Originally published above Edenkeeper.org
Holding two fronts in the battle against the pipeline approaching Dakota, indigenous Americans and supporters who are swollen in Cannon Ball, North Dakota and outside a court in Washington, DC
Joining hundreds of members of North Dakota's Stand Sioux tribe in DC, actors Susan Sarandon, Shailene Woodley and Riley Keough added their support voice. Everyone is waiting for the judge's decision to impose a legal ban on the pipe construction.
Submitted by Earthjustice on behalf of the Standing Tribe Sioux, the legal movement called for a preliminary ban on the pipeline approaching Dakota because it threatened to violate the sacred and polluting land of water. Going through the ancestral land of the tribe, it will also go through half of the miles of the current Sioux reserve. Earthjustice stated that an oil spill at this location will form a threat to the culture and the way of the tribe.
Standing President Sioux David Archambault II added, pipes leading to threats to our land, our sacred places and our sea, and those who will be affected must be listen.
Stand Rock Sioux tribe
With about 15,000 members across the United States, the Standing Tribe Sioux has about 8,000 members living on the tribal land in North Dakota. Archambault's officials and the tribe said that, by crossing Oahe lake and Missouri River, the pipeline will disturb the sacred places and burial site on the land of ancestral treaties.
Archambault claims that we have a law that requires federal agencies to consider environmental risks and protect India's historical and sacred places. But the Corps has ignored all these laws and quickly monitored this big project just to meet the positive construction schedule of the pipe.
The tribe is concerned that the pipeline can spill and pollute the river, which provides irrigation and drinking water, and keeps the spiritual and cultural values for indigenous Americans.
Earthjustice's lawyer Jan Hasselman noted that the overflow and leak of the pipe, it is not the problem if, but when. Construction will destroy the sacred and historical places. We need to spend some time out and make sure that the Corps follow the law before rushing forward with the license.
In January 2015, more than 50,000 gallons of Bakken crude oil flooded Montana's Yellowstone River. In 2010, the Kalamazoo River in Michigan was home to pipeline spills even worse. One million toxic bitumen oil gallon poured into the river, cost more than one billion dollars to clean. Pollution is still there, reporting Earthjustice.
Dakota access pipe
Dakota access pipeline is also known at the bakken oil pipe. This is a project worth $ 3.8 billion built by a group of companies leading by partners transfer energy, including partners, Phillips 66 and other companies.
The controversial pipeline threatens more than the ancestral lands of the sacred indigenous American. Including 1,168 miles, it also threatens farms, community, wild living environment and sensitive natural areas. It is expected to transport 450,000 barrels of bakken crude oil every day, it will go through North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. From there, it will be linked to another pipeline transporting oil to factories and refinery of the US coast.
The sacred stones of North Dakota
When the crowd of indigenous Americans, activists and supporters expressed outside the US Court of the United States in Washington, DC, developing, the crowd in North Dakota was also swollen. The camp of the sacred stones, such as the placed protest site, has grown to more than 2,500 people living in rickets, Tepees and four miles north of Cannon Ball.
In April, when the campaign against Dakota Access started, only a few dozen activists in the camp. When the American engineering army approved the pipeline section across the waterway near the Sioux Standing Reserve at the end of July, the tribe and activists sued to stop construction. Getting the attention and support of the media, people started hundreds of people to participate in the protest.
The legal lawsuit of the tribe argued that the engineering army did not fully survey the route for cultural artifacts, nor did not fully evaluate the environmental impacts of the pipe. It also accused that the pipeline violated the National Historical Conservation Act, the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
All the tribes want, Archambault's steaming, which is the pipeline that is not built on the treaty. Answering a request for the statements, resolutions and/or support letters of the Viking people, Sioux tribes officials report that many indigenous American tribes have expressed their support to the Standing Standing. Sioux.
The tensions are increasing between protesters and pipe proposals
Facing Sioux's disappointment and supporters, James Boasberg Court Judges delayed their decision on the ban until September 9, with the next hearing on September 14. A command command Prohibition will provide more time for the Court to evaluate Sioux Tribe that the pipeline is a violation of federal laws. But the delay is increasing the tensions between protesters and pipeline proposals.
Provides a voice that supports the rights of indigenous Americans, activists and actresses who won the Oscar Susan Sarandon, spoke outside the Washington Court, DC. I am here as a mother and a grandmother because all our waters are connected.
Also among indigenous Americans and activists in Washington, DC, is the chairman of the bold alliance Jane Kleeeeb. She noticed optimistic that the court's delay will give more time for protesters to organize and put pressure on the Obama government to intervene.
In the camps of the sacred stones, the delay of the judge was frustrated. Honor the earth's Tara Houska, I think people are disappointed. Houska is the National Campaign Director for indigenous environmental judicial group. She continued, I'm disappointed … [But] Will not reduce our efforts to ensure this pipe is not built.
The rights of indigenous Americans have been trampled
Before the hearing session last Wednesday, energy transfer partners agreed to stop construction until the hearing. No comments have been published on how the company will answer the decision to be delayed by the judge.
Lawyer Earthjustice Jan Hasselman noted that energy transfer partners declared in the court file that more than half of the pipeline was completed. We really care, Hasselman said. The company has pursued a strategy to bring this to the ground so fast that everyone's rights are part of the process of being trampled.
Hasselman explained that the law for tribes of important rights to protect sacred places and cultural heritage, and even if we are right at the time when a court can vindicate them, it will be It's too late.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8tek5l3k-4
Join the movement! Access Change.org and sign a petition Stopping Dakota access pipes!
[Top image caption and credit: “The Camp of the Sacred Stones has swelled from a few dozen to more than 2,500, according to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe officials. They are calling for further review of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the end of July without a full environmental assessment. Courtesy Little Redfeather Design/Honor the Earth via IndianCountryToday”]