Yankton Sioux tribal member has advocated against the Keystone XL pipeline for 13 years. Written By: Nick Sabato | × Activist Faith Spotted Eagle (left) stands with grandaughter Mia Fischer in front of the Missouri River in Lake Andes. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Veilleux) LAKE ANDES, S.D. — Faith Spotted Eagle is used to people asking what is next. The list of causes to support is never-ending, and even if she reached the bottom, another would surely arise. But each time Spotted Eagle can cross an item off the list, it is more time available to be spent with her grandchildren. For the past 13 years, the 72-year-old Yankton Sioux Tribal member has battled in courtrooms, stood along pipelines and protested in front of Trump Tower in hopes of halting the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Such advocacy earned her the Electoral College vote of Washington State faithless elector Robert Satiacum Jr. during the 2016 presidential election. Spotted Eagle became the first woman (along with Hillary Clinton) and first American Indian to receive an electoral vote.