Standing Rock protesters VS Army Corps of Engineers.
A group of 200 Native Americans stood among the Standing Rock Indian Reservation on April 1st, 2016 to protest against the 3.7 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a pipeline that transfers 470,000 barrels of unpurified oil from Bakken North Dakota to a terminus near Patoka, Illinois (Epstien, 2016). On July 26th, 2016, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved the final word for the land easement and water crossing to allow the pipeline to move forward. According to USA Today, the DAPL will undergo the few of many sacred sites for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. The holy places that consist around water for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe are; the Mississippi …show more content…
“Protectors, not protesters” were trying to keep bulldozers from starting construction onto burial grounds of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. The Standing Rock Sioux tribal chairman, David Archambault stated that the security of the construction site allowed bulldozers to come at a particular time and by the time the bulldozers were stopped it was too late. The bulldozers ruined the tribal land, desecrated their ancestral gravesites and also destroying prayer sites (Goodman & Moynihan, 2016). On November 21st, 2016, protestors at the Standing Rock campsite were sprayed with water cannons and tear gassed and shot with rubber bullets at below freezing weather (PBS, 2016). Indigenous Environmental Network spokeswomen, Jade Begay confirmed with a journalist that over more than 160 protesters were injured and another seven people were taken to the local hospital. Many with a peak of hypothermia (PBS, 2016).
The pros of building the Dakota Access Pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois will increase over 8,000 to 12,000 jobs (ProsCons, 2016). The pipeline will also help with the economy possibly earning $50 million annually in property taxes and $74 million in sales taxes. The increase in the economy could lead to more improved schools, roads, and emergency …show more content…
Amy Dalrymple, Army Corps of Engineers, stated that the plan to place the pipeline in Lake Oahe would not be a problem because the water level is shallow; making it more susceptible to breaking or releasing oil into the water supply due to a leak. According to Time, there have been over 3,000 oil and pipe leaks in the United States since 2010. Since the water is shallow and thin, the oil will contaminate the Standing Rock Sioux tribe 's water supply (Latour,
A group of 200 Native Americans stood among the Standing Rock Indian Reservation on April 1st, 2016 to protest against the 3.7 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a pipeline that transfers 470,000 barrels of unpurified oil from Bakken North Dakota to a terminus near Patoka, Illinois (Epstien, 2016). On July 26th, 2016, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved the final word for the land easement and water crossing to allow the pipeline to move forward. According to USA Today, the DAPL will undergo the few of many sacred sites for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. The holy places that consist around water for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe are; the Mississippi …show more content…
“Protectors, not protesters” were trying to keep bulldozers from starting construction onto burial grounds of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. The Standing Rock Sioux tribal chairman, David Archambault stated that the security of the construction site allowed bulldozers to come at a particular time and by the time the bulldozers were stopped it was too late. The bulldozers ruined the tribal land, desecrated their ancestral gravesites and also destroying prayer sites (Goodman & Moynihan, 2016). On November 21st, 2016, protestors at the Standing Rock campsite were sprayed with water cannons and tear gassed and shot with rubber bullets at below freezing weather (PBS, 2016). Indigenous Environmental Network spokeswomen, Jade Begay confirmed with a journalist that over more than 160 protesters were injured and another seven people were taken to the local hospital. Many with a peak of hypothermia (PBS, 2016).
The pros of building the Dakota Access Pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois will increase over 8,000 to 12,000 jobs (ProsCons, 2016). The pipeline will also help with the economy possibly earning $50 million annually in property taxes and $74 million in sales taxes. The increase in the economy could lead to more improved schools, roads, and emergency …show more content…
Amy Dalrymple, Army Corps of Engineers, stated that the plan to place the pipeline in Lake Oahe would not be a problem because the water level is shallow; making it more susceptible to breaking or releasing oil into the water supply due to a leak. According to Time, there have been over 3,000 oil and pipe leaks in the United States since 2010. Since the water is shallow and thin, the oil will contaminate the Standing Rock Sioux tribe 's water supply (Latour,