Company Building Dakota Access Pipeline Says They Remain Committed to the Project

Even Miss Indian World, Danielle Ta’Sheena Finn, made sure to come home for the event.

Clatterbuck and her family have been fighting the proposed Atlantic Sunrise pipeline in Lancaster County for years.

Tracey Hill, 46, a Cleveland resident who is one-eighth Cherokee, said she went last week to protest at the site of the pipeline project in North Dakota.

The company building the Dakota Access oil pipeline says it is removing damaged construction equipment from the area near a protest site in North Dakota. The Army Corps of Engineers said it would block construction of the pipeline on several key segments surrounding the Missouri River while the agency reviews its permitting decisions.

The union said work was shut down at multiple sites in Morton and Mercer counties Tuesday and the stoppages are affecting about 300 union members in North Dakota.

But opponents say the project was fast tracked and permits ignored tribal concerns.

“These indigenous people were not properly consulted during the planning of this pipeline”. The act was a part of a protest to stop the construction of a crude oil pipeline that is set to run from North Dakota to IL. Protesters staged events across the country Tuesday to show solidarity with Native Americans opposing the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

Holding signs and banners and chanting “Oil Kills”, protesters in Atlanta and other USA cities on Tuesday shouted support for Native American activists trying to stop construction of a North Dakota pipeline they say will desecrate sacred land and pollute water.

“Contrary to claims of supporters, pipeline transportation of this volatile oil is far from safe”. The reservation is home to 8,000 people and the issue created both a legal and physical stand-off that’s drawing protesters from all over. Thousands of people from hundreds of tribes are now gathered there. “I think it is just not right”. Energy Transfer Partners LP, however on Tuesday remained steadfast in its commitment to complete the pipeline and planned to meet with federal government officials “to understand their position and reiterate our commitment to bring the Dakota Access Pipeline into operation”.

But opposition to it is growing louder and more violent by the day. They’ve gathered to try to stop the oil pipeline being built by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, according to reports.

Almost 40 have been arrested as the protest has grown in size, including Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman David Archambault II.

“People are still coming down here and are committed to stopping the project”, he told AP.