The Lakota Tribe

On June 25th, 2014, a $3.5 billion project was revealed to the public; a 1,172-mile-long oil pipeline that is intended to pump more money into state and local economies. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was supported by a natural gas and propane company known as the Energy Transfer Partners. The pipeline’s construction would be carried out by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The people who preach pro-pipeline continue to hype the bountiful construction job opportunities this gives the people in the surrounding areas; however, many of these communities have different feelings towards this development. The Pipeline stretches from the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota to the oil tank farm near Patoka, Illinois, hitting South Dakota and Iowa

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe claims that the pipeline goes against their culture and history on the reservation. As Worland puts it, it “transverses a historic burial ground and continues a legacy of

In this article, the Terry Wade and Ernest Scheyder discuss the protesters citing a treaty in order to occupy the land. Protestors are advocating for the rerouting of the pipeline on the grounds that further construction carries potential spills into drinking water and damage historical tribal sacred lands. The article cites the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, in which the protestors cited, and further discusses how treaty has not been taken seriously in the court of law. The article suggests that at one point the Energy Transfer Company planned to run the pipeline near Bismarck and far from the reservation, but instead decided to choose Standing Rock Sioux Land. This article is useful to point out a solution to the problem as well as the impact of protestors have on this

Pipeliners continue to trespass onto sacred lands and violate landowners’ rights. Many of these lands belong amongst the tribe which means approval of the pipeline would be the

The area known as the Standing Rock Indian Reservation located in North Dakota and along the Missouri River, has been targeted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other governmental entities, to construct a 1,172-mile-long pipe, right through the area’s clean water and ancient burial grounds. The United States Government is in favor of the project for its economic benefit, while the Indian American tribes of Standing Rock are against the project due to the harmful implications that this pipe brings to their wellbeing and their heritage. With the news that this pipe was originally headed towards Bismarck North Dakota, (90% white population) and then re-routed towards Native lands, the question can be brought up: why was the pipe rerouted?

The Tribe sees the pipeline as an environment and cultural threat. The pipeline traverses ancestral lands, where their ancestors hunted, fished and buried. They are also are concerned that it would break near the Missouri River, their only water source. The tribe filed a lawsuit saying they was never consulted. Guy Jones member of the tribe said “he had never seen a greater assembly of Native Americans than the week leading up to the decision.

On september 9,2016 Jack healy and John schwartz wrote in the new York time that, The U.S has temporarily suspended a part construction of the pipeline in North Dekota. Due to many protest made by thousands of native American for the violation of their tribal water supplies and ancestral cultural

Actually, Chief Seattle had no idea what is Dakota Access Pipeline. Chief Seattle died in 1866, and the Dakota Access Pipeline project is a recent year’s project. For sure, if Chief Seattle is here, he will against the pipeline. According to the Chief Seattle’s letter, Chief Seattle believed that the earth does not belong to someone and everyone shares the earth. Moreover, the pipeline has positive effects on transverse areas. Then, why Seattle would reject the pipeline project. We will know why if we investigate more deeply about DAPL project. The project has the potential to harm

running from North Dakota to Illinois. The proposed pipeline will run directly through the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's land, threatening the water source

The Dakota Access Pipeline has been a topic of controversy since it was first announced to the public June 25th, 2014. This pipeline will run under the Missouri river to transport oil from the North Dakota Bakken oil fields to Patoka, Illinois, despite it being built on Sioux Nation territory grated to them through the 1851Treaty of Fort Laramie. This poses a threat to many tribes, including the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, for their concern of the environmental impacts, possible water contamination, and the destruction of sacred burial grounds.

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a large effort to take oil-rich resources in North Dakota and bring them through Dakota to Illinois. There is a lot of recently discovered

Many strikers have claimed that these officers violently incarcerated them, forcibly herded them into vehicles, lacked respect for their cultural beliefs and even maliciously wrote various numbers on the arms of the protesters so the officers could track their whereabouts. For weeks the Sioux activists have tried to proclaim the land where the construction is starting for the pipeline. Multiple arrests and acts of violence have occurred as DAPL accuses the protesters for trespassing on their land. The Sioux were enraged with the police lack of respect towards them as many campaigners were forced to be repeatedly searched, slammed to the ground, and shot with rubber bullets in order to contain the protest against the pipeline. Other activists were even attacked by police dogs, spayed with mace and even a child was pepper-sprayed during one of these attacks. For months the tribes have tried to sue the company and held negotiations to stop the pipeline erection. DAPL flatly refused to cease construction and has recently been found to been defying department orders and foraged ahead with continuing the production of the pipeline. Natives and other members of government have recently pleaded with the president to postpone the pipeline

The Dakota pipeline potentially risks destroying countless miles of land and water, since it will be built underneath

The song that I thought would be easiest to relate to what we are talking about in class is the song Indian Givers by Neil Young. Lately we have been talking about how rights of Indians have been over looked, and taken advantage of for over 500 years. Neil talks about many important topics in his song, one of the biggest is the issue of news not being spread. Second is talking about how there are battles raging on their sacred land and how they need to stand up together to overcome it. This video has a lot of reference to pipelines being added and some of the destruction that comes along with it.

One of the things that the commission need to keep in mind while deciding will be that the drilling sites will be located near the Ogallala Aquifer. This is one of the biggest aquifers in the world which means polluting the aquifer could have a large impact on hundreds of people’s drinking water. The commission has assured the community that they have used better equipment to protect the pipes so they do not leak. However, the members of the community have little to no faith after seeing how filthy the water still is that’s in the ground. However, with the new equipment the oil company has promised to use the Nebraska residents might feel safer (Hayden).