#NoDAPL: Victory in Defeat

This presentation uses Dr. Kyle Powys Whyte’s Theory of Collective Continuance to understand the historic strength of the Lakota Sioux People and, after decades of colonialism and genocide, the ironic revival of that strength despite the tribe’s 2017 ‘defeat’ over the construction and operation of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The presentation analyzes the basis of that revival using Whyte’s concepts of ‘interdependent relationships,’ ‘systems of responsibilities,’ and ‘migration strategies.’