September 14, 2016 – Today, 3 more individuals locked themselves to equipment at an active construction site just west of Bismarck. This followed the actions from yesterday morning, when 2 water protectors locked themselves to heavy equipment to stop work at two active pipeline construction sites northwest of Mandan. One worker pepper sprayed one of […]
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Water Protectors Lock to Equipment Halting Dakota Access Construction
September 1, 2016 – This morning, water protectors halted construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline by locking their bodies to trenching equipment on a worksite south of Mandan, North Dakota. An estimated ninety people gathered to drum, sing, pray, and call for an immediate stop to construction. A total of eight people were arrested. The […]
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Tribal gathering faces aggressive state repression and media manipulation
August 23, 2016 – The historic gathering of tribes from across the continent in opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline continues in the face of aggressive state repression and media manipulation. Last Friday, Governor Dalrymple declared a State of Emergency in order to make additional state resources available to “manage public safety risks associated with […]