Fall 2020 Mni Wiconi. This Lakota phrase, which translates to water is life, has taken on great meaning in the #NoDAPL movement in the U.S. (Estes 2017, 115). In 2014, Energy Transfer Partners applied to build a pipeline that would carry half a million barrels of crude oil through four …
Fall 2020 Non-Native people have often used Native land for nuclear testing and mining, to the great harm of Native people and Native land.
Fall 2020 Ever since European settlers set foot upon America, they’ve been exploiting Indigenous people and their land for resources and economic gain. This all began in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase, when the United States purchased a large swatch of land from France without consulting any of the Indigenous …
