By Kit O’Connell STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, South Dakota — Amid near continuous harassment and frequent arrests by police, members of over 300 Native American tribes gathered on native land in North Dakota continue to block construction on the Dakota Access pipeline. “It’s a matter of minutes from when they’re called that they show up…
by Kelly Hayes As the struggle at Standing Rock has escalated in recent days, with increased state violence, hastened pipeline construction, and the creation of a encampment in the direct path of the pipeline, I have watched widespread Native unity flourish. Friends, co-strugglers, and even long-time enemies, such as the Crow Nation and the Lakota,…
By Kelly Hayes Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. While the world watched the Olympics, and reporters echoed Donald Trump’s latest absurdities, Black and Indigenous freedom fighters were holding space in revolutionary ways,…
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