Standing Rock Indian Reservation

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of the Dakotas Context: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is located in both North and South Dakota. This tribe is often called the Sioux tribe, a derogatory term that dates back to the seventeenth century, when the Ojibwa called the Lakota and Dakota “Nadouwesou”. French traders then shortened it to its last syllable “Sioux” (“standingrock.org”, 10/21/14) Part of the Dakotas was purchased by the United States from France through the Louisiana purchase. The Dakotas were…

General racism, environmental devastation, and poverty on Indian reservations makes it burdensome for many Native people to live according to their traditions. As many are simply trying to survive daily life, they do not have the energy, money, or time to be taught and teach their indigenous languages and cultures. For some Native peoples, their very survival is dependent on preserving their language and particular ways of life. While it does seem that some languages and cultures are in danger…

would travel under the Missouri River, a primary water source for the Sioux Indians of Standing Rock, a tribe of 10,000 Indians on a reservation in central North and South Dakota via the Fort Laramie Treaties Act of 1868. (6) Dakota Pipeline Builders insist that they have taken precautions to safeguard against pipeline oil spills/leaks and prevent the destruction of Indian burial sites. However, the indigenous Indians of North Dakota as well as outside protestor’s from as far California,…

living on the reservation, the land is not just simply dirt and gravel. To the Sioux, Lakota, and numerous other Native people, the land is sacred. Standing Rock is not only significant for religious purposes, but also for the symbol it stands for. Standing Rock also symbolizes the centuries old protest the Sioux Nation has had with the Federal and State government of Dakota. Standing Rock is the modern symbol and history of the Sioux Nation. Especially after the DAPL was halted, Standing Rock…

receiving certain rights that they lawfully deserve. Standing Rock: A New Movement For Native-American Rights displays, once again, the disregard that government and industries have towards the environment and native people. It presented how the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline has created lots of controversy throughout the country due to the fact that this oil company ignored the reality that they were cutting through the Sioux reservation border…

The pipeline will be going right outside the Standing Rocks Sioux Tribes reservation. Per Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, developers building the Access Pipeline demolished an ancient burial site sacred to the Sioux (quoted by Morris). The main issue that would have the largest impact is the drinking water source and this…

As a result, people of color and low-income communities face a disproportionate amount of toxic contamination as a result of pollution throughout their neighborhoods. People of color have been left out of public consciousness. The protests at Standing Rock are an effort to prevent the construction of a lethal machine, perpetuated by greed-driven people with no regard for native lives. The pipeline was redirected from an area where it was most likely to impact the ninety percent white population…

The protesters at Standing Rock are protesting peacefully, yet somehow these peaceful protests call for armed police, dogs, teargas, rubber bullets, and water canons to be used. Yes, some of the protesters have vandalized the pipeline equipment but none of them are armed or using any violence at all. They aren’t rioters, like we’ve seen in Baltimore or Ferguson; the native people are standing and BLOCKING the path of the pipeline. They aren’t lighting equipment…

Native Americans, which include the Navajo Tribe, have a very long standing in the history of the United States. They have also been removed from their homelands thought out the ages. Many of these tribes have been forced to reside on reservations. According to the Journal of Health Education, Native Americans out of the total population are the unhealthiest population. This is proven by a shorter life expectancy and higher mortality rates for communicable diseases. Cultural competency is…

the pipeline isn’t requiring the Native People on the reservation to leave, it is alike in the way that the words of American’s grew false in both situations. In 1830, the Indian Removal Act was set in place by President Jackson, forcing Indians west so that the Americans could have more land and thrive. The issue was not the enforcement of the act itself, but rather the aftermath. The entire act was proposed to give both the Americans and Indians there own space, but as time marched on, the…