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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…

One year ago, I moved to a tiny community in northeastern Montana. It’s not what most people picture when they picture Montana. I am not surrounded by mountains and pine trees, but rather high rolling plains, oil rigs, and cattle ranches. It is a far cry from the Midwest where I grew up. It is even a farther cry from the South American jungle where I lived and taught for the six years prior to living here. But my experiences living in a variety of places have taught me to enjoy the journey.…

In 2014, Energy Transfer Partners began construction of a pipeline that would connect North Dakota to Iowa, called the North Dakota Access Pipeline. It is also called the Bakken pipeline, since it is taking the crude oil from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota. Since the beginning of the construction, there have been small protests from the local Native American Sioux tribe, but recently the protests have gotten much larger. The protestors have a strong argument. As with most oil production…

Utley, Robert M. The Lance and the Shield: The Life and times of Sitting Bull. New York: Henry Holt, 1993. Growing up in East Texas and not knowing much about Indians and not fully comprehending what the Indian way of life was, but one person that new was Sitting Bull. After reading The Lance and the Shield: The Life and times of Sitting Bull by Robert Utley I can fully believe how Sitting Bull actually was as a great leader of the Lakota tribe apart of the Sioux nation and as a great man…

The Dakota Access Pipeline has sparked controversy throughout America primarily in the past year due to differing beliefs about the sacred land that construction supposedly is ruining. After months of protests and spirit camps, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, a tribe that was relatively silent while others took action to protect their water supply , is taking the DAPL case to court using two deliberately planned legal strategies. Although the pipeline is complete and oil could start flowing any…

production of the North Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline is 1,172 miles long and it will transport 470,000 barrels of oil per day. The pipeline will begin in North Dakota, travel through South Dakota, and Iowa, and end in central Illinois.The pipeline will be placed through the Standing Rock Sioux land, which is in North Dakota, and the pipeline would affect their only water supply if the pipeline spills. I chose this area because the media doesn't show what is happening in North Dakota and…

Environmental justice is very ambiguous term as it denotes the need for not only environmental sustainability but also social liberation. Regrettably, not every citizen, politician or business owner is apprehensive about our wilting global environment. To this very day, there are scholars and politicians that contend that climate change and global warming is the rhetorical vehicle for which liberal propaganda can be transported. Consequently, these same leaders in their lofty positions deny that…

the camp of Standing Rock calling themselves water protectors. A 1,200-mile-long pipeline is being constructed by a Texas based energy company called Energy Transfer. The pipeline also known as the Dakota Access Pipeline, is designed to transport 570,000 barrels of crude oil per day from North Dakota to Illinois. The Pipeline project originally proposed to go over the Missouri River but was rejected due to the fact that it was too close to residential areas, roads, and lands. Approved by a…

The North Dakota pipeline protest is arguably the most influential protest of our time, regarding Native Americans and the environment. There are certain things that should be endowed to any human being. And two of those things are access to clean drinking water and a place to lay their loved ones to rest. Native people have been protesting the construction of the North Dakota access pipeline for months now, with no end in site. The construction of this pipeline threatens not just native peoples…

Controversy over a pipeline “What to Know About the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests” by Justin Worland is an informative piece about The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe protesting a plan to put in a 1,200-mile pipeline to transport crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois. The plan came to be in 2014 and has been ongoing since. National attention has since been gained and the opposing sides are preparing for a long battle that may be through the winter full of harsh weather and snow. The Sioux tribe…