Neil Young’s opinion on the Dakota Access Pipeline is made clear in a new song and music video, entitled “Indian Givers”.
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The partnership behind the Dakota pipeline said it’s needed to accommodate and distribute the amount of crude oil being produced from the Bakken shale oil basin in North Dakota. This company has also used attack dogs to harm individuals who tried to protect our water and sacred sites. The protests have led to many arrests, Rolling Stone noted.
The video for the track shows images from the news, including recent protests of the oil pipeline.
“We are standing here today, and we stand with Standing Rock”, Said Deni.
“We send all of our prayers out to all the Natives coming together at Standing Rock Reservations”.
Dakota Access spokeswoman Vicki Granado says the company doesn’t comment on pending litigation. The injunction – which covers construction within 20 miles on either side of Lake Oahe – will give the court more time to consider whether a permanent injunction should be imposed. Concerns about water supplies in the region also prompted reconsideration for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, before the White House moved against the project on broader environmental grounds, including looking into indigenous rights over the land proposed for the pipeline and their sacred sites. The tribe is suing the Corps for permitting the pipeline, claiming the tribe wasn’t properly consulted.
Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault II referenced the September 3 incident multiple times Tuesday as he took the pipeline fight to Geneva, Switzerland, asking the United Nations Human Rights Council to condemn “the deliberate destruction of our sacred places”.
“Our nation is working to protect our waters and our sacred places for the benefit of our children not yet born”.
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“The world needs to know what is happening to the Indigenous Peoples of the United States” Archambault said. Several high-profile voices, including Bernie Sanders and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, have added their support to the opposition of the pipeline’s construction.
