Dave Archambault II

Demonstrators rally downtown before marching to Trump Tower while protesting the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline on February 4, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 15, 2017 12:05PM EDT

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Gains Ground in Dakota Access Court Case

The Army Corps of Engineers did not “adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights or environmental justice,” per the court order.
The Depart Foundation hosts Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II for the first public conversation in Los Angeles about the Dakota Access Pipeline on December 15, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
Yessenia Funes  Mar 17, 2017 11:04AM EDT

Standing Rock Chairman Speaks Out Against Pro-DAPL Rumors

Some have accused Chairman Dave Archambault II of selling out in the fight against the pipeline.
These flags from different tribal nations once dotted Flag Road in the Oceti Sakowin Camp. Now, authorities have cleared out the camp and are on track to begin cleanup.
Yessenia Funes  Feb 24, 2017 10:55AM EST

Tribal Chairman Responds to White House After 46 Arrested During DAPL Camp Evacuation

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is contradicting the administration’s claims that it was in contact with them during the militarized raid.
LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, left, of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, talks with Gen. Donald Jackson of the Army Corps of Engineers during a demonstration against the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline outside the Corps headquarters November 15, 2016, in D.C.
Yessenia Funes  Feb 6, 2017 12:45PM EST

Sacred Stone Camp Founder Questions Standing Rock's Allegiance to #NoDAPL

“The world wants to stand with Standing Rock, but Standing Rock stands against us,” writes LaDonna Brave Bull Allard.
The Depart Foundation hosts Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II for the first public conversation in Los Angeles about the Dakota Access Pipeline on December 15, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
Yessenia Funes  Jan 26, 2017 12:48PM EST

Standing Rock Chairman Requests Meeting With Trump About DAPL

Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II: “We must have the opportunity to speak, leader to leader.”
Hawk Laughing, a Mohawk originally from northern New York, helps to build a tipi at Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 3, 2016, outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota.
Yessenia Funes  Dec 6, 2016 10:45AM EST

Standing Rock Chairman Asks #NoDAPL Occupiers to Return Home for Winter

Chairman Dave Archambault II is also requesting the same of law enforcement.
Snow covers Oceti Sakowin Camp near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on November 30, 2016, outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota.
Yessenia Funes  Dec 1, 2016 10:51AM EST

Standing Rock Responds to Governor's Emergency Evacuation Order With Emergency Proclamation

Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II: “It’s time for the United States to end its legacy of abuses against Native Americans.”
Hundreds of people gathered to demonstrate against the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline outside the offices of the Army Corps of Engineers November 15, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
Yessenia Funes  Nov 16, 2016 2:19PM EST

Company Behind Dakota Access Pipeline Files Lawsuit Against the Army

This legal action comes one day after the Department of Army determined it would need to review the pipeline further.