US president Donald Trump’s planned 1,600km barrier would transverse a Native Indian reservation, threatening its sovereignty and risking protests, says Bette Browne.            

A US federal judge has declined to temporarily halt construction of the final section of the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline.

A federal judge has rejected a request by two American Indian tribes for an emergency order halting construction of the remaining section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

The US army has notified congress that it will allow the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota.