Veterans Stand for Standing Rock set a goal of getting 2,000 veterans to stand with the Sioux nation against the pipeline; it had to close the list when more than 2,100 veterans volunteered to help.

Cape Teal, of the Cheyenne River Sioux nation gets ready to head out for a ride on his horse Sasha at Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on Dec. 3, 2016 outside ...

For months, the land just above the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation has been ground zero for opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline. This camp is where thousands of people, indigenous and ...

By Kevin Sullivan. The Dakota Access Pipeline is a 1,170-mile, $3.8 billion project to carry oil extracted from rock through four states to refineries and pipeline networks in Illinois.

Adam Killsalive didn’t believe the news. The 22-year-old from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation who now resides in Beulah, North Dakota, had just eaten dinner and was checking messages and ...

Running Bear, a 32-year-old Standing Rock member, said native people have been praying since the days of Christopher Columbus. They prayed when they were moved onto reservations.

At Standing Rock, my story wasn’t unique. It was repeated over and over by people from all over the continent. That was my takeaway from Standing Rock. Wherever we come from, we have all been affected ...

On Dec. 4, just after thousands of veterans arrived to stand with Standing Rock, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied an easement for the pipeline to cross under the Missouri River while it ...

Standing Rock lost 55,000 acres, while adjacent Cheyenne River Reservation lost 150,000 acres. “If Dakota Access kills this river,” said Estes, ... LittleSun shook his head.

LaDonna Brave Bull Allard is a Lakota historian and member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota. In April 2016, she started the Sacred Stone Camp, the first occupation to oppose the ...

Riders from the Standing Rock, ... On bended knee, Clark removed his hat and bowed his head before Leonard Crow Dog, a Lakota medicine man.