Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
A Sociological Look at the Dakota Access Pipeline: Water is Life. Money is Powerful. Consequences are real. |
| Authors: |
Jha, Bhavya, DeCarsky, Ryan |
| Source: |
Conference Papers - American Sociological Association; 2019, p1-22, 22p |
| Subject Terms: |
WATER pipelines, NATIVE Americans, GRASSROOTS movements, ONLINE databases, SOCIOLOGICAL research, INDIAN Americans, INDIGENOUS peoples, ETHNIC groups |
| Abstract: |
Sociological research and analysis of the Dakota Access Pipeline requires one to look at the past in order to understand the current grassroots movement. American Indians and all Indigenous peoples on the lands of this nation are too often deemed as identities of the past. As a result of American colonialism driven by capitalist expansion, Native Americans !ere forced onto arid, isolated reservations, hindering spiritual and historical connections with indigenous land" each affected tribe forced to assimilate into a lifestyle !here poverty remains overwhelming, healthcare necessities are unmet, and identity has become a battle. #he Standing $ock Sioux tribe protests are not only a movement against the Dakota Access Pipeline, but also a battle to maintain an identity in present day American society where the historical traumas and legacies of coloni%ation thrive. #hrough research of academic sources, online news databases, interviews and books, the paper investigates forces of globali%ation that fueled the Dakota Access Pipeline and Standing $ock movement" establishing that this systematic exploitation of the Standing $ock tribal land and people is driven by a factor that could only be described as neo&colonial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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