The Dakota

In December of 2014, a company called Energy Transfer Partners LP proposed the plan to make a pipeline, formally called the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The pipeline was planned to span across four states, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois, and would cost an estimated $3.78 billion to complete (Miller). The purpose of the pipeline is to carry 570,000 barrels of crude oil per day from two oil sites, Bakken and Three Forks, to an oil tank farm near Patoka, Illinois. Though the pipeline brought in many jobs during the construction, it requires only a handful of individuals to maintain. The decisions made by Energy Transfer Partners were a result of careful planning and (mostly) consideration for others. The company used safe…

The Dakota pipeline is a 1,172 mile pipeline designed to carry over 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day from North Dakota to Illinois, and will cost around $3.8 billion to construct. The pipeline is full of ethical issues because the tribes were not properly consulted before construction began, and the pipeline passes within half a mile of the reservation, through burial sites and sacred landmarks, and crosses the Missouri River and Lake Oahe, which provide the tribe’s drinking water.It is due…

Winona LaDuke, a Native American activist, stated, “In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the [U.S] government that has been responsible for doing everything in its power to destroy Native American cultures” (cite). This paper argues that the Dakota Access Pipeline is represented in the media as government intrusion and exploitation of Native Americans through environmental racism. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is…

The Dakota access pipeline is said to be the safest and most environmentally sensitive way to transport oil from domestic wells to American consumers. However, it imposes risks of leaks that endanger the fresh water in lakes and rivers. Activists in North Dakota do not want the DAPL to pass because they fear that it will leak into the Missouri river. People often protest the Dakota Access pipeline causing “Water protectors” who participate in action to get tortured. They will generally get…

Dakota Nation(Santee) Native cultures of the americas Traditional location of Sioux tribes prior to 1770 (dark green) and their current reservations (orange) Ashley Rodriquez MYP American history (1st hr) October 19, 2015 The Dakota tribe was one of the three bands of Sioux a Native American tribe that resided in the upper lands of North America .The Dakota Sioux to was a nomadic tribe that traveled between Lands to live in the best hunting and gathering grounds. this…

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…

There is a current sociological event happening right now, where thousands of people have passed or are passing through 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…

give the reader sort of good view of the Dakota tribe. Essentially, the word Dakota means ally in their language, which is the Dakota Sioux language. The Dakota people are a Native American tribe located in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota and North Dakota. The Dakota people are First Nations band government in North America and the largest division of the Siouan family. The Dakota tribe is divided into the western Dakota and the eastern Dakota. In this paper, I will be explaining…

The Dakota Access Pipeline has received a lot of attention in the media for the past several months and once again constitute a polemic topic in our nation. It is hard for the U.S. government to understand the value and to even know which places are sacred for Native Americans. However, I believe by now U.S government should better understand their religion and beliefs. I mean they acknowledge that it’s a consistent problem they face, As legal scholar Stephen Pevar tells us, in the article…

The Trials The captured Dakota were being charged with “participation in the murders, outrages, and robberies…particularly in the battles at the Fort, New Ulm, Birch Coulee, and Wood Lake” (Oehler, pg. 206). The ensuing trials were conducted with an arraignment and a confession of being at one of the battles. The Dakota had believed the confession would make them prisoners of war – not guilty of murder. Once the commission became acquainted with the details of the various battles, a…