Our Relatives at Standing Rock Need Your Help Today We have watched the escalating brutality of the Morton County, North Dakota sheriff’s office and their out-of-state bullies for months as they protect private oil interests instead of the rights of people. Dog attacks, misleading information in the press, security planes flying night and day over the camps scrambling phone reception, […]
JOIN THE BLITZ! The blitz continues! Organizers of the successful postcard blitz are calling you to take to let the banks financing Dakota Access know they should divest. Join us Nov 9th through Nov 23rd! Join the updated facebook event for more information. Join this national call to action to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline! It’s easy and only takes […]
JOIN THE POSTCARD BLITZ THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4th! Join this national call to action to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline! It’s easy and only takes a minute. Step 1: Share this event with all your friends who stand with #NoDAPL. Step 2: Get two postcards and two stamps. Step 3: Address them to… President Obama The White House 1600 […]
The following was published as a guest opinion column in the Iowa City Press-Citizen on October 12th, 2016. Thank you, Kathy, for being such an amazing water protector! Dakota Access Pipeline would disrupt the flow of nature In August, I was arrested in Boone for attempting to stop work on the Dakota Access Pipeline. I am opposed to the pipeline […]
Twice now Kathy Holdefer, a water protector and pipeline protestor from Mingo, Iowa, has corrected Iowa media on their spin following assumed arson at Dakota Access’ Bakken pipeline construction sites. The following was published in the Newton Daily News on Monday, October 24th. Once again, it’s been insinuated that “protestors” of the Bakken pipeline are responsible for […]
The following is reposted with permission from the Iowa Informer. The interactive map is available on their website. The Dakota Access Pipeline’s Current Construction Progress By Gavin Aronsen October 8, 2016 A close-up of the pipeline’s route through the Ames area. Image: BakkenPipelineMap.com Using the crowdsourced data visualization tool MapStory, Ames resident Nitin Gadia has put together a detailed map […]
We know that the financial backers of Dakota Access’ Bakken pipeline are getting nervous. Our actions are making an impact. The time is now to stop this pipeline for good. We invite you to join in the growing resistance at these upcoming actions! The Mississippi River is now the frontline of direct action to stop the pipeline. Water protectors are […]
Lee County has succumbed to pressure from Dakota Access to evict the peaceful Mississippi Stand camp. We all live in the Mississippi watershed. Many of you have joined with Mississipi Stand in direct actions the past weekends or have been following their efforts on facebook the past weeks as they work to stop Dakota Access from drilling beneath the Mississippi […]
One hundred and seventy-four years ago, Chief Wapello of the Meskwaki died near the fork of the Skunk (Chicauqua)River and seven months later, in October, the Sac and Fox (Meskwaki) signed a treaty ceding all their lands in Iowa to the United States. That same year, my g-g-g-g-grandfather Judge Thomas Comstock entered the area, which was under Dragoon guard to […]
Thanks to our pipeline watchdogs, we’ve caught Dakota Access in some egregious disrespect of our Earth and violations of the law. We must shut this pipeline down in its entirety. As we work together toward that goal, our watchdogs will continue to represent the public good and to document violations. We need your help! Did you know that Dakota Access IS NOT supposed to […]
