.S. Hagen | News | February 1st, 2017

…Standing Rock’s victory against big oil, Trump’s Administration is trying to take it away. Senator John Hoeven, R-N.D. reported the Army Corps has been ordered to proceed with the easement needed under the Missouri River at Lake Oahe. “Today, the Acting Secretary of the Army Robert Speer informed us that…

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​Fargo Wants Peace, State Wants More Help, Energy Transfer Partners Will Carry On

by C.S. Hagen | News | December 6th, 2016

…Standing Rock. Energy Transfer Partners reported it didn’t care what the US Army Corps of Engineers said. The Dakota Access Pipeline will carry on.More than 2,000 veterans travelled to Standing Rock over the weekend, according to Veterans for Standing Rock’s Facebook page. Their arrival assisted Standing Rock and the tribe’s…

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​Standing Rock vs. Energy Transfer Partners part 2

by C.S. Hagen | News | November 13th, 2019

…Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, the principal opponent against the expansion, said such a change would put the environment, drinking water, and tribal lands further at risk. “In recent months and years, Energy Transfer and its pipelines have caused a number of high-profile release incidents, prompting unprecedented government enforcement actions, shutdowns,…

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Voter suppression begins

by C.S. Hagen | News | October 31st, 2018

…Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, lives in Fort Yates near a sign that reads “Buffalo Avenue.” When he went to the courthouse to obtain his 911 address, he was given a number along 92nd Street. “There is no sign on his street that says 92nd Street,” the lawsuit reported. “He had…

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​FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force Targets Standing Rock Activist

by C.S. Hagen | News | March 23rd, 2017

…Standing Rock’s fight in North Dakota against the Dakota Access Pipeline.Aaron Pollitt, 28, from Indiana, was charged on October 22, 2016, by Morton County Police with engaging in a riot and criminal trespass, according to Morton County Clerk of Court. His trial is pending. After three weeks of direct action…

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​State strips then delays Native voting rights

by C.S. Hagen | News | October 13th, 2018

…Standing Rock Sioux Reservation won’t be able to vote, especially with only a month left to satisfy the new requirements, Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Mike Faith said in a press release. “Why is it getting harder and harder for Native Americans to vote?” Faith said. “This law clearly discriminates against…

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‘My spirit was broken’

by C.S. Hagen | News | March 21st, 2018

…Standing Rock. As a new mother and a strong Dakota woman from the Crow Creek Tribe, eager to defend Native and environmental rights, she was tricked, she said, held captive for two weeks, threatened with knives, a long gun, beaten, raped, forced to kneel on a broomstick, and strangled into…

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