William Katz lectures on The Standing Rock Protest against the XL Pipeline and Black Lives Matter to the history uncovered in Black Indians.  

 

Why Black Lives Matter is fighting alongside Dakota Access Pipeline protesters

On Aug. 27, Black Lives Matter activists from Minneapolis and Toronto traveled to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, which straddles North and South Dakota, to support indigenous tribes protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).  And now, members of New York City’s most active BLM groups plan on visiting Standing Rock this week to prevent the proposed 1,172-mile, four-state oil pipeline from being built on Native treaty lands.

 

 

Image: These donated supplies, which were collected at the Rally for Standing Rock in New York City's Washington Square Park on Sept. 9, 2016, will be delivered to #NoDAPL protesters in North Dakota.