He says a few tribal members from Nevada have joined the group of protestors as a show of unity.
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The pipeline proposes to “carry hundreds of thousands of Bakken crude oil daily from North Dakota to IL”, the proclamation said.
Already, the Morton County Sheriff’s Office estimated its spending $100,000 a week in overtime costs to monitor the protests, and the North Dakota Highway Patrol is spending $65,000 weekly to do the same.
US District Judge James Boasberg ordered a temporary halt to construction on a portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline in the state, because he said the US Army Corps of Engineers lacks jurisdiction to build on private property.
According to Standing Rock Sioux tribe leaders, if completed, the almost 2,000-kilometre-long pipeline route, which would cross through North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and IL, would disturbs sacred tribal land.
Court records show Stein was charged Wednesday in Morton County with misdemeanor counts of criminal trespass and criminal mischief.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is trying to stop construction of a section of the pipeline that tribal leaders say would violate sacred and culturally sensitive grounds and possibly pollute water.
The Morton County Sheriff’s Department filed the same charges against Stein’s running mate, Ajamu Baraka.
Hundreds of Native Americans from tribes across the country are protesting the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota.
Stein admitted to spray-painting the bulldozer with the words “I approve this message” in red during the demonstration on Tuesday.
Over the weekend, the protest turned violent when demonstrators clashed with private security guards from a Dallas-based energy company Energy Transfer Partners.
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A federal judge has temporarily halted construction on part of a massive oil pipeline in North Dakota.
