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September 01, 2021
Victor Pate spent almost two years in solitary confinement in New York prisons, off and on. Once, he said, he was isolat...
May 02, 2017
This article advocates for the decriminalization of sex work and examines the effects of the practice by police of using...
May 24, 2013
JURIST Guest Columnist Katherine Todrys of the Health and Human Rights Division of Human Rights Watch recounts her exper...
September 04, 2012
Although laws against sodomy violate international law 1 and have myriad negative health effects, including impeded acce...
July 20, 2012
HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan African prisons has been estimated at two to 50 times that of non-prison populations [1], ...
May 08, 2012
Kate Todrys is a human rights lawyer and author, specializing in health and human rights.
Native activists named it the “black snake,” referring to an ancient prophecy about a terrible snake that would one day devour the earth. The controversial Dakota Access Pipeline made headlines around the world in 2016.
An Epic Environmental Drama
A Necessary Book
Black Snake is a necessary book, something that Indigenous history needs right now; it is an absorbing story of Native American resilience, protest, and agency. It is a book that should be on reading lists across the United States and beyond.
An Important History
Black Snake draws on firsthand interviews to tell an important history from the perspective of those who lived it. Thank you for this book.
Madonna Thunder Hawk, Lakota Civil Rights Activist
A Dramatic Illustration
Todrys tells the story of the people in this fight, of their heartening advances and demoralizing setbacks, in a textured, personal way that brings to life their mistreatment and their inspiring response. This book is a dramatic illustration of how to stand up to powerful interests that are long used to simply casting aside the people in their way.
Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch
Masterfully Written
Katherine Todrys has written an important book. For all of us who have been rooting for Native Americans in their fight to stop the building of oil pipelines across Native lands and important ecological landscapes, it is a welcomed history. Black Snake is not only exhaustively researched but also masterfully written. It is a must-read for grasping the history of Native Americans’ tragic relationship with the U.S. government and out-of-control capitalism.
Dan O’Brien, author of Great Plains Bison
