Standing rock

More than a century ago, Frank Bennett Fiske had a photography studio at Fort Yates, a US Army post in the middle of a North Dakota Indian reservation. His rarely seen photos of Native Americans offer a fascinating glimpse of a bygone era.

This week, thousands of Native Americans, from more than a hundred tribes, have camped out on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, which straddles the border between the Dakotas, along the Missouri River. What began as a slow trickle of people a month ago is now an increasingly angry flood. They're there to protest plans for a proposed oil pipeline that they say would contaminate the reservation's water; in fact, they're calling themselves protectors, not protesters.

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To the broader church: As Christians, we, the undersigned clergy, are conditioned by the gospel to stand on the side of the persecuted and the jailed. As

It's really amazing to see all this beauty coming out of such an ugly fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. As I scroll through my social media timeline I see that many photographers, videographers, writers,

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“I knew this was going to be a poignant experience to be a part of, but I had no clue how powerful it would actually be.”

More than a century ago, Frank Bennett Fiske had a photography studio at Fort Yates, a US Army post in the middle of a North Dakota Indian reservation. His rarely seen photos of Native Americans offer a fascinating glimpse of a bygone era.

A proposed oil pipeline is set to begin construction on tribal lands in North Dakota. Members of various Native American reservations gathered Monday to try to stop it.