As the Senate once again prepares to take a vote on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, Nebraska voices will remind Senators that states’ rights are at stake, and that a vote for Keystone XL is a vote to disregard Nebraska’s legal process. Nebraska rancher Randy (“Stand With Randy”) Thompson penned this open letter (below) […]

Rep. Lee “Tarsands” Terry, TransCanada’s top cheerleader for the Keystone XL pipeline in Congress, went on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Tuesday, April 29 to tell the citizens of Nebraska that he stands with Big Oil and against their property rights. Terry said that, despite having no National Interest Determination from the State Dept., and […]

Local artist, writer and actress Pippa White performs her piece “Prairie Roots” at Pioneers Park in Lincoln, Nebraska. The full text of the poem — which features a #NoKXL message — is below. PRAIRIE ROOTS by Pippa White Prairie Roots go way down deep Fourteen, sixteen, eighteen feet. As deep as the roots of a […]

The Cowboy and Indian Alliance thanks GlobalResourcesNews.com for capturing these videos from the Reject + Protect events in D.C. this week. Neil Young addresses the crowd at Saturday’s rally: Lakota Artist Steve Tamayo describes his tipi design: Casey Camp of the Ponca Nation performs a traditional water ceremony: Casey Camp of the Ponca Nation gives […]

MSNBC’s “All in with Chris Hayes” interviewed actress and #NoKXL activist Daryl Hannah, who joined the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in D.C. on Saturday for the Reject + Protect ceremonial procession from their tipi encampment on the national mall to gift a tipi to Pres. Obama. The segment also includes some footage of the #PrayNoKXL interfaith […]

MSNBC host Ed Schultz joined us in D.C. with his film crew on Saturday, April 26 to cover the Cowboy and Indian Alliance’s “Reject and Protect” tipi encampment on the national mall, and ceremonial procession through the streets of D.C. to gift a tipi in honor of Pres. Obama to the National Museum of the American […]

“The Big Picture” on RT interviews Shane Red Hawk of the Sicangu Lakota band of the Rosebud Sioux Nation, and Nebraska rancher Mike Blocher about the Cowboy and Indian Alliance, and the Reject + Protect week-long #NoKXL protest encampment on the national mall in D.C. last week. Watch the clip below:

Democracy NOW! sent a film crew to cover the Reject + Protect encampment on the national mall in DC April 22-27, and on Monday invited members of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance, along with #NoKXL activist and actress Daryl Hannah, into their studios to talk about the event and the fight being waged by frontline […]

The Cowboy and Indian Alliance held an interfaith service at the White House in Lafayette Park on the closing day of Reject + Protect. The Cowboy and Indian Alliance at the White House. (Photo by Jamie Henn) Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb kicked off the ceremony. (Photo by Jamie Henn) Rev. Yearwood of the Hip Hop […]

We were blessed with a beautiful day at Reject + Protect on Saturday, which featured a rally attended by thousands and a march led by the Cowboy and Indian Alliance to the National Museum of the American Indian, where a tipi was gifted in honor of President Obama. Click here to view all the photos from […]