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Indigenous Protests Are Blazing a New Trail for How to Beat Big Oil
Joye Braun was among the first to camp in the plains of North Dakota in defiance of the Dakota Access pipeline back in 2016. She was there to stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Indigenous people from around the world eventually arrived to gather in ceremony. Four years later, their prayers have…
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North Dakota’s First Solar Farm Opens On Standing Rock Tribal Land
In 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe launched a battle against an oil pipeline running across their ancestral lands. Despite their efforts gaining international attention, the 1886km-long Dakota Access Pipeline was built anyway. The tribe lost that battle — but its members didn’t let that defeat stop them from tackling the greater issue at hand:…