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Outriders

In the summer of 2017, Malachy was one of ​five Scottish writers chosen by Edinburgh International Book Festival to undertake journeys across the Americas.
He travelled through the United States for three weeks, beginning in North Dakota, through Appalachia, and ending in Louisiana. For most of this time he was accompanied by the novelist Jennifer Haigh. The diary posts below were written during this journey. 
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Day Five  |  14th May 2017

15/5/2017

 

Standing Rock, ND, to Eagle Butte, South Dakota.

​Distance: 136 miles
Total: 706 miles

This morning we took some time to explore the site of the protest camp at Standing Rock, near Cannonball, North Dakota. The protesters have now all gone, though the arguments over the Dakota Access Pipeline are still ongoing.
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From there we continued south, through Fort Yates and onward into south Dakota, stopping for the night in Eagle Butte, in the Cheyenne River Reservation.

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