Janet Alkire, the first women to ever be elected as leader of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the Dakotas, is one of USA ...

Alkire is one of the nominees for USA TODAY's Women of the Year program, which recognizes women who have made a significant impact in their community.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has lifted its lockdown as of 12:10 pm central time, following an unspecified threat made to the tribe. According to a press release from the tribe, around 9:15 tribal ...

A nearly three-hour lockdown was in effect Thurday at the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Administration Center in Fort Yates.

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe set up encampments near Lake Oahe, a reservoir on the Missouri River. The pipeline route was close to the reservation at that spot and the pipeline was ...

After years of operating the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, Texas-based Energy Transfer is taking Greenpeace to court in a case that the U.S. affiliate of the environmental group says could ...

On Sunday, the Army Corps of Engineers denied a crucial permit for construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which was set to snake half a mile south of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation.

Protests against the pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation drew thousands, but Greenpeace says it did not lead them and the lawsuit threatens free speech. The organisation "could face ...

On Dec. 4, the two-year struggle by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protect their sacred land and water ended – at least for now – when the Obama administration denied the easement needed to ...

The lawsuit stems from the protests in 2016 and 2017 over the oil pipeline’s planned Missouri River crossing, upstream from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation. The tribe has long ...