American Indians

If four-state Dakota Access pipeline were to move, where would it go?

BISMARCK, N.D. — President Barack Obama has raised the possibility of a reroute of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota to allay the concerns of American Indians and others who have demonstrated against the project for months. The president says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is examining alternatives but the [...]

Debate heats up over name of Devils Tower monument in Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — When President Theodore Roosevelt designated the country’s first national monument 110 years ago, the proclamation inadvertently left out a punctuation mark, and what was supposed to be Devil’s Tower became Devils Tower instead. Some say that’s not all it got wrong. According to local American Indians and others, the landmark’s name [...]