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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A large crowd of indigenous people, holding a red sign that reads "Defend the Sacred."

Illinois Indigenous and environmental groups call Biden administration to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline expansion

March 2, 2021

Illinois Indigenous rights activists, tribal governments and environmentalist groups are joining a national call for the Biden administration to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline after the Illinois...

Thousands of Native Americans, veterans and environmentalists created an encampment in rural North Dakota to protest the proposed Dakota Access oil pipeline. Stacy Leeds, dean of the School of Law at the University of Arkansas, spoke about the pipeline conflict and other issues of Native jurisdiction at a Friday event.

University of Arkansas law dean talks indigenous governance, tribal law

February 25, 2018

The status quo of indigenous communities has become increasingly “precarious” as their legal status of autonomy is continuously challenged, said a prominent Native lawyer at a campus event Friday. Stacy...

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