Table of Contents
Prologue ix
Introduction: The Black Snake, #NoDAPL, and the Rise of a People's Movement Nick Estes Jaskiran Dhillon 1
Part I Leading the Resistance
1 Badass Indigenous Women Caretake Relations: #Standingrock, #IcUeNoMore, #BlackLivesMatter Kim TallBear 13
2 In the Beginning Mark K. Tilsen 19
3 "This Fight Has Become My Life, and It's Not Over": An Interview with Zaysha Grinnell Jaskiran Dhillon 21
4 Traditional Leadership and the Oceti Sakowin: An Interview with Lewis Grassrope Nick Estes 24
5 Taking a Stand at Standing Rock David Archambault II 37
Part II Living Histories
6 "They Took Our Footprint Out of the Ground": An Interview with LaDonna Bravebull Allard Nick Estes 43
7 Mnisose Craig Howe Tyler Young 56
8 Mni Wiconi: Water Is [More Than] Life Edward Valandra 71
9 The Great Sioux Nation and the Resistance to Colonial Land Grabbing Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 90
10 The Supreme Law of the Land: Standing Rock and the Dakota Access Pipeline Jeffrey Ostler Nick Estes 96
Part III Legal and Sociopolitical Landscapes and State Violence
11 Striking at the Heart of Capital: International Financial Institutions and Indigenous Peoples' Human Rights Michelle L. Cook 103
12 Beyond Environmentalism: #NoDAPL as Assertion of Tribal Sovereignty Andrew Curley 158
13 Resolutions Layli Long Soldier 169
14 Centering Sovereignty: How Standing Rock Changed the Conversation Elizabeth Ellis 172
15 Counterterrorism Tactics at Standing Rock Alleen Brown Will Parrish Alice Speri 198
Part IV Environmental Colonization
16 Heal the People, Heal the Land: An Interview with Freda Huson Anne Spice 210
17 The Financing Problem of Colonialism: How Indigenous Jurisdiction Is Valued in Pipeline Politics Shiri Pasternak Katie Mazer D. T. Cochrane 222
18 What Standing Rock Teaches Us about Environmental Justice Jaskiran Dhillon 235
Part V Education and Critical Pedagogies
19 Red Praxis: Lessons from Mashantucket to Standing Rock Sandy Grande Natalie Avalos Jason Mancini Christopher Newell endawnis Spears 245
20 For Standing Rock: A Moving Dialogue Tomoki Mari Birkett Teresa Montoya 261
21 A Lesson in Natural Law Marcella Gilbert 281
22 Standing Rock: The Actualization of a Community and a Movement Sarah Sunshine Manning 290
23 #NoDAPL Syllabus Project: The New York City Stands with Standing Rock Collective 301
Part VI Indigenous Organizing and Solidarity in Movement Building
24 Lessons from the Land: Peace through Relationship Michelle Latimer 307
25 Wake Work versus Work of Settler Memory: Modes of Solidarity in #NoDAPL, Black Lives Matter, and Anti-Trumpism Kevin Bruyneel 311
26 Threats of Violence: Refusing the Thirty Meter Telescope and Dakota Access Pipeline David Uahikeaikalei'ohu Maile 328
27 Decolonize This Place and Radical Solidarity: An Interview with Nitasha Dhillon and Amin Husain Jaskiran Dhillon 344
28 Death of Hydra Joel Waters 352
29 Mapping a Many-Headed Hydra: Transnational Infrastructures of Extraction and Resistance Katie Mazer Martin Danyluk Elise Hunchuck Deborah Cowen 354
Acknowledgments 383
Contributors 387
Publication Information 393
Index 395