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Tensions Mount Ahead of Much-Anticipated Ruling

The governor of North Dakota has activated the state’s National Guard ahead of today’s anticipated court ruling over the Dakota Access Pipeline.  It comes less than a week after private security guards pepper-sprayed and used attack dogs on activists trying to stop construction.  As Jenni Monet reports, Standing Rock Sioux tribal leaders have repeated calls for peace among thousands of campers protesting the pipeline. 

9/9/16 Tensions Mount Ahead of Much-Anticipated Ruling

Obama (Sort Of) Responds to #NoDAPL Battle in Standing Rock

Halfway around the world in Laos, President Barack Obama has responded to the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline debate.  His remarks were made at a town hall meeting in Luang Prabang where an audience member asked how he would ensure environmental justice to the people of Standing Rock.  Reporter Jenni Monet has more from Cannon Ball, North Dakota. 


9/8/16 President Obama Comments on DAPL

#NoDAPL Battle Fought on Many Fronts

The debate over the Dakota Access Pipeline was fought on several fronts Tuesday, including two courtrooms and a worksite.  In Washington D.C. a federal judge granted a partial stop on the North Dakota pipe work.  But as Jenni Monet reports, the broader request to ultimately halt the 3.8 billion dollar project hangs in the balance.



9/7/16 #NoDAPL Battle Fought on Many Fronts

Private Security Guards Pepper-Spray and Use Attack Dogs on Protesters

The battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline has intensified with heated protests and an emergency call to stop the project.  As Jenni Monet reports, Standing Rock Sioux tribal leaders say construction crews destroyed sacred burial and prayer sites on private land in southern North Dakota.

9/6/16 Private Security Guards Pepper-Spray and Use Attack Dogs on Protesters

Feb 1, 2017 | The Bismarck Tribune, reports that North Dakota Highway Patrol Cpt. Tom Iverson denied that I ever presented my press pass when asked.
However, a personal audio recording during that exchange proves otherwise.

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At the start of the Navajo Nation’s new winter legislative session, President Russell Begaye signed a proclamation raising awareness of human trafficking in and around the border-towns of the sprawling reservation.

Navajo Nation Proclaims Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Across Indian Country, Native women and their allies turn pain into action marking Valentine's Day a day to remember the hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.  Jenni Monet has more for National Native News

Valentine's Day, a day for #MMIWG Action

GENEVA-A report of a UN fact-finding mission conducted earlier this year on the status of today’s Native American tribal communities was released before the 21st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, today. The official remarks represent the first time an international human rights expert has made recommendations on improving the lives of the estimated 2.7 million American Indians living in the US.  UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya presented his 50-page review, calling on the United States to return stolen lands to American Indians, and urging President Obama to issue a public apology for historical wrongs inflicted on the nation's first peoples. 

UN Indigenous Expert Reports on Tour through Indian Country

While the world has learned in greater detail about the late US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens-- the diplomat who was killed in the line of duty on September 11th in Benghazi, Libya--what also surfaced in the days following his passing was the little-known fact that Stevens was also a direct descendent to a great Chinook Indian Chief who reigned throughout the late 18th and 19th centuries.  

The Chinook Connection:  Ambassador Stevens' Tribal Ancestry

Litigants embroiled in the Cherokee Freedmen citizenship dispute return to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.  http://bit.ly/X8ktB9

Cherokee Freedmen Return to DC Circuit

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