Standing Rock Sioux & Our Advocacy

Learn more about the Standing Rock Sioux and the advocacy of the Episcopal Church:

• Presiding Bishop Michael Curry: Statement in support of the advocacy of the people of Standing Rock Sioux Reservation
• Stand with Standing Rock—A Call for Prayer from the Office of the National Indigenous Anglican Bishop and the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada

• Standing in Solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (Diocese of ND)

• Episcopalians invited to support anti-pipeline protesters, join advocacy

Two NY Times articles on the issue:

• http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/us/north-dakota-oil-pipeline-battle-whos-fighting-and-why.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/us/occupying-the-prairie-tensions-rise-as-tribes-move-to-block-a-pipeline.html