8 years ago
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Brings Pipeline Protest To The White House
Just hours after 22 more people were arrested for protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota on Tuesday, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe brought its battle against the pipeline to the White House. The rally, which drew over 500 people, was meant to persuade President Barack Obama to stop construction on the nearly 1,200-mile-long pipeline between oil fields in North Dakota and Illinois. The tribe says the pipeline will contaminate its only water source and cross indigenous burial grounds, desecrating sacred land.
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