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'An Attack on Indigenous People': Mount Rushmore Trump Event Denounced as Racist, Dangerous, and Disrespectful
Visitors look at Mount Rushmore National Monument on July 02, 2020 near Keystone, South Dakota.
Cheyenne River Sioux Chair Offers to Rip Down Mount Rushmore—"Free of Charge... By Myself If I Must"
Jon Queally, staff writer
Mount Rushmore National Memorial on April 23, 2020, in Keystone, South Dakota. (Photo: Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images)
"Nothing stands as a greater reminder to the Great Sioux Nation of a country that cannot keep a promise or treaty than the faces carved into our sacred land on what the United States calls Mount Rushmore."
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ACLU Celebrates Settlement Ending Unconstitutional Efforts to Silence Pipeline Protesters in South Dakota
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
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"Let this be a lesson to other states: If you criminalize protest, we will sue."
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Applause as Federal Court Blocks 'Unconstitutional' South Dakota Law That Would Hit Pipeline Protesters With Up to 25 Years in Prison
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The so-called 'Riot Boosting' Act was clearly intended to suppress...
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Protesters march during a demonstration against the Dakota Access Pipeline on March 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
'Vague, Overly Broad, and Sweeping in Scope': Lawsuits Take Aim at Efforts to Criminalize Anti-Pipeline Protests
Flooding at Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
'State of Emergency': Pine Ridge Reservation Flooding Exposes Racial Divide in Climate Crisis
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Keystone XL Developer "Infiltrates Our Democracy" With Major Campaign Contributions in Nebraska
The 'Told You So' Everyone Was Dreading—First DAPL Spill Reported
Tribe Files New Suit as Army Corps Announces Eviction Deadline for Water Protectors
From Citizens United to Ranked-Choice Voting: Democracy on the Ballot 2016
Koch Brothers Waging War Against Local Effort to Expose Dark Money
'They're Trying to Poison Our Future,' Resistance Heats Up to Stop 'Black Snake' From Slithering Through Midwest
Sanders and Clinton Vying for More than California on Final Big Tuesday
"No Safe Pipelines": TransCanada Admits Keystone Spill Bigger than First Claimed
'Right Side of History': South Dakota Governor Vetoes Anti-Transgender Bill
Lawmakers Nationwide Launch Concerted Assault on Women's Rights

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South Dakota Governor Drops Anti-Protest Laws in Settlement Agreement With ACLU
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Global Indigenous Women’s Delegation Visits North Dakota to Share Strategies to Oppose Mega Oil and Gas Projects, Impact on Women and Girls
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Federal Court Overrules Trump and Calls For Full Environmental Review of Keystone XL in Nebraska
Friends of the Earth
Statement on TransCanada Oil Spill on Keystone Pipeline
Indigenous Environmental Network
IEN Responds to Reports of Leaks in Dakota Access Pipeline
ACLU
Federal Court Again Backs Native American Families in ACLU Lawsuit
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