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Wyoming Pipeline Protester Says Camp Will Remain All Winter

Luke Brown

  

From the beginning, tribes from Wyoming's Wind River Indian Reservation have been participating in protests to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Wyoming Public Radio’s Melodie Edwards interviewed Wind River Native Advocacy Center Director Jason Baldes two weeks ago about how his organization has sent several groups of people to participate in demonstrations.

One person who’s attended more than once is Eastern Shoshone member Signa McAdams, daughter of Eastern Shoshone councilwoman Jodi McAdams. Melodie Edwards talked to Signa by phone at the protest the day after the Department of Justice decided to temporarily halt construction on the pipeline while they do an environmental assessment on the project.

Melodie Edwards is the host and producer of WPM's award-winning podcast The Modern West. Her Ghost Town(ing) series looks at rural despair and resilience through the lens of her hometown of Walden, Colorado. She has been a radio reporter at WPM since 2013, covering topics from wildlife to Native American issues to agriculture.
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