Sunday Sep 04, 2016 · 7:54 PM EDT
Big oil is relentless. Our tribes’ battle with the KXL pipeline was not long ago and now we’re dealing with another attempt to transport dirty oil through our nations. For those of you needing a primer, CNN reports on “5 things to Know about the Dakota Access Pipeline.” The five questions answered are: 1. What is the pipeline project? 2. Why is the pipeline being constructed? 3. Who is protesting? 4. Who's on which side? And 5. What's next?
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has sued the federal government, saying the Native American tribe was not properly consulted over the project to construct a 1,168-mile crude oil pipeline that extends over four states.
While proponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline tout its economic boost, opponents question its environmental impact.
The US Army Corps of Engineers approved the project, granting final permits in July, to the dismay of environmentalists and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
The local tribes started gathering at the construction site in July at a site called Sacred Stone Camp, named for the natural whirlwind-swirling waters once there that formed perfectly round sandstones. Jacqueline Keeler writes at telesur:
The Missouri River Tribes, like all tribes really, have a painful and difficult history with the federal government — and the Army Corps of Engineers in particular. In the mid-20th century the Corps built dams on the river almost exclusively on tribal lands, flooding hundreds of thousands of acres of prime farm land effecting 23 Tribes and displacing 1,000 Native American farmers, and of course to benefit white farmers.
Read more
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/4/1566763/-The-Dakota-Access-Pipeline-guards-unleash-attack-dogs-on-our-American-Indian-Water-Protectors
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