Standing Rock Class Action
by Sondra Wilson. Updated 11/26/2022.
I was on-the-ground approximately a year and a half building a navigable archive and class action lawsuit to counter the illegally-approved Dakota Access Pipeline Project (DAPL).
Regrettably, without basic survival funds – let alone resources to finish building the case – what we are left with is this really amazing archive:
www.StandingRockClassAction.org
While I built the foundation for the archive from www.NoDaplArchive.com, water protectors aided me in organizing them, bringing them into legal context, and writing descriptions for the hundreds of videos found throughout the site. I am currently working in Iowa working on my law degree so I can be of better help against injustices in the future. It was truly a humbling honor to stand alongside the Hunkpapa people – to stand up for the water and for respect to the people. I only wish I could have done more.. I am so grateful for such a life changing experience, and the respect, education, and forgiveness I was shown by the beautiful people I met at the water protector camps.