Today, as pipelines expand, state policing and militarization intensifies, and Indigenous sovereignty remains under threat, we honor the Indigenous leadership and courage at Standing Rock in continuing the fight for land, water and the right to resist.

#NoDAPL #StandingRock #WaterIsLife #Landback

The attacks came after months of peaceful encampments, prayer actions + frontline leadership from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Their resistance inspired worldwide solidarity, as millions watched Indigenous youth, elders + allies defend land, water + treaty rights against militarized police forces.

That night became one of the defining moments of the #NoDAPL movement. It exposed the scale of state violence used to protect fossil fuel interests.

As protectors gathered at Backwater Bridge to clear a road for emergency access, law enforcement blasted them with water cannons in below-freezing temperatures, tear gas, rubber bullets, and concussion grenades. Hundreds were injured.

Project Esther details plans to suppress protest and free speech, target faculty and staff, destroy student groups, and militarize campuses.