Greetings radio geeks,
As you're probably aware, over 10,000 Native Americans and allies have converged at the Standing Rock reservation in South Dakota on the lands of the Great Sioux Nation in peaceful defense of the Missouri River, under which the Dakota Access Pipeline is poised to drill to complete the pipeline by January 1st.
The main camp, Oceti Sakowin, received an eviction notice from the US Army Corps of Engineers on Friday, demanding the camp be cleared by December 5th - one day after a large planned action by Veterans for Standing Rock and a multi-faith prayer action scheduled for Dec. 4th. In a nutshell, Standing Rock needs you now more than ever!
I've been helping how I can in communication with Lisha Sterling from Geeks Without Bounds, who's been working on communications infrastructure on the ground for the past several months. They recently finished a wifi bridge to the local tribal telecom, as well as successfully amplifying cellular 3G/4G reception.