The Dakota

Corps of Engineers, the builder of the pipeline, for trying to build a pipeline over their “sacred land” and their drinking source, the Missouri River. Today, me, Lauren, and my clients will prove to you why they're protesting is unfair and why the Dakota access pipeline should continue to be built. My first…

about the various environmental and social impacts of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The documentary is hosted by Sarian Fox. Fox visits Standing Rock, a camp set up by the Sioux’s tribe to protest the presence of construction workers on the reserve land. The documentary captures how the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline would impact the lives of the people living on the reserve as well as other residents in the Dakota region. The Dakota Access Pipeline threatens many aspects of the native…

William Ury’s The Third Side is about conflict management, fighting and conflicts are natural and normal aspects of life. Ury explains that violence is not inevitable, there is an alternative to being violent, and that is the Third Side. Violence and war is not inevitable, we don’t have to fight and kill each other off. The Third Side offers a promising new way you will view conflict going on in the world and around us. The Third Side is our community that we live in and our surroundings. It…

the lifestyle and values of the Sioux tribe. There are three main disunions of Sioux: Eastern Dakota, Western Dakota, and the Lakota. Many Sioux tribes were nomadic individuals who moved from place to place chasing after bison (buffalo) herds. Much of their lifestyle was built around hunting bison. The Sioux lived in the northern Great Plains in lands that are today the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Tribes voyaged all over the plains, however, and sometimes…

Since April 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota have been protesting the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline because it could threaten their only source of water. The most frustrating aspect of this situation is that the tribe was not consulted about the pipeline before the approval of it. They were completely blindsided by this news and are now fighting for their land. Recently, a massive Facebook protest also broke out in support of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe where…

A federal appeals court has ordered a temporary halt to construction of the $3.8 billion Bakken pipeline after protests turned violent in southern North Dakota. As reported by the Chicago Tribune, the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said that it needs more time to consider the emergency injunction. Prior to this announcement, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg confirmed that the pipeline construction was lawful and rejected the Standing Rock…

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…

Chief Sitting Bull was the Chief of the Sioux Indian tribe. He was born in the river valley. River Valley is now known as South Dakota. When he was young he was associated with the little wars between different tribes such as, the Crow and Assiniboine tribes. Before he became chief, in his earlier years he had many nicknames such as Jumping Badger. He was also very first Chief to become chief of the whole Lakota Sioux nation. When he raided other villages, he didn’t really focus on killing…

day, protesters have been actively camped out near Cannon Ball, North Dakota; protesting as, or in solidarity with, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota. Calling themselves “Water Protectors”, they are actively protesting a 1,172-mile long oil pipeline being built by a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners named Dakota Access (Time 1). The pipeline is proposed to run diagonally from Stanley, North Dakota all the way to Patoka, Illinois (Time 1). The deviance of the Water…

Rock Sioux Tribe of the Dakotas Context: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is located in both North and South Dakota. This tribe is often called the Sioux tribe, a derogatory term that dates back to the seventeenth century, when the Ojibwa called the Lakota and Dakota “Nadouwesou”. French traders then shortened it to its last syllable “Sioux” (“standingrock.org”, 10/21/14) Part of the Dakotas was purchased by the United States from France through the Louisiana purchase. The Dakotas were admitted as…