•December 14, 2016•

Some of you may have noticed a story about the Standing Rock in the News Progress recently and wondered what the heck was going on.

As it turns out this is a typical Oh Brother story; it just took a thousand miles to unfold.

I am not an activist as a general rule, but following the recent presidential election, I became interested in the stand off between the Native Americans and Big Oil in North Dakota.

In the course of learning about the Dakota Pipeline construction near the Sioux reservation, I learned favorite musicians Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt had scheduled a concert to benefit the Water Protectors.

Noticing that the concert was on my birthday, I mentioned it to fiancé Cindy Clore, who promptly purchased tickets online.

Did I mention that the designated location of said concert was at the Prairie Knights Casino and Pavilion in Fort Yates, N.D. some 992 miles from Sullivan.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.