Q&A: Michigan researcher on pipelines and modern colonialism

Midwest Energy News: In the year since the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe first organized Dakota Access pipeline protest camps in North Dakota, Michigan State University researcher Kyle Powys Whyte has written extensively about the movement.

And for years, Whyte — a member of the Potawatomi Nation — has written about indigenous perspectives on broader issues with fossil fuel development and climate change.

A professor of philosophy and community sustainability, Whyte also holds the Timnick Chair in the Humanities at MSU and is affiliated with the university’s American Indian & Indigenous Studies and Environmental Science and Policy programs.

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