Jenni Monet’s jailing raises concerns about press freedom and the First Amendment.
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DAPL moves forward
The Acting Secretary of the Army has granted the easement necessary to finish the billion-dollar project.
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Breaking down Trump’s Dakota Access decision
The lawyerly memo sends a strong message to green light the pipeline.
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Standing Rock’s men at war
By challenging our myths of the West and its warriors, Native men find their voice.
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What Standing Rock meant for those who took part
Protesters from afar didn’t just take a stand in North Dakota — they brought the movement back home.
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How Standing Rock blew up
In a short time, a tribal concern became a massive movement.
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How Obama began to mend broken tribal relations
Native American leaders say Obama’s legacy is this: He listened.
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‘New Mexico’s DAPL’ is dead
The pipeline would have carried crude oil drilled around Chaco Culture National Historic Park.
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Feds withheld key documents from Standing Rock Sioux
Still, Trump’s election reduces chances that the Dakota Access pipeline will be permanently blocked.
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An inside look at the national parks
Hard-won photos of the National Park Service’s ‘Treasured Lands.’
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We talked to protesters at Standing Rock. Here’s what they learned.
What protesters are thinking as crowds dissipate and cold seizes camp.
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The twisted economics of the Dakota Access Pipeline
It’s not about energy independence or even climate change. It’s all about profit.
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Pipeline protesters seek refuge from the cold
A dispatch from Prairie Knights Casino, now an outpost of the Standing Rock protests.
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West Obsessed: The view from inside Standing Rock’s camps
In a special episode, we talk to reporter Tay Wiles, who is in North Dakota reporting on DAPL protests.
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In the decision on Standing Rock, ghosts from the past
The federal government’s decision on Dakota Access pipeline could signal a shift in U.S.-tribal relations.
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The companies behind DAPL don’t think they’ve lost
They “fully expect to complete construction of the pipeline without any additional rerouting.”
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Army Corps denies crucial DAPL easement
Protesters react to the decision to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
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Feds to send conciliators amid tensions over Dakota Access
In Bismarck, officials describe a chaotic mix of law enforcement and protesters.
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At Standing Rock, activists dig in on historic treaty land
‘Water protectors’ say they won’t move on a Dec. 5 eviction notice.
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What Obama can actually do about Standing Rock
According to tribal law experts, not much.