Standing Rock

A Native American man with long dark hair in a red shirt stands in front of a brick wall with hand prints painted on it.

Spokane-based Indigenous activist shot at protest in New Mexico

(Runtime :57) Jacob Johns is an artist and community organizer living in Washington. He recently finished painting a “Free the Vote” mural in Spokane to…

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters, shown here during a demonstration in 2017, have opposed the Dakota Access Pipeline for years. CREDIT: Alex Wong/Getty Images

National News

Court Rules Dakota Access Pipeline Must Be Emptied Temporarily For Environmental Review

A federal judge has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to produce a full environmental review. Until then, oil must stop flowing through the controversial pipeline.

Our History Is The Future, by Nick Estes

Arts & Culture

BOOK REVIEW: 'Our History Is The Future' Puts Standing Rock In Broader Native American Story

In his new book, Nick Estes points a way forward, with solidarity and without sentimentality, to an idea of Indigenous land alive with ancestry and renewal.