Behind Standing Rock: Native North America vs.
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“Today was an act of solidarity with Standing Rock”, Ms. Westheimer said. Tribal flags, horses, tents, hand-built shelters and teepees dominate one of the biggest, newest communities in North Dakota, built in a valley on federal land near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers. “Governor Wolf and the PSERS board must seize this opportunity to send a powerful message of support for the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, and to repudiate the disgraceful tactics of this dirty energy corporation”. They have powerful detractors.
FARGO, N.D. – Protesters in North Dakota who are being sued by the company developing a four-state oil pipeline say the case should be thrown out of federal court.
“This was an absurd and overzealous usage of force by North Dakota law enforcement”, said Dallas Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network after Wednesday’s arrests. Both were bogged down by complications in the permit process.
Granting the injunction would threaten the entire $3.8 billion project at a point when construction is nearing completion, the company said. When finished, the proposed pipeline will run from the northernmost part of North Dakota, near the Canadian border, all the way to Patoka, in southern IL. DOJ, DOA, and DOI will invite tribes to formal government-to-government consultations on how the federal government can better ensure meaningful tribal input on infrastructure projects this fall. Over the weekend, private guards used pepper spray and attack dogs against protesters.
To read the document from the CEO of Energy Transfer Partners to employees, see this page’s links section. The scene only added more publicity to the dissent.
The departments of Justice, the Army, and the Interior issued a joint statement on September 9 asking Dakota Access to voluntarily pause all construction within 20 miles east or west of Lake Oahe, north of Cannon Ball, N.D. The building area where Tilsen and others were arrested does not fall within that zone.
The group’s goal is to raise awareness about the injustices committed against Native Americans in this instance and throughout history. He and other demonstrators are proud of this protest and stress the importance of peaceful demonstrations, come what may. American Horse, 60, placed them all in the ground.
“The second issue of global effect is that we need to understand that the future of energy in this country is not more oil, it is not more pipelines and it’s not more carbon emissions”, Sanders continued. In a court statement, the Native American groups argued that “the cultural and religious significance of these waters can not be overstated”.
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The Standing Rock Sioux opposes construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on land adjacent to their reservation.
