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Monday Open Thread | Tribe to Keep Fighting After Court Refuses to Halt Pipeline

Posted on October 10, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will keep fighting the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline after a federal court rejected its request to halt construction on the project, which the tribe says would destroy some of its sacred sites, the tribe’s chairman … Continue reading →

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Thursday Open Thread | UN body says Sioux should have say in pipeline project

Posted on September 1, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is calling on the U.S. government to allow the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to have a say regarding a $3.8 billion oil pipeline that they say could disturb … Continue reading →

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