Faces of Standing Rock: Stories from the pipeline protest
For months the Dakota Access Pipeline has made headlines as thousands of people from all over the country show support for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
But what does it mean to Montana? Like North Dakota, Montana has a large American Indian population. It also has a large population of people who depend on the natural resource industry.
Today, the Billings Gazette photographer Bronte Wittpenn offers a series of vignettes on how Montanans are showing support and how residents of North Dakota communities are affected.
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Something changed for Jerry Thex when he saw a Sept. 3 video of Dakota Access Pipeline security using dogs to drive protesters off private land.
In August the Oceti Sakowin Camp had around 40 people in it, said Spud MedicineHorse.
On Nov. 6, Joyce McLellan made more than $2,000 in cash sales after a march by roughly 400 Dakota Access Pipeline protesters down Main Street …
Cory Bryson, 32, has known about the Dakota Access Pipeline since 2013. He attended public hearings in 2014, when he spoke with landowners, re…
On Nov. 6, while hundreds of people participated in a forgiveness march down the main street in Mandan, a few stayed behind, walking on either side.
Images from Oceti Sakowin Camp on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and Morton County.
December 2014: Energy Transfer Partners LP applies to build a 1,172-mile, 570,000 barrel-per-day pipeline to deliver crude oil from North Dako…
CANNON BALL, N.D. — Authorities on Monday defended their decision to douse protesters with water during a skirmish in subfreezing weather near…
BISMARCK, N.D. — The Dakota Access pipeline leaked 84 gallons of oil in South Dakota early last month, which an American Indian tribe says bol…
North Dakota oil production returned to near-record levels in 2017, which one industry leader credited in part to the Dakota Access Pipeline.
MANDAN, N.D. — Rodrick Joe has a chance to keep his clean record despite being convicted Thursday as the first Dakota Access Pipeline proteste…
BISMARCK, N.D. — Native American tribal leaders' biennial address to the North Dakota Legislature will not happen in 2017, a committee said Th…
BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal judge likely won't decide until early next year whether to give the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline per…
WILLISTON, N.D. — The timing of the Dakota Access Pipeline completion remains unclear, but some companies have built short pipelines that are …
CANNON BALL, N.D. — Authorities on Monday defended their decision to douse protesters with water during a skirmish in subfreezing weather near…
A Facebook comment targeting American Indians sparked controversy across the state Monday.
On the day before Thanksgiving, the Rev. Mike Mulberry, pastor of First Church Billings, and his family weren’t focused on a holiday meal in town.
FARGO, N.D. — Some military veterans in North Dakota disagree with the 2,000 veterans planning to join a protest opposing the four-state, $3.8…
MORTON COUNTY, N.D. — Animal cruelty charges could be considered after a disturbing video surfaced of an apparent deer poaching incident that …
BISMARCK, N.D. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and two Native American tribes that oppose the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline have …
CANNON BALL — Tensions have increased this week near the construction site of the Dakota Access pipeline, with repeated clashes between protes…
CANNON BALL, N.D. — With the green light from the federal government, the company building the Dakota Access oil pipeline said Wednesday it pl…
CANNON BALL, N.D. — Construction crews have resumed work on the final segment of the Dakota Access pipeline, and the developer of the long-del…
BISMARCK, N.D. — The Rev. John Floberg was on his way home from a national meeting of the Episcopal Church when he saw live video of protester…
BISMARCK, N.D. — Well-funded and organized protests like the one involving the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline may become commonplace, off…
CANNON BALL, N.D. — A year ago, protest camps near North Dakota's Standing Rock Sioux Tribe reservation swelled with thousands of people inten…
BISMARCK, N.D. — A New York City woman who suffered a serious arm injury in an explosion while protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline in No…
Montana State University Northern has agreed to address diversity issues and improve outreach to Native American students as part of a settlem…
The Keystone XL pipeline is facing opposition from American Indians along its Montana-to-Oklahoma route, beginning with the Fort Peck Assinibo…
BISMARCK, N.D. — The Standing Rock Sioux are challenging new government conclusions that the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline poses no …
A historic demonstration stemming from oil pipeline protests in North Dakota and Minnesota is descending on the National Mall in Washington, D…