Good friends – people I knew and respected – were pulled away from the fire on top of Last Child Hill... All told some 70 people went to jail for something they believed in with all of their hearts.
In the first week of his presidency, Donald J. Trump released a memorandum to expedite the permitting process of Dakota Access. Standing Rock has become a uniquely potent leverage point against the policies of the Trump Administration. Offshoots are popping…
If you’ve read any memoirs of people’s time at Standing Rock, you’ve most likely concluded that it was a very special place to be a part of. I spent around four days there myself, and identifying as a middle-class to…
I went to Cannonball, North Dakota, for almost a week through the Thanksgiving holiday and the plain truth is this: Standing Rock overwhelmed me. I have never in my life been involved in any Native protest spaces, in spite of…
As I write, I’m using my hand warmers to soften pieces of chocolate and keep my cell phone battery from succumbing to the freezing temperatures. A Baefeng FM transceiver periodically crackles on the dedicated medical and media channels, telling me…
On December the 4, the world press declared victory on behalf of the Water Protectors. The necessary Environmental Impact Statement that had not been conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers was ordered and the easement denied. It was hailed…
As we approached the main entrance to Oceti Sakowin I could feel the energy already. Within moments of arriving this sense of peace and comfort washed over me. There was no anxiety of the unknown even though I was over…