ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Clara MacCarald is a freelance writer with a master’s degree in biology. She lives with her family in an
off-grid house nestled in the forests of central New York. When not parenting her daughter, she spends her
time writing nonfiction books for kids.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: MacCarald, Clara, 1979- author.
Title: The Standing Rock Sioux challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline / by
Clara MacCarald.
Description: Lake Elmo, MN : Focus Readers, [2019] | Series: Taking a stand |
Audience: Grades 7-8. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018028295 (print) | LCCN 2018029265 (ebook) | ISBN
9781641855334 (PDF) | ISBN 9781641854757 (ebook) | ISBN 9781641853590
(hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781641854177 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Indians of North America--Political activity--Standing Rock
Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--Juvenile literature. | Indians of
North America--Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and
S.D.)--Government relations--Juvenile literature. | Environmental
justice--Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--Juvenile
literature. | Petroleum pipelines--Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D.
and S.D.)--Juvenile literature. | Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North &
South Dakota--Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC E99.D1 (ebook) | LCC E99.D1 M197 2019 (print) | DDC
978.4/88--dc23
LC record available at
Printed in the United States of America
Mankato, MN
October, 2018
