One often dwells on fights like Standing Rock or Line 3 where occupying a site of extraction turns into a protracted battle in which the forces of capital, police and even military end up being too much to bear.
But we must also remember fights like that which was just won at Pe' Sla, a Lakota sacred site at a mountain meadow deep in the Black Hills of so-called South Dakota. Young native warriors and accomplices occupied drill pads for two weeks on this site - and the company proceeding with the project decided it wasn't worth it - they've announced their withdrawal (for now).
A victory worth celebrating! That said - Pete Lien & Sons, the graphite extractivists and still threatening many other sites nearby - not to mention the specter of exploratory uranium drilling. The fight to protect Paha Sapa continues.
