Dennis Ward saw it coming. The pipeline, the build-up of tension at Standing Rock in North Dakota, which became an eight-month long stand-off. He convinced the APTN news room to go south-side for what has turned out to be one of the most important stories in US-Indigenous relations this century.
We talk about his pre-APTN career, to his coverage of Standing Rock, including news gathering while being pepper sprayed, and dodging rubber bullets.
IAP Investigation Follow-Up
Dark Valley
Priceless
For the Love of Matty
Cindy’s Story
Truth? Or Reconciliation?
Racism in the Ranks
Last Resort
Justice for Colten
History Decolonized
Clash at Standing Rock
Against Their Will
Retrospective: Reconciling the truth with journalism
Retrospective: When APTN was a ‘bad ass band of rebels.’
Retrospective: The Good Fellow
Retrospective: Behind the scenes after the Gerald Stanley acquittal
Retrospective: A storyteller is born
Retrospective: Shining lights in dark places
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