mission 

Many of you have heard that the Army Corps of Engineers denied Dakota Access Pipeline the necessary permit to drill beneath the Missouri River at Standing Rock. The decision came from the Obama administration. This is very good, but the fight is far from over. 

Many believe the fight is over and that the pipeline will be 100% re-routed. This is not true. The Army Corps of Engineers are merely studying the grounds for potential alternative routes. It is true the Sioux Tribes have been given a respite, but not a win.

Morning Star Gali, of the Achomawi Band of the Pit River Tribe, an activist and  mother of two, has said recently, "The pipeline hasn't left yet, the machinery hasn't left yet, the floodlights have been turned off, the barbed wire hasn't been removed," she says. "Until that occurs, it's not over with and we plan to be here."

We need your help to continue to protect the Sioux land and water          

The Standing Rock Sioux and water protectors remain firmly planted at Cannonball, ND to continue protecting their land and water resources. 

We must continue to assist in the protection of sacred Sioux land, their water supplies, and the complex and evolving winterization of the protector camps at Oceti Sakowin and Sacred Stone. 

We must all understand that this solidarity movement is still developing, and our support, by means of donations will reflect the unfolding current of this process as the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe deems worthy and fit.

Please stand with us and the Sioux Tribes

Taking a stand on this situation means you support civil and human rights, Native and Indigenous people, as well as environmental protection and ethical energy use. 

Supporting the Standing Rock Sioux is encouraging fearlessness and awareness in the face of Washington's turn to deregulate legislation to protect the environment. Trump wants to tear down the Paris Agreement, appoint climate skeptics to head the EPA, and believes oil magnates can lead as Secretary of Interior and Secretary of Energy. 

I hope you join us on Thursday, December 15, for the RISE LIKE WATER event, but if you can’t, we would appreciate a donation of any amount that can be made through our Go Fund Me page. Click here to donate now.

what we know

  • US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) denied the easement necessary to continue pipeline construction underneath the Missouri River and Lake Oahe, and legally delayed the completion of the pipeline.  
  • USACE will conduct an Environmental Impact Statement, a much more comprehensive analysis than the Environmental Assessment. 
  • Although the Army Corps will study alternate routes, they could still determine that the pipeline’s current pathway is the best route for construction. 
  • Oceti Sakowin and the other camps will remain. The Standing Rock Sioux have not made an official statement on what the gathering will look like going forward as the EIS is created. Dave Archambault II has urged protestors who are non-native to return to their homes for the time being. 
  • Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics Partners “are fully committed to ensuring that this vital project is brought to completion and fully expect to complete construction of the pipeline without any additional rerouting in and around Lake Oahe. Nothing this Administration has done today changes that in any way.”
  • Energy Transfer Partners called the easement denial “an overt and transparent political action by an administration which had abandoned the rule of law.” ETP, alongside other oil moguls, members of congress and President-elect Donald Trump’s inner circle are ready dismantle the NEPA through policy. 
  • D. Trump discloses between $500,000 and $1 million in investments with Energy Transfer Partners 
  • Trump administration would further deregulate Federal legislation to protect Native American rights, such as the National Historic Preservation Act. 
  • Trump intends to repeal NEPA under EPA, Obama's Clean Power Plan, and take down the Paris Agreement.