This would especially impact the Missouri River, the main source of drinking and irrigation water for the Standing Rock Reservation.
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“Sometimes we underestimate the power of prayer”, she said. In this case, the Army Corps of Engineers had that duty, and made a decision to revoke authorization for Dakota Access on land under its control, notwithstanding the court ruling.
Last Friday, a federal judge denied the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request to block the pipeline’s construction. A post on the group’s Facebook page read, “Let’s be cautious about celebrating this”. “Our voices have been heard”, said Dave Archambault II, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
If the protests stall the pipeline’s completion, the big losers could be oil drillers in North Dakota.
A federal judge blocked the Standing Rock Sioux’s motion for a temporary injunction on pipeline concentration September 9.
One protest camp is about an hour’s drive south of Bismarck.
Many people in this area know what it’s like to fight power lines, fracking and pipelines, but not necessarily with the same factors at stake as at the Standing Rock reservation.
Industry consultant Brigham McCown, a former official of the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, said the Obama administration’s involvement has “changed the lay of the land forever” for infrastructure projects. “And finally, as we’ve said all along, any protests need to be safe, respectful and within the law”. “Well, I’m sorry, I’m not with those people”, Glassheim said Friday afternoon.
“It is also concerning that the federal government would threaten the livelihoods of thousands of workers who rely on good governance to support a stable workplace”, Stevens said.
After each person prayed, they released their tobacco into the river. “What killed me the most was them destroying our graves, our burial grounds, our sacred sites”.
Despite the judge’s ruling last week, work on the pipeline stopped after three federal agencies – the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the departments of Justice and Interior – issued a statement saying they needed more input from Native Americans, whose land is affected by the pipeline. “Therefore, construction of the pipeline on Army Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe will not go forward at this time”.
“It’s not just an issue that is affecting Standing Rock reservation; it’s an issue that the entire state is facing”, adds Helland.
“The 1,100-mile (1,770 km), $3.7 billion Dakota Access pipeline was originally expected to start up later this year, to deliver more than 470,000 barrels per day of crude from North Dakota’s prolific Bakken shale play through IL and toward refinery row in the U.S. Gulf Coast”, said Reuters. He advocated for more communication between the parties involved.
Hart says opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline comes down to common sense.
Iron Eyes blamed local media for trying to portray the peaceful and unarmed protests as unruly, unlawful and unwarranted.
Around the country there were solidarity actions organized by Native People and coalitions of Black Lives Matter, environmental, and anti-war activists.
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“I don’t see Gov. Dalrymple or anybody with his administration engaging the tribe directly, and that’s what I would like to see”, he said.
