The Corps also failed to seek free prior and informed consent, it argues, which is mandated because the pipeline would cross treaty-protected sacred burial and cultural sites.
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Since April, a nonviolent tribal protest by mostly members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe has been set up at a “spirit camp” at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri rivers in the path of the pipeline.
Paul Picha (PEE’-kuh) told The Associated Press that the trip likely won’t happen until next week.
The leader of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota is urging calm ahead of a highly anticipated court ruling that could halt work on the contentious Dakota Access pipeline project.
‘Any act of violence hurts our cause and is not welcome here, ‘ said Standing Rock Sioux Tribe chair David Archambault, as North Dakota’s governor activates the National Guard before a court’s pipeline decision on Friday.
Rain ultimately ended the action today, as the pipeline workers couldn’t work in, what the protectors called, “the freshly blessed land”.
Michael Gerhart says state Highway 1806 was to reopen late Thursday afternoon.
North Dakota’s governor said Thursday that a handful of National Guard members will help provide security at traffic checkpoints near the protest site, and another 100 will be on standby.
The pipeline starts in western North Dakota and crosses through South Dakota, Iowa and IL.
This comes just a day after a North Dakota judge issued an arrest warrant for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who spray-painted a bulldozer on the land Tuesday (September 6).
“We are united with Standing Rock Sioux”. One hundred troops in all are ready to aid local law enforcement should protests become violent, she said.
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Native Americans continue to protest in North Dakota over the oil pipeline through the reservation, and now the Choctaw tribe is joining the fight.
