Annotated Bibliography
"Dakota Access Pipeline." Congressional Digest, vol. 95, no. 10, Dec. 2016, p. 12. EBSCOhost, ezproxy.scottsdalecc.edu:2443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=119547116&site=ehost-live.
Congressional Digest, a Pro and Con scholarly independent publication, summaries Senator Bernie Sanders (VT-I) attempts to slow the development of the Dakota Access Pipeline; He attempted to slow the progress by adding an amendment to a water project bill. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe believe a spill would pollute water, destroy sacred sites and burial grounds. Energy Transfer Partners claim that the pipeline would reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and creature local jobs. The article claims Senator Sanders’s amendment would prohibit granting such easement until a full environmental review is completed; Sanders has vowed to continue battling the pipeline. On September 9th, a Federal judge rejected the tribes petition for an injunction but, the Obama …show more content…
In the article, several testimonies were given regarding the fight against the pipeline. The article gives insight on the dehumanization that is occurring against the protestors at the hands of the police. People explain the trauma they suffer and the attacks endured to protect their main water source. It is also expressed several times throughout the article that all the protesting is kept peaceful yet police still brutally attack protesters. Tribal elders are also interviewed, they explain how history repeats itself because the same fight, the fight for their rights, have been occurring for generations. This article demonstrates the inhumane and degrading punishment the “water protectors” suffer to protect their water. Not only that but demonstrates how their right to peacefully protest is being stripped from
"Dakota Access Pipeline." Congressional Digest, vol. 95, no. 10, Dec. 2016, p. 12. EBSCOhost, ezproxy.scottsdalecc.edu:2443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=119547116&site=ehost-live.
Congressional Digest, a Pro and Con scholarly independent publication, summaries Senator Bernie Sanders (VT-I) attempts to slow the development of the Dakota Access Pipeline; He attempted to slow the progress by adding an amendment to a water project bill. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe believe a spill would pollute water, destroy sacred sites and burial grounds. Energy Transfer Partners claim that the pipeline would reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and creature local jobs. The article claims Senator Sanders’s amendment would prohibit granting such easement until a full environmental review is completed; Sanders has vowed to continue battling the pipeline. On September 9th, a Federal judge rejected the tribes petition for an injunction but, the Obama …show more content…
In the article, several testimonies were given regarding the fight against the pipeline. The article gives insight on the dehumanization that is occurring against the protestors at the hands of the police. People explain the trauma they suffer and the attacks endured to protect their main water source. It is also expressed several times throughout the article that all the protesting is kept peaceful yet police still brutally attack protesters. Tribal elders are also interviewed, they explain how history repeats itself because the same fight, the fight for their rights, have been occurring for generations. This article demonstrates the inhumane and degrading punishment the “water protectors” suffer to protect their water. Not only that but demonstrates how their right to peacefully protest is being stripped from