Standing Rock Sioux

Standing Rock encampment sits under fresh snow

Arts

St. Louis activists support Standing Rock, draw parallels with Ferguson protests

When Dominique Aneekaneeka arrived at the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s protest camp last month, she was struck by the site’s organization. She saw…

Following the ceremony, the crowd marches away from the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers holding signs that express solidarity with Standing Rock.

Arts

St. Louis musicians release music to benefit Standing Rock protesters

A few weeks ago, Kevin Koehler, the guitarist for iLLPHONiCS watched his friend Monkh Horrell enter the glass-walled studio and performance space at the…

An attendee spent time along the Mississippi River following a water prayer ceremony on Sunday morning.

Health, Science & Environment

St. Louis water walkers gather to pray and protest the Dakota Access Pipeline

Every Sunday morning, Saundi Kloeckener makes her way to the Lincoln Shields Recreation area, just north of where the Mississippi and Missouri rivers…

St. Louis residents, activists and city officials gathered on Sept. 8, 2016, at the Gateway Arch riverfront to express opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Health, Science & Environment

St. Louis concern over Dakota Access Pipeline grows as government stops construction

Eli Chen

A federal judge on Friday denied the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. But the U.S. Departments of…