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©Deborah Coulter 2020

Collage for week of July 5…the joy of celebrating an unprecedented victory this week for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe with a ruling by a federal judge to shutdown the Dakota Access Pipeline because of inadequacies of it’s environmental assessments. It took four long years, but today justice has been served at Standing Rock,” attorney Jan Hasselman, who represents the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, said in a press release. “If the events of 2020 have taught us anything, its that health and justice must be prioritized early on in any decision-making process if we want to avoid a crisis later on.”

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'The Movement Isn't Over' say Water Protectors Facing Eviction

Despite fears of arrest and police violence, water protectors vow to continue to defend the water and Indigenous sovereignty.

On the eve of Wednesday's 2 p.m. scheduled eviction of the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock, the remaining water protectors called for solidarity and vowed to continue the resistance to the US$3 billion Dakota Access Pipeline re-approved by President Donald Trump.

On Tuesday, the Army Corps of Engineers refused to extend Wednesday's eviction deadline set by North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum last week, citing concerns about flooding.

"They don't understand people are willing to die here," one 90-year-old woman told The Intercept. "They don't understand we will not back down. We have our ancestors with us and we are in prayer that Tunkashila (Great Spirit in Lakota) will guide us in our freedom."

The neighboring Sacred Stone Camp, which is on land owned by Stand Rock Sioux Tribe member LaDonna Allard, was also issued an eviction notice last week by the Bureau of Indian Affairs which claims jurisdiction on the land, despite the fact that the camp had been endorsed in a vote by the Standing Rock Sioux council back in June.

Despite the expected eviction, those remaining at the camp and their allies were defiant that the fight against the pipeline isn't over.

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WATER IS LIFE

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Last Remnants of Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp Engulfed in Flames

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers set a deadline for the camp to be cleared

(CANNON BALL, N.D.) — Some of the last remnants of the Dakota Access pipeline protest camp went up in flames Wednesday as opponents of the project set fire to makeshift wooden housing as part of a leaving ceremony ahead of a government deadline to get off the federal land.

The camp has been home to demonstrators for six months as they tried to thwart construction of the pipeline. Many of the protesters planned to go peacefully, but authorities were prepared to arrest others who said they would defy the deadline in a final show of dissent.

About 150 people marched arm-in-arm out of the camp, singing and playing drums as they walked down a highway. It was not clear where they were headed. One man carried an American flag hung upside-down.

Others departed the soggy camp earlier in the day. Authorities sent buses to take protesters to Bismarck, where they were offered fresh clothing, bus fare home and food and hotel vouchers.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers set a 2 p.m. Wednesday deadline for the camp to be cleared, citing the threat of spring flooding.

At the height of the protests, the site known as Oceti Sakowin hosted thousands of people, though its population dwindled to just a couple of hundred as the pipeline battle moved into the courts.

The camp is on federal land in North Dakota between the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and the pipeline route that is being finished by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners. When complete, the project will carry oil through the Dakotas and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois.

Some of the remaining protesters were focused on moving off federal land and away from the flood plain into other camps, said Phyllis Young, one of the camp leaders.

"The camps will continue," she said. "Freedom is in our DNA, and we have no choice but to continue the struggle."

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New York: Emergency rally to support Standing Rock

Wednesday, Feb. 22 - 1 to 4 pm

Foley Square, Manhattan

Standing Rock is under attack NOW. On Februrary 22nd at 2:00PM(Central) the government will clear the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock and many don't have time to move and will be evicted forcefully. Tomorrow is our time to act and we call on you to stand with us! Starting at 1:00PM (Eastern) NYC high school students and others will be gathering at Foley Square outside of the Army Corps of Engineers to rally for Standing Rock and to call on NYC to #DeFundDAPL and divest from all fossil fuels. Join us! Bring your signs! Bring your chants! Bring your love! And learn more about divestment at www.defunddapl.org

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#NoDAPL water protectors continue the struggle

By Mahtowin Munro 

The historic Indigenous-led struggle of thousands against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock may not be news in the mainstream media anymore. But the struggle continues as hundreds of water protectors have had to deal with federal and state charges against them.

On May 30, Michael “Little Feather” Giron became the first #NoDAPL water protector to receive a federal prison sentence resulting from resistance to the pipeline.

Charged with civil disorder and use of fire to commit a federal felony offense, arising from events of Oct. 27, 2016, Little Feather entered into a noncooperating plea agreement. Under this, the use of fire charge — which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and the possibility of up to 15 years in prison — was dropped, and Little Feather received a 36-month sentence for aiding a civil disorder.

According to the Water Protector Legal Collective of the National Lawyers Guild, which is representing the vast majority of those arrested, other water protectors are currently awaiting trial or sentencing.

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©Deborah Coulter 2018 

Collage for week of January 14...Women’s March 2018. 

What the world needs now is love sweet love.  Surrounded by uber energy and creativity while marching in NYC, I got to experience truth, power, and love celebrated through an array of posters, music, chanting and dancing. Infinite Thanks to all the women, men, girls, boys and children who came out in full flow to express equality for all and the care of our Earth.

I’m standing with Standing Rock.