Company Withdraws From Controversial Black Hills Exploratory Drilling Project

Black Hills Project Axed After Backlash From Tribes

A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local groups. In a letter provided Friday by Indigenous advocacy group NDN Collective, Rapid City-based Pete Lien & Sons told the United States Forest Service it is withdrawing its...

Indigenous organizers win temporary restraining order to halt drilling at sacred Black Hills site – The Red Phoenix

Evan R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– Oceti Sakowin activists celebrate their victory in Rapid City, SD. (NDN Collective) Deep in the Black Hills of South Dakota, known as He Sapa to the Oceti Sakowin (the Great Sioux Nation), organized Indigenous power has secured a vital victory in the ongoing struggle for national sovereignty. This triumph, while perhaps temporary, marks a significant milestone in the long-standing effort to reclaim an

Company withdraws from controversial Black Hills exploratory drilling project

RAPID CITY — A company that’s being sued for exploratory drilling near a culturally significant site in South Dakota’s Black Hills is withdrawing from the project, according to a letter