As of November 2009 , Kidder was the Montana State Coordinator for Progressive Democrats of America . The organization 's website carried her article " Ax Max " , in which she criticized Max Baucus , Montana 's Democratic senator . She also contributed articles to '' CounterPunch '' , a left-wing magazine , beginning in 2009 . On August 22 , 2015 , she was named the host of a dinner event by the Yellowstone County Democrats in Billings , Montana called " Billings for Bernie " in support of Bernie Sanders ' presidential primary bid . In a '' CounterPunch '' article expressing her reaction to the 2016 Democratic National Convention , she wrote , " I am not an American tonight ... I reject the words I voiced at my citizenship ceremony . " In addition to her campaigning in the United States , Kidder expressed support for liberal causes in Canada . In 2011 , she supported her brother , John Kidder , in British Columbia , who was running to be a member of Canada 's Parliament for the Liberal Party : Throughout her life , Kidder was also invested in efforts protesting for environmental and anti-nuclear causes . On August 23 , 2011 , Kidder , Tantoo Cardinal , and dozens of others were arrested while protesting in Washington , D.C. against the proposed extension of the Keystone Pipeline . In 2012 , she appeared in a video for '' Stop the Frack Attack '' , an environmental organization working toward regulating fracking practices . When discussing sustainable energy , Kidder said : " The first thing people have to start facing , contrary to the advertising fed to us by oil and gas companies , is that environmentalism and economic stability go hand-in-hand on any long term basis . " Kidder spent the winter of the 2016 – 2017 residing in a tent at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota , protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline
2016 Democratic National Convention
2016 Democratic National Convention
Margot Kidder