This book explores tensions surrounding news media coverage of Indigenous environmental justice issues, identifying them as a fruitful lens through which to examine the political economy of journalism, American history, human rights, and contemporary U.S. politics.

Ellen Moore is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Washington Tacoma, USA.

Acknowledgements

Preface: Background and Language

1. Introduction: Media Coverage of Standing Rock and the Dakota Access Pipeline
2. The Dakota Access Pipeline, the Oilygarchy, and the Media: A Study in Power
3. A Case of Un-Coverage? Deep Media, Indigenous Representation, and Environmental Issues
4. Framing Injustice: U.S Media Coverage of the Standing Rock Movement
5. "Could It Happen Here?" Canadian Newspaper Framing of the Dakota Access Pipeline
6. Law and Order: from Civil Rights to Nixon to Trump, a Trope in Revival
7. Indigenous Perspectives on the Dakota Access Pipeline, Politics, and the Media: the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Journalists Speak
8. Did Technology Kill the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg or Save It? New Media, Old Media, and the #NODAPL Movement

Appendix A: Standing Rock Interview Questions: "Journalism and the Dakota Access Pipeline" Project

Appendix B: Interview Questions for Mark Trahant "Journalism and the Dakota Access Pipeline" Project

Index