Oil companies wanted to build a pipeline to get some of the crude that they've been fracking out of the Dakotas to market. Native Americans from across the continent poured into the camp at Standing Rock, in a show of tribal unity not seen -- well, maybe not seen almost ever. It said it was not going to let the company build the pipeline under the Missouri River. Mostly, though, today is a day to gaze in wonder, at the amazing organizing by native groups across this continent. As in so many battles in recent years, they have been in the vanguard and on the message that matters.

Source: Huffington Post September 10, 2016 15:10 UTC