The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe continues to battle the Dakota Access Pipeline in the courts. A judge will decide this fall whether or not to stop the flow of oil while the legal dispute continues. Meanwhile local courts are slowly churning through the hundreds criminal trespassing and riot cases. We’ll get some perspective on both legal fronts and hear the latest from Standing Rock Chairman Dave Archambault II.

Guests:

(Lakota) – chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

– staff attorney for the Water Protector Legal Collective

Break music: Little Earthlings (song) (artist) Sun Child (album)