**** you, buddy boy. That land was illegally taken from the Standing Rock Tribe. If the goons continue their violence, you will see the resurrection of AIM with many white members, very well armed. And support for them in most of the cities of the United States. Time to tell the oil corporations that they cannot simply continue to destroy the lives of the citizens of this nation for their profit.
With all due respect Old Rocks you are wrong. This is private land purchased fairly. Standing Rock protestors are lying their freaking ass off. I'm just north of them and have been following intently because this is the same bullshit anti oil pro climate change bastards that set up against Keystone.
It's all about "leaving it in the ground" crap. They want to shut down the Bakken just like the sons of bitches want to shut down the Alberta oil fields.
Same old same old garbage.
"But an advocacy group says the tribe’s claims are misleading, saying the pipeline “does not cross into the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation.”
The Midwest Alliance for Infrastructure Now also said 100 percent of the affected landowners in North Dakota, where part of the tribe lives, voluntarily signed easements to allow for construction."
Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Removed From Private Land by Police in Riot Gear
AND it's all about shutting down the oil fields. Nothing to do with water either just like the bullshit the bastards tried to pull with the Ogallala aquifer. This river crossing already has 8 pipelines under it.
"But Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II said he doesn’t support moving more crude oil from North Dakota. He told CNN affiliate KFYR that Americans should look for alternative and renewable sources of energy.
More than 271,000 online petitioners agree.
“The Dakota Access pipeline would fuel climate change, cause untold damage to the environment, and significantly disturb sacred lands and the way of life for Native Americans in the upper Midwest,” a petition on CredoAction.com states."
It's all about the climate change agenda with First Nations as front men.