WATER. IS. LIFE.
Pope Francis appears to back tribal land rights in Dakota Access pipeline fight

Pontiff says need to protect native land is ‘especially clear when planning economic activities which may interfere with indigenous cultures’
18 October 2015 - Indigenous Canadians take leading role in battle against tar sands pipeline
December 3, 2015 - Energy East: Canada’s Indigenous Bands Rise Up Against a Tar Sands Pipeline
350.org - Cree activist Clayton Thomas-Muller, shown at a Keystone XL protest last January, is organizing First Nations opposition to the Energy East Pipeline.
30 June 2016 - Canadian court overturns approval of oil pipeline opposed by indigenous groups

Oct. 28, 2016 - Indigenous rights declaration not simple
* Indigenous Lawsuits Could Paralyze the Tar Sands


January 07, 2017 - Standing Rock 2017 and the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL): The Fight is Not Over | The Freedom Articles 4 January 2016
January 09, 2017 - Victory of Guatemala Indigenous Communities: Spanish Hydroelectric Company Abandons Project after Mass Resistance
January 29, 2017 - Controversial Dakota pipeline to go ahead after Army approval
February 2, 2017 - The Fight at Standing Rock Is Back — and U.S. Veterans Are Ready to Mobilize
Feb 3, 2017 - Navajo Nation Requests Official Membership in the United Nations
February 3, 2017 - Standing Down at Standing Rock
February 4, 2017 - Kenyans Of Indian Descent Seek Greater Recognition
Feb. 7, 2017 - Owners to vote on fate of Navajo coal plant in northern Arizona
February 07, 2017 - Trump Team Has Ties to Atlantic Coast Pipeline Now Being Pushed by White House
Feb 7, 2017 - Army Grants Easement To Complete Construction Of Dakota Access Pipeline
February 8, 2017 - Dakota Access activists call for return to camps even as tribe cleans up
Feb 9, 2017 - Tribe Files Legal Challenge to Stall Dakota Access Pipeline
February 09, 2017 - Black Snakes on the Move: U.S. Gas and Oil Pipeline Expansion Out of Control
10 February 2017 - Revealed: FBI terrorism taskforce investigating Standing Rock activists

11 February 2017 - Army veterans return to Standing Rock to form a human shield against police

February 12, 2017 - What?! - An ancillary view: Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL): Has the Standing Rock Resistance been Co-opted by the Non-Profit Industrial Complex?
13 February 2017 - Dakota pipeline: US judge denies request to halt construction
No Tar Sands!