The Cowboy and Indian Alliance visited Secretary of State John Kerry’s house on Thursday morning, and held an interfaith prayer ceremony aimed at providing Sec. Kerry the strength and courage to uphold his status as a climate warrior and tell Pres. Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. Speakers included Sundance Chief Rueben George, of the […]

In a bold action on Day Three of Reject + Protect, Nebraska farmer Art Tanderup and Wizipan Little Elk of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe risked arrest to spread our #NoKXL message — when they stepped into the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial carrying a banner that read: “Standing in the water could get me arrested. […]

Wednesday at Reject + Protect kicked off with a water ceremony inside the main tipi on the national mall. (Photo by Jamie Henn) (Bryan Brewer, president of the Oglala Sioux tribe, performs a ceremony with water from the Ogallala aquifer. Photo by Jamie Henn) Members of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance met with White House officials […]

  The Cowboy and Indian Alliance (CIA), a group of ranchers, farmers and tribal leaders — including almost 100 from Nebraska — launched a five-day “Reject and Protect” encampment on the National Mall yesterday to urge President Obama to “reject” the Keystone XL pipeline and “protect” their land, water, climate, and tribal rights. The encampment […]

Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Friday, April 18 to speak with Ed Schultz about the U.S. State Department’s decision to delay its Keystone XL decision process, and extend the comment period for federal agencies weighing in on the pipeline decision. Ed also previews next week’s Reject and Protect […]

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2014  Contact: Jane Kleeb, Bold Nebraska 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org State Department Announces Delay in Keystone XL Process After Nebraska Court Invalidates TransCanada Route Final Nebraska Supreme Court decision not expected until at least January 2015  Lincoln, Nebraska — The U.S. State Department announced today that it will extend the government comment period on the […]

On April 22nd, a group of ranchers, farmers and tribal communities from along the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline route, called the Cowboy and Indian Alliance, will ride into Washington DC and set up camp near the White House to tell President Obama to reject the pipeline. On April 26th, thousands of people will join them […]

As Secretary of State John Kerry continues to consider the fate of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse wrote to Secretary Kerry explaining why the project is not in our national interest and submitting formal comments critiquing several key elements of the State Department’s Final Supplemental […]

Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Tuesday, April 15. The topic: differences between the showdown with rancher Cliven Bundy and the government in Nevada — and the showdown in Nebraska between a foreign corporation authorized to use eminent domain for a tarsands export pipeline, and ranchers and farmers protecting […]

Artist John Quigley has partnered with the Cowboy and Indian Alliance to create the world’s largest crop art installation, on land in Neligh, Nebraska on the Ponca Trail of Tears that would be traversed by the Keystone XL pipeline. The crop art installation will send President Obama a direct #NoKXL message from the Cowboy and Indian […]