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”.
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The Departments of Justice, the Army and the Interior said Friday that it won’t authorize construction on corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe until it re-examines its permitting decision-making process.
A group called Protect Sacred Ground and Water peacefully protested against the Dakota Access pipeline in downtown Evansville Sunday evening.
Archambault said the U.S. government had failed to abide by signed treaties with the tribe – referring to the 1851 Treaty of Traverse de Sioux and 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, two legally-binding treaties ratified by the U.S. Senate that recognize the Sioux’s national sovereignty. Barrasso’s office first said they needed other senators to also request the hearing, but then said that Barrasso “has other priorities”.
“We’re actually making a stand”, he said.
NBC News reported on September 3, a protest against the four-state, nearly $4 billion oil pipeline turned violent. The tribe says the project will disturb sacred sites and impact drinking water.
The temporary policy victory hasn’t dulled the number of people coming to the protest site, according to Standing Rock tribal historian LaDonna Brave Bull Allard.
Dozens of people gathered at the Four Freedoms monument for a peaceful protest.
A panel of three judges stated that it needs more time to consider the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request for an emergency injunction in the recent ruling.
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Corps spokeswoman Eileen Williamson said protesters on the northern land are encouraged to relocate or obtain liability insurance, which the tribe has for the southern land, where the original Camp of the Sacred Stones was located before the overflow camp formed to the north.
