Standing Rock and the #NoDaPL Protests: Resources for Understanding

A report with basic facts about the protest and its context.

This Wikipedia article is quite thorough.

Energy Transfer's site provides the company's rationale for the pipeline as well as maps and company fact sheets.

Provides information about Oceti Sakowin (the protest encampment) and about the indigenous nations' opposition to the Pipeline.

Site for the Standing Rock tribal council, host of the Stand With Standing Rock site.

News from one of the camps, raided on February 23, 2017, in spite of legal disputes over the private/tribal ownership of the land.

Created by the NYC Stands for Standing Rock committee, a group of Indigenous scholars and activists and supporters. Includes maps, a historical timeline, and contextual readings on history, environmental issues, political thought, and the protest. Also includes links to visual resources and video of a Teach In.

From the New York Times, an in-depth profile of the young native women who founded the camp and started a movement.

From the New York Times, an interactive graphic showing all of the legal disputes and protests along the 1,172-mile pipeline.

An international effort to give indigenous people a voice in environmental affairs and to protect indigenous values and lands.

Report on the recent Army Corps of Engineers decision to prohibit drilling for the pipeline.

Website of Standing Rock Youth that provides videos, blog posts, and a petition.

From Code Switch, an exploration of the significance of the tribes gathering in North Dakota to protest, as well as historical precedents.

Multimedia feature from the Washington Post interviewing protesters and North Dakotans who defend the pipeline.

The tribe sued the Corps, claiming it had violated federal law that protects sites of historical and cultural importance, when approving permits for the pipeline. The court declined to issue an injunction to stop the construction.

In spite of the court's decision not to issue an injunction, the army, with the Departments of Justice and the Interior, halted permitting until further examination of the tribe's claims that permits violated laws.

The text of the early December memorandum stating that drilling would not be allowed until further research is conducted.

Assembled by Earth Justice, includes links to legal actions taken by the tribe and various responses.

News and opinion with a focus on native peoples, primarily focused on North America.

An independent native-owned news organization based in Wisconsin.

A volunteer collective of multimedia artists and journalists providing news from sites of protest.