UW Madison Basketball Star Stands With Standing Rock

Bronson Koenig is a basketball player, a hero in the Native American community and an advocate for indigenous issues. On Sept. 16, he drove from Madison to the Dakota Access pipeline protests, where he held a youth basketball camp at Standing Rock Middle School and visited the main protest camp.

Shot by Daniel Brown for AJ+.

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[drizzant]

I respect what he is doing, but he never really cared about being Native American in his early years until now. It is weird to see him advocate now. Anyway it is my hope that actual Native Americans who were raised on reservations, dealt with poverty, and experienced the culture - will make it someday.

[prasetyoharyosadewo]

We need more native american role models