“Fear of fire is what brought us to this place we are at…We have to re-establish a positive relationship with fire. Fire suppression has...

Long-Awaited Win for Water Protectors: Standing Rock Civil Rights Class Action Against Excessive Force by Morton County Sheriffs Moves...

July 16, 2020 Pat Handlin, WPLC Board Member Natali Segovia, WPLC Staff Attorney The Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline would carry tar sands oil...

NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD & WATER PROTECTOR LEGAL COLLECTIVE JOINT STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY WITH CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE AND OGLALA SIOUX...

Dear Relatives, We hope you all are well. We are reaching out in a time of crisis in one of Indian Country’s most difficult times. Right...

On March 25, 2020, a federal judge struck down permits for DAPL to run under the Missouri River. While the judge has not yet ordered...

WPLC stands with the Mashpee Wampanoag! On March 27, in the midst of the pandemic, the Secretary of the Interior ordered that the Mashpee...

The Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC) and the University of Arizona’s Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program (IPLP) are joining...

The Water Protector Legal Collective is thrilled with yesterday’s decision from a North Dakota judge to dismiss the felony conspiracy to...

On September 9, 2019 the State of North Dakota filed a criminal complaint in Morton County District Court charging Lawrence Malcolm, and...

Read the full report here. June 24, 2019 Contact: Michelle Cook Water Protector Legal Collective Divest, Invest, Protect...

EDIT May 13, 2019: WPLC & Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program testified on the criminalization of Indigenous Water Protectors...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Hundreds of state-level criminal cases stemming from the prolonged protest in North Dakota against the Dakota...

Organizational Milestone; Legal Harms Reduced for Hundreds of Water Protectors A statement from WPLC Board President Daniel T’seleie...

With Zero NoDAPL Cases Remaining on the Court Calendar, WPLC Concludes its Criminal Defense Program in North Dakota WPLC Cooperating...

ND prosecutors abandon dozens of cases due to no “good faith belief that the underlying charges can be proven” (Bismarck, ND) On December...

Bismarck, ND: Today, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled in favor of Water Protector Mark Hebert, reversing his lower court conviction...

Bismarck, ND: James “Angry Bird” White was sentenced in federal court on December 5, 2018 to time served plus two-years of supervised...

All Charges Dismissed for Water Protector Waste’Win Young, former Historic Preservation Officer for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. North...

North Dakota Human Rights Coalition confers award for ongoing legal defense of Water Protectors Mandan, ND: At a ceremony today in Fargo,...