FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2021 #FreeJessica: National Lawyers Guild and Water Protector Legal Collective Submit Amicus Brief In 8th Circuit Court of Appeals In Support of Water Protector, Jessica Reznicek The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC) have filed an amicus brief urging the Eighth Circuit Court to vacate the Read More
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WPLC Calls for Justice for Steven Donziger and Joins Appellate Team
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2021 Contact: Nizhoni Camille Begay, Water Protector Legal Collective, communications@waterprotectorlegal.org New York, NY – Today marks Day 787 of house arrest for human rights attorney Steven Donziger. Steven Donziger has been fighting Chevron for over twenty years for damages Chevron caused in the Ecuadorian Amazon to Indigenous and rural communities Read More
Ayotzinapa FOIA
9.24.21 FOIA Request Tonatierra WPLC
WPLC, IADL, and NLG file joint Amicus Brief Supporting the Hawaiian Kingdom’s Complaint against the US Requesting a Declaratory Judgment and Effective End of U.S. Occupation
July 30, 2021 Contact: Natali Segovia, Staff Attorney, WPLC: defense@waterprotectorlegal.org NLG International Committee: international@nlg.org Honolulu—The Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC), alongside the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and National Lawyers Guild (NLG), filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief today in support of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s complaint against the United States government, Read More
Know Your Rights Pamphlet
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS PAMPLET
Honoring LaDonna Tamakawastewin Allard
photo by Toni Cervantes April 12, 2021 “We are the river and the river is us. We have no choice but the stand up.” LaDonna Tamakawastewin Allard The Water Protector Legal Collective expresses our condolences to the family, loved ones, and comrades of LaDonna Tamakawastewin Allard. LaDonna was an Elder in her community the Standing Read More
WPLC Urges Preservation and Protection of Chí’chil Biłdagoteel Oak Flat
Via Electronic Mail resolutioncopper@achp.gov To: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation The Water Protector Legal Collective (“WPLC”) is an Indigenous-centered legal non-profit organization dedicated to providing support and advocacy for Indigenous peoples, environmental, and climate justice movements. The WPLC submits this comment to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (“ACHP”) addressing the cultural and historic importance Read More
Indigenous Water Protector Jailed in North Dakota for Refusing to Cooperate With Secret Grand Jury
Steve Martinez Takes Stand Against Use of Grand Jury to Repress Indigenous Environmental Movement PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2021 Contact: Leoyla Cowboy, Executive Director, Water Protector Legal Collective 805-699-1126 Natali Segovia, Attorney, Water Protector Legal Collective defense@waterprotectorlegal.org Moira Meltzer-Cohen, Attorney at Law 347-248-6771 Bismarck, North Dakota – Water Protector Steve Read More
November newsletter
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Colonialism Created These Fires: Solidarity with the Karuk Tribe
“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 failed. The more time goes on that we don’t put fire back on these landscapes at the time and at the scale that we need to, then it will do it, Read More
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day
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Public Comment on water permit application to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Water Protector Legal Collective issued the following Public Comment on TransCanada/TC Energy’s pending water permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on September 10, 2020. See Public Comment and Exhibits here.
Long-Awaited Win for Water Protectors
Long-Awaited Win for Water Protectors: Standing Rock Civil Rights Class Action Against Excessive Force by Morton County Sheriffs Moves Forward After Four Years FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2020 Contact: Rachel Lederman or Natali Segovia, Water Protector Legal Collective defense@waterprotectorlegal.org or director@waterprotectorlegal.org On Thursday, September 10, 2020, in a long-awaited ruling, United States District Court Judge Daniel Traynor Read More
In the Spotlight: What the Keystone XL Supreme Court Decision Means for the Future of the KXL Pipeline
July 16, 2020 In the Spotlight: What the Keystone XL Supreme Court Decision Means for the Future of the KXL Pipeline Pat Handlin, WPLC Board Member Natali Segovia, WPLC Staff Attorney The Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline would carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada across 1,179 miles through Montana and South Dakota before reaching Nebraska, Read More
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