Environmental

Standing Rock Denounces Army Easement Announcement, Vows Court Challenge

Download(PDF): Press Release

Next steps for Tribe and allies:

  • The Tribe will challenge any easement decision on the grounds that the EIS was
    wrongfully terminated. The Tribe will demand a fair, accurate and lawful environmental impact statement to identify true risks to its treaty rights, including its water supply and sacred places.
  • The Tribe has asked the court for DAPL to disclose its oil spill and risk assessment
    records for full transparency and review by the public.
  • If DAPL is successful in constructing and operating the pipeline, the Tribe will seek to
    shut the pipeline operations down.
  • A Native Nations march on Washington is scheduled for March 10. The Standing Rock
    Sioux Tribe and tribes across the country invite allies in America and from around the
    world to join the march.

NYTs: “Guardians of a Vast Lake, and a Refuge for Humanity”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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Citing Religious Freedom Act, CRST Requests TRO Against DAPL

Download(PDF): Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Requests Temporary Restraining Order to DAPL Based on the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Olgala Sioux Tribe President’s Press Release on Granting of DAPL Easement

Download(PDF): For Immediate Release: Oglala Sioux Tribe Calls for Protection of the Water Protectors and Condemns Army Corps’ Illegal Granting of Easement to Dakota Access

Hoopa and Yurok Tribes Prevail in ESA Litigation

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Link: Federal Court Protects Klamath Salmon, Tribal and Fishing Communities (Earthjustice), previous post

Materials and briefs in the matter of Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior of the United States of America et al, 16-cv-04294 (N.D. Cali.):

New Commentary on Standing Rock

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Here is “Standing Rock and the Erosion of Tribal Rights.”

NYTs Profile of One Mind Youth Movement

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “The Youth Group That Launched a Movement at Standing Rock.”

Tribal Amicus Brief in Challenge to EPA Mercury Rule

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the brief in Murray Energy Corp. v. EPA (D.C. Cir.):

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Tribal Amicus Brief FINAL

Tell Them Chaco Canyon is not For Sale (Scoping Meetings This Week)

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Here:

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Standing Rock may be the first battle site in Trump’s war on the environment

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From the article:

“Trump’s orders, in themselves, did not completely undo the Obama administration’s pipeline decisions, but they are clear indicators that such an outcome is in the works. TransCanada, the Keystone project’s owner, is being asked to resubmit the project application (with the caveat that Trump wants the pipeline built with 100% American steel). Meanwhile, the Army Corps of Engineers is being ordered to “review and approve in an expedited manner” the North Dakota pipeline plan of Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners.”

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