Author: James MacPherson
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Protest grows ahead of key ruling on Dakota Access pipeline
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Awaiting Friday’s critical federal ruling on the Dakota Access pipeline, more than 1,000 people – including families with children – gathered at the site of a long-running protest in North Dakota. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said he will rule by the end of Friday on the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s request to block the…
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In North Dakota, people vs. oil pipeline protest strengthens
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Chekota American Horse and his 8-month-old son traveled a few miles from their home on the nearby Sioux reservation to join the growing protest against a $3.8 billion oil pipeline that’s going into the ground fast. Mekasi Horinek, a Ponca, traveled from Oklahoma. Carlos Castaneda, who is Sioux and Ute, came from Denver. “I came…
