Obituaries
Myron Dewey, who won acclaim for footage of demonstrations over the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Reservation, dies in a car crash.
Sept. 30, 2021
World & Nation
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is protesting (and suing) to block the Dakota Access pipeline, a $3.8 billion, 1,172-mile project would carry nearly a half-million barrels of crude oil daily from North Dakota’s oil fields through South Dakota and Iowa to an existing pipeline in Patoka, Illinois, where shippers can access Midwest and Gulf Coast markets.
Sept. 9, 2016
Winter weather at the Dakota Access pipeline protests in North Dakota.
Dec. 2, 2016
A day after the Obama administration said it would continue to withhold a final permit for the Dakota Access pipeline, thousands of protesters across the country urged the administration to shut down construction for good.
Nov. 15, 2016
A federal judge on Monday rejected a request by two American Indian tribes for an emergency order halting construction of the remaining section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
Feb. 13, 2017
Construction of the final segment of the Dakota Access pipeline has begun, and the full system should be operational within three months, the developer of the long-delayed project said Thursday, even as a Native American tribe filed a legal challenge to block the work and protect its water supply.
Feb. 9, 2017
Construction on the four-state Dakota Access pipeline resumed Tuesday on private land in North Dakota that’s near a camp where thousands of protesters supporting tribal rights have gathered for months.
Oct. 11, 2016
The Army Corps of Engineers told Congress on Tuesday that it will allow the $3.8-billion Dakota Access oil pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, completing the disputed four-state project.
Feb. 7, 2017
In a decision the Standing Rock Sioux and its supporters lauded as a potential turning point, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to conduct additional environmental reviews of the Dakota Access pipeline, renewing the possibility the line could be shuttered at a later date.
June 15, 2017
The head of the company building the Dakota Access oil pipeline said Friday that it won’t be rerouted but that he’d like to meet with the head of a Native American tribe to try to ease the tribe’s concerns about the project.
Nov. 18, 2016