Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe fear the construction will also taint the area’s drinking water supply, in addition to concerns about recently discovered sacred sites in the area. He is staying in the Red Warrior Camp, one of two enormous gatherings of Native American people near the Cannonball River, in the USA state of North Dakota.
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Hundreds of Native Americans from tribes across the USA have set up a camp in southern North Dakota near the first phase of construction of a four-state $3.8bn (£2.9bn) oil pipeline to be built by the Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners.
Some of the protestors who joined with North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and who claimed they got attacked by dogs and pepper sprayed were from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, according to Tulsa World.
Law-enforcement personnel were not present at the North Dakota site when the incident occurred, Preskey said. The crowd dispersed when officers arrived and no one was arrested, she said.
Activists protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline clashed with construction workers and security forces on Saturday in North Dakota. “This was more like a riot than a protest”.
The tribe filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fight the construction.
It’s unknown at this point if there were any injuries to the security officers or protesters. At least 30 people were pepper-sprayed, he said.
“I join with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and the many tribal nations fighting this risky pipeline”, he added. They also said the pipeline construction violates long-standing treaties. FOX News reported that he said, “These grounds are the resting places of our ancestors”.
The $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline is being handled by Energy Transfer Partners, a Dallas, Texas company. They filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, and the court is scheduled to rule this week as to whether to halt the construction for the duration of the case. One man shows a deep bite mark on his arm to the camera, stating, “I was walking, he threw the dog at me, straight, without any warning”.
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The Army Corps of Engineers granted permits the Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners.The project is estimated to cost $3.8bn and will carry some 500,000 barrels of crude per day from North Dakota to IL, according to NBC News. The desecration of these ancient places has already caused the Standing Rock Sioux irreparable harm.
