The statement went on to say that no construction on the Dakota Access pipeline will be authorized until it can be determined whether there need be reconsideration of any of previous decisions regarding the Lake Oahe site under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) or other federal laws.
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Reports say work has halted in one section of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, while protesters continue to permeate camps set up near construction site. The pipeline would pass under a lake about a mile north of the Standing Sioux reservation.
The statement from the federal departments also said the case “highlighted the need for a serious discussion” about nationwide reforms “with respect to considering tribes’ views on these types of infrastructure projects”. “So when we heard about the struggle in Standing Rock on the facebook page, it said that it had a call out for all canoes to come up to Standing Rock to pull in the Missouri River and so we had to be here”. The Obama Administration is credited for stepping in and stopping construction on the federal land, as tribe members emphatically express that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should have, first and foremost, consulted with them before approving construction. Dave Archambault II, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe said six people were bitten by guard dogs handled by the private security team and that 30 people were sprayed with pepper spray.
“Everywhere in Indian Country, people are talking about this”, said Eid, who spoke by phone Saturday while on horseback during a parade at the Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, Arizona.
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A North Dakota judge issued a warrant Wednesday for the capture of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who is blamed for spray-painting construction equipment amid a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline. “Things are very different now, whether from the right wing or left wing, politics of all kinds are being injected into this”. A fight broke out between Native American protesters and private security hired by Energy Transfer Partners. The footage was widely covered, garnering significant negative press for the Dakota Access Pipeline company. Groups in Santa Cruz County are planning trips out to Standing Rock to support the Water protectors.
