“Important issues raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other tribal nations and their members regarding the Dakota Access pipeline specifically, and pipeline-related decision-making generally, remain”, the statement said.
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But a joint statement from the Army and the Departments of Justice and the Interior asked the pipeline builder, Energy Transfer Partners, to “voluntarily pause” work on the disputed segment while the government reconsiders “any of its previous decisions” on land that borders or is under Lake Oahe.
Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier, who has been critical of protesters, said 37 people had been arrested to date at a construction site south of Mandan, N.D. He has also alleged that local residents were being harassed by protesters.
A judge had ruled against the tribe in its bid to halt the Dakota Access pipeline, which was set to carry crude oil under the Missouri River and, the tribe feared, threaten drinking water and sacred burial grounds. Now there are more than 100 Native American Tribes represented at the camp.
The Standing Rock Sioux, whose reservation sits near the Dakota Access pipeline’s route, filed a lawsuit claiming the pipeline disturbed places of cultural importance and could even contaminate potable water from the Missouri River.
“We pray for it”, Ruth Swaney said this afternoon while holding a sign and watching her daughter Lily.
Miller-Lewis said the announcement accomplishes the same goal as Sanders’ amendment-to stop pipeline construction-but the senator’s proposal goes further than the federal agencies’ decision by requiring an environmental review. Pipeline supporters also say it would cut the amount of oil that travels by train. But the biggest win might be in what this could mean for future projects nationwide that put tribes up against pipelines. “The same companies that build pipelines are the same companies that build factories that emit carcinogenic chemicals into Black communities, leading to some of the highest rates of cancer, hysterectomies, miscarriages, and asthma in the country”.
Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II is expected to speak from the North Dakota Capitol shortly after 3 p.m. Friday.
“This federal statement is a game changer for the Tribe and we are acting immediately on our legal options, including filing an appeal and a temporary injunction to force DAPL to stop construction”, it said in a Facebook post Friday. When he arrives in North Dakota, “I’m going to go right to the source, right to the actual camp, outside Cannonball, North Dakota”.
He said the Army Corps documented dozens of attempts to consult with the tribe from the fall of 2014 through the spring of 2016.
Arres said his own tribe reached a settlement with the federal government over water rights about a decade ago, “so we know the struggle”. The Obama administration said it would not authorize construction on land at Lake Oahe, a focal point of protests.
“It looks like the Administration is trying to diffuse the very high tensions surrounding the pipeline, notwithstanding that the judge found that the Corps and the pipeline made the necessary efforts to engage the Standing Rock Sioux”.
Snookie Catholique says she was in a friend’s kitchen talking about the pipeline protests in North Dakota, when she realized what she needed to do.
Dakota Access says on its website that it expects the pipeline to transport about 470,000 barrels of crude oil every day from production areas in North Dakota’s Bakken and Three Forks production areas through South Dakota, Iowa and into IL, while also creating thousands of construction jobs and generating millions in tax revenue for those four states.
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But Catholique says that was on the “front line” and was “totally different” than the peaceful protests she was apart of. He’s talking about the Dakota Access pipeline. Private security workers used guard dogs and pepper spray. The 1,172-mile pipeline that would bring oil from North Dakota’s Bakken formation to markets in IL has drawn hundreds of protesters, including groups that successfully petitioned the Obama administration to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project.
