Take Action to Stop KXL
Tell your congressional representative and the UN Environment Programme's executive director to take a vocal stand against the Keystone XL pipeline.
Justice for the Lakota People
We partner with the Lakota to help renew Indigenous culture and secure Native autonomy and self-determination.
Ongoing Campaigns
Dedicated to reversing the slow genocide of the Lakota People and destruction of their culture, the Lakota People’s Law Project partners with Native communities to protect sacred lands, safeguard human rights, promote sustainability, reunite indigenous families, and much more.
Defending Dissent
Defending Dissent
For five decades, from Wounded Knee to Standing Rock, our leaders have championed indigenous and social justice. We won’t stop standing against human and constitutional rights violations.
Preventing Pipelines
Preventing Pipelines
The coming of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines have fulfilled the Lakota prophecy of a terrible black snake meant to bring harm to the people of Turtle Island. Our organizers stand on the front lines every day to protect the sacred systems of Unci Maka—our Grandmother Earth.
Reuniting Children and Families
Reuniting Children and Families
Every morning, South Dakota’s Department of Social Services seizes Lakota children without warning. Lakota grandmothers asked us to help bring them home.Long-Term Partners
For over a decade we’ve been standing strong with the Lakota to end the long history of treaty violations and systemic corruption that has resulted in the loss of their most sacred lands and the epidemic of children being removed from their families and traditions.
Opposing the Proposed Expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline
After urging for a public hearing earlier in the year, LPLP joins Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Rosebud and Oglala Sioux nations in gathering letters to send to the North Dakota’s Public Service Commission opposing DAPL expansion.
LPLP Hosts Panel with Greta Thunberg & Tokata Iron Eyes During Thunberg's Visit to Lakota Territory
We were overjoyed to join the Oglala and Standing Rock Nations in welcoming teenaged Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg to Lakota Country.
Pine Ridge Passes Marriage Equality and Anti-Hate Legislation
Muffie Mousseau and Felipa De Leon lead the charge LGTBQ2S-positive change to the Pine Ridge Reservation. LPLP helped to document their tireless efforts to convince the Oglala Nation Tribal Council to pass marriage equality on Pine Ridge, as well as South Dakota's first anti-hate legislation.
Meeting with AOC
LPLP joins Oglala Sioux Tribe President Julian Bear Runner's delegation to D.C. to meet with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) about Keystone XL, the Green New Deal, and our climate crisis.
Flood Relief Support on Pine Ridge
From April to June 2019, LPLP provides on the ground support in facilitating flood relief for the people of Pine Ridge Reservation. This campaign culminated in the declaration of a public assistance disaster by President Trump.
Standing Rock The Vote!
Following news of a new restrictive voter ID law in North Dakota, The Lakota People’s Law Project, Four Directions, and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe mount a ground campaign to enroll Native voters to make sure they get to the polls on election day.
Overall, the tribe was able to issue 727 new IDs and more than double voter turnout as compared to the prior midterm election.
GOP aims to suppress ND Native American vote to hinder Heitkamp
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#StandingRockTheVote in Full Swing
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Thank You for Helping #StandingRockTheVote
All Serious Charges Dropped Against Iron Eyes
North Dakota prosecutors drop both serious charges against Chase Iron Eyes—alleged criminal trespass and incitement of a riot. Many thanks to all the kind and generous supporters who made this victory possible!
#NestlePledge: LPLP Joins the Nestle Boycott
Citing Nestle's unethical business practices, LPLP launches the #NestlePledge and joins the movement to #BoycottNestle and its products. #WaterIsLife
#GreenTheRez
LPLP launches campaign to support energy independence for Standing Rock and sustainable solutions that can make the Dakotas greener and cleaner. Statewide renewable standards and incentives for green projects can move the Dakotas, which still rely on coal for 70 percent of their energy, away from dependence on fossil fuels.
LPLP Petitions North Dakota to #DropDAPLCharges for Water Protectors
Leaked documents reveal that a private security firm hired by DAPL parent company Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) targeted, surveilled, and provoked the peaceful and prayerful water protectors at Standing Rock. LPLP's campaign—which ultimately gathered over 55,000 signatures—called on the state of North Dakota to drop the charges of water protectors arrested during #NoDAPL.
Pipeline Battle Shifts to Courts
After militarized police raid the newly-established Last Child Camp and arrest Chase Iron Eyes, LPLP Chief Counsel Daniel Sheehan steps in to organize Chase's defense. LPLP also provides litigation support to several tribes’ fights in Washington, D.C. against DAPL.
#NoDAPL Fight Begins
In the spring, members of the LPLP team — including lead counsel Chase Iron Eyes and tribal liaison Madonna Thunder Hawk — become involved in resistance camps on 1851 Oceti Sakowin Treaty land formed to stop the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). LPLP provides media support on the ground and begins circulating petitions in opposition to DAPL, which violates Lakota treaty rights and threatens Standing Rock‘s water supply.
“Native Lives Matter”: LPLP Work Expands
A Solution is Proposed
"South Dakota is still trafficking our children, Lakota children, Indian children, and they get millions of federal dollars every year for their so-called 'child welfare services.'"