🦄 DAPL, Eco

One Year Sacred Stone Celebration

Sacred Stone Camp, ND – On April 1st, 2017, Unicorn Riot returned to the Standing Rock Reservation for the one year celebration of the establishment of the Sacred Stone Camp. The camp was erected April 1st, 2016, after a thirty mile horse ride from the…

🦄 DAPL, Eco
Photo: Rob Wilson

Militarized Police Arrest 21 Water Protectors in DAPL Work Stoppage

15 miles south of Mandan, North Dakota – On the heels of yesterday’s action which halted Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) construction, once again, today, hundreds of water protectors caravaned to a DAPL work site to pray to that the Dakota Access Pipeline is stopped.

After…

🦄 DAPL, Eco

Mississippi Stand Action Stops DAPL Construction in Iowa

Sandusky, IA – On Saturday, September 24th, 2016, a non-violent direct action out of the Mississippi Stand camp shutdown Dakota Access Pipeline construction at the point the pipeline will cross the Mississippi river at Sandusky, Iowa.
The action, which started with a six a.m. lock-down…

🦄 DAPL, Tech

Statement on Recent Censorship of #NoDAPL Coverage

Unicorn Riot has been steadfast in our coverage of the dynamic ongoing #NoDAPL encampments ever since the Sacred Stone Camp was first constructed on April 1.
On Tuesday, September 13th, Unicorn Riot journalists were arrested while covering a direct action, providing context around the struggle…

🦄 DAPL, Eco, Police

20 Arrested During #NoDAPL Lockdown, Including 2 Unicorn Riot Journalists

Morton County, ND – Multiple lockdowns took place at two Dakota Access Pipeline construction sites in Morton County North Dakota. All work was stopped for the day as police arrested twenty people, including targeting and arresting two Unicorn Riot journalists.

Water Protectors Arrested by Militarized…

🦄 DAPL, Eco

ND National Guard Take Over Dakota Access Pipeline Checkpoints

North Dakota – Governor Jack Dalrymple announced at a Thursday morning press conference he was ordering National Guard units to bolster security forces around the massive Dakota Access Pipeline protest site south of Bismarck. At this stage state authorities claimed that activated military personnel would…

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Indigenous Water Protectors Swarm Dakota Access Pipeline Site, Stop Work

Morton County, ND – On the morning of Tuesday September 6, over a hundred Indigenous resisters arrived at a Dakota Access Pipeline construction site.

This latest visit came on the heels of last Saturday’s confrontation, when private security forces used attack dogs from Ohio’s Frost…

🦄 DAPL, Eco, Social Control

Camps Prepare as Federal Injunction Hearing Looms

Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, ND – Unicorn Riot returned to the site of ongoing demonstrations against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The demonstrations peaked on August 15th (as seen below), when multiple direct actions forced work to be called off at the west Missouri river…

🦄 DAPL, Eco, Protest & Direct Action

Land Defenders Storm Construction Site to Protect Water

Standing Rock Reservation, ND – As Monday’s protest grew, construction was halted after a group of tribal women led tribal protesters and allies onto the Dakota Access Pipeline site.

Video: Tribal Woman explains why they #DefendWater & oppose the #DakotaAccessPipeline. #NoDAPL pic.twitter.com/ijPHijFu72
— Unicorn Riot…

🦄 DAPL, Eco

Arrests Made as Citizens Block Dakota Access Pipeline Construction

Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, ND – Nearly a dozen arrests have been made as Indigenous tribal members and allies stand firm in their attempt to block the Dakota Access Pipeline from being built.
As the sun rose on the second day the occupation of the…