North Dakota

William Ury’s The Third Side is about conflict management, fighting and conflicts are natural and normal aspects of life. Ury explains that violence is not inevitable, there is an alternative to being violent, and that is the Third Side. Violence and war is not inevitable, we don’t have to fight and kill each other off. The Third Side offers a promising new way you will view conflict going on in the world and around us. The Third Side is our community that we live in and our surroundings. It…

The beginning of August 2016, a national issue occurred in a remote corner of North Dakota over the construction of a new 1,200-mile pipeline across Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. It is a great fear to the tribe in the Standing Rock Reservation that if the pipeline is to be built in this location near Missouri river a leak is probable. If an oil spill were to happen, it will not only destroy the water supply for Standing Rock Reservation but it would also destroy 50% of South Dakota's potable…

The Flint Water Crisis depicts the inevitable consequence of allowing the continued construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. The polluted water calamity is flooding one of Michigan’s poorest, blackest cities. This disaster is littered with racism and the detrimental results of poverty. The city is approximately 57 percent black and terribly poor; it’s citizens have been consuming and interacting with water that contains enough lead to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s definition of…

Imagine a place where camo is abundant, racism is a daily part of life, and republicans run everything. That place is my hometown Minot, North Dakota. A small town located about 80 miles from the canadian border with land so flat I swear you can see for 40 miles. It’s filled with lots of cliche small town things, but I hate people who romanticize small towns. The locals aren’t quirky, they’re racist. The family restaurants aren’t home town cooking, mostly just a lot of chicken strip baskets. So…

The continued mistreatment and discrimination against Indigenous people is apparent in light of the Standing Rock protests taking place in North Dakota. Oil companies in North Dakota seek to put a pipeline near Standing Rock, which will ruin water supplies and sacred tribal sites. Although these companies say it will be safe, they altered the location of the pipeline from a city center to Indigenous lands. Protests have continued to take place since April 2016. The protest signifies what has…

their religious beliefs. This pipeline would be a detriment to the ecosystem, and would contaminate the supply of drinking water for the people of many states. On top of all this, a privatized enforcement company sicked dogs on the protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline. They were simply trying to protect their natural resources and sacred ancestor's death rights. The multiple standoffs that have occurred between the protesters and the company's private security force have been cover by a…

with reducing college tuition. a. According to the MSEP website, the student exchange saves enrolled students an average of almost six thousand dollars a year. (MSEP) (L) (E) b. Lowered tuition can also contribute to economic growth as proven in North Dakota when they dropped out-of-state tuition to a similar level as in-state tuition and saw a 56% rise in nonresident students and an economic boost of $3.7 billion. (Bangor News) (P) (L) c. Luckily for Minnesota’s fellow MSEP members, nearly all…

Is manner significant to a protest today? Could it be possible that this might also cause significant impact to their cause? The government is building the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock in North Dakota. The Dakota Access Pipeline is an oil pipeline from Bakken oil fields to Illinois. The American Indians are protesting because the oil pipeline might contaminate the water supply in the area and will destroy sites of cultural and historical significance. In “An Indian Protest for…

The Missouri River, in what is now North Dakota, was once considered the heart of the world by the Mandan Native Americans. Here, the Mandan thrived for centuries. Their rich cultural heritage has been long studied for rightful reasons. They were masters at commerce and lived in agricultural villages where the women led the field work and men led the yearly hunts. The Mandan people’s spirituality is shown in their daily lives through customs such as bundles and age-based societies. It is no…

ask that you please keep your mind open, because I as a Native American can tell you first hand the hardships we have had to face and why we still fight to this day for a country that doesn’t care for us much. Today I want to talk to you about the Dakota Access Pipeline and why natives are so dead set on it not being created;…