A federal judge in Washington, D.C., is considering a request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe for a temporary injunction against an oil pipeline under construction near their reservation, which straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border.
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Of particular concern to protesters is the potential for water contamination, as the pipeline is set to cross the Missouri River less than one mile from the Sioux Standing Rock Reservation. – Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline say they’ll continue camping north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation after a federal judge said Wednesday it may take two weeks for a ruling on the tribe’s request for an injunction.
Phyllis Young, a Standing Rock Sioux Tribe elder and landowner, said the self-described water protectors will “absolutely” stay remain site until September 9.
“Water is a part of us, and we’re not going to be able to survive if we keep doing what we’re doing”, said Settee. “I’m asking that we proceed with prayer and with peace”, Archambault said.
In the heart of North Dakota’s prairie lands, tribal leaders and their allies are squaring off against a Texas pipeline builder and the federal government.
The tribe’s lawsuit, filed last month on behalf of the tribe by environmental group Earthjustice, said the project violates several federal laws, including the National Historic Preservation Act. “They’re rhetoric is very confrontational, violent at times”.
“I will be taking whatever supplies and donations we gather here to northeast Oklahoma tomorrow morning”, Still said. She previously said that the agency’s review of the pipeline found “no significant impacts to the environment or historic properties”.
The case has garnered attention recently, as large protests have halted construction on the pipeline in North Dakota, and as celebrities including Susan Sarandon and Shailene Woodley have sided with the tribe.
The Three Affiliated Tribes is formally supporting the Standing Rock Sioux as that tribe protests construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. “They were just taken from us”, says Archambault.
The Sioux Tribe is suing federal regulators for approving permits for the pipeline that will move oil from North Dakota to IL.
Energy Transfer, the company behind Dakota Access, has responded by seeking a restraining order against demonstrators, accusing them of trespassing and threatening workers, and by deploying their own armed security guards.
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