Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Indigenous water protectors at Standing Rock, who have fought construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, are surrounded by militarized police forces. They face an evacuation order that the state of North Dakota and Army Corps of Engineers plan to enforce in the afternoon on February 22. But the water
Dakota Access Pipeline Memo Supporting Tribal Rights Buried By Trump Administration
The memo was suspended weeks ago by the Trump administration in an attempt to quash the legal analysis done by the department of interior before Trump was inaugurated, but recently resurfaced in a related court case.