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Indigenous Peoples
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Why “Climate Change” Must Become a Promise to Decolonize
Climate change needs to be discussed in terms of conquest, genocide, slavery and other conditions that are at its root.
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Resisting Despair: Speaking Truth in the Face of Trump
What is the role of the press in the face of impending overt fascism? Truthout staff speak out against “acting normal.”
Standing Rock Sioux Elder: “We Have an Obligation to Protect All of America”
“We symbolize the struggle of every community in America about the lack of water, about contaminated water.”
Dakota Access Pipeline Once Again on Hold as Standing Rock Supporters Stage Day of Action
Just hours after the Army Corps extended its delay, Energy Transfer Partners petitioned the US District Court in Washington, DC to intervene.
Indigenous Activist Zip-Tied and Locked in Dog Kennel for Six Hours for Protesting Dakota Access Pipeline
Activist Tara Houska says police handcuffed her with zip ties and held her in a dog kennel for six hours without charging her with a crime.
Bernie Sanders’ Surprise Speech Outside the White House on Rejecting Dakota Pipeline and Trump
Sanders demanded that the sovereign rights of Indigenous peoples be honored.
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I Couldn’t Go to Standing Rock, So I Closed My Bank Accounts Instead
There are 38 banks supporting the Dakota Access pipeline. I found out mine was one of them.
She Asked for Help and Wound Up Dead
Michelle Farber reports on the circumstances of another police killing in Washington.
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Why Understanding the Native American Perspective Is Essential for Resolving the Dakota Access Pipeline Crisis
What makes a mountain, hill or prairie a “sacred” place?
Drinking Water on Indigenous Land: More Violations, Less EPA
Tribal drinking water utilities and wastewater treatment plants are far less likely to be federally inspected despite more violations.