'He's a political prisoner': Standing Rock activists face years in jail

The extraordinary Native American resistance effort may have faded from the headlines but the US government continues to prosecute activists, who say it is destroying lives

Standing Rock saved Little Feather's life. Then the US government took it from him.

Little Feather was one of thousands of Native Americans who traveled to North Dakota in 2016 to fight the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. The 45-year-old member of the Chumash Nation was battling drug addiction at the time, said his wife, Leoyla Cowboy. But the "water protector" movement gave him a sense of purpose, a renewed connection to indigenous elders, and sobriety.