Many environmentalists and tribes have been united in recent years and months over proposed mining or pipeline projects they’re concerned post a hazard to our Minnesota waterways. But on the Standing Rock reservation in south central North Dakota, a quiet, lonely place where three biggest towns have under a thousand people each, some kind of tipping point has been reached. On this reservation in the middle of nowhere, where about 15-thousand people live on just over two million acres of land thousands of native people and allies have gathered to shut down construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. More than an environmental protest, what does the action at Standing Rock have to say about the relationship of tribal people with the government, their allies and each other?
Community Conversations: Standing Together at Standing Rock
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Irene Benjamin of Mille Lacs (left), and Reyna Crow, representing Idle No More Duluth and Idle No More Minnesota
Reyna Crow
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September 3, shortly before protestors clashed with private security. Reyna Crow writes " I took it as I was approaching the end of the wooden bridge there where the women linked arms a few minutes later."
Reyna Crow
