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Sheriffs’ Association Secretly Waged “Information War” on #NoDAPL Movement
July 24, 2017Morton County, ND – A new investigation by DeSmog and Muckrock reveals the behind-the-scenes role played by the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) in crafting narratives for law enforcement tasked with protecting the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) from resistance by indigenous peoples and their allies. Emails…... -
DAPL Security Leak Shows Coordinated Surveillance and Repression of Water Protectors
May 29, 2017Bismarck, ND – Leaked documents created by military intelligence contractor TigerSwan, recently obtained and published by The Intercept, provide a previously unseen look inside the operations taken by Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) security contractors against the #NoDAPL movement. TigerSwan was contracted to coordinate DAPL security…... -
DAPL Construction Nears US Army Corps Land While Still Lacking Permits
November 5, 2016Oceti Sakowin, ND – Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) within Morton County, North Dakota is almost complete. The pipeline has now reportedly progressed to within half a mile of land owned by the US Army Corps of Engineers, which would require permits that…... -
As DAPL Construction Advances, Water Protectors Continue Direct Action
October 20, 2016IA, RI, ND – As construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) continues, water protectors are regularly engaging in direct actions in attempts to halt the progress of the pipeline. Simultaneously, during the week of October 17th, solidarity actions have been held in several states…... -
27 Arrests After Water Protectors Pray At DAPL Site on Indigenous People’s Day
October 11, 2016Morton County, ND – Two people locked themselves to Dakota Access Pipeline construction equipment, early in the morning on Monday, October 10th. About two hours later that morning, a group of hundreds of indigenous water protectors converged on a DAPL work site a few miles…... -
Caravan of Water Protectors Stops Work at DAPL Site
September 28, 2016North Dakota – On Tuesday, September 27, a contingent of over 100 water protectors from the Red Warrior, Oceti Sakowin, and Sacred Stone camps entered a Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) work site to stop construction and conduct prayer ceremonies. Video posted to Facebook by the…... -
Water Protectors Plant Trees on DAPL Construction Site
September 25, 2016Cannon Ball, ND – This morning more than 100 water protectors entered a Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) construction site. A live video posted to Facebook shows a crowd gathered in an area where land had been cleared. Welded sections of pipe were laid out on…... -
Direct Actions Continue Against Dakota Access Pipeline, Legal Repression Intensifies
September 14, 2016Morton County, ND – Early in the morning of Wednesday, September 14th, indigenous water protectors again disrupted Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) construction by entering a work site north of Almont, North Dakota and using lockboxes to attach themselves to machinery. Livestream videos posted to Facebook…... -
Indigenous Water Protectors Swarm Dakota Access Pipeline Site, Stop Work
September 6, 2016Morton County, ND – On the morning of Tuesday September 6, over a hundred Indigenous resisters arrived at a Dakota Access Pipeline construction site. This latest visit came on the heels of last Saturday’s confrontation, when private security forces used attack dogs from Ohio’s Frost…...
