Native American tribes mobilize against proposed North Dakota oil pipeline
Source: The Guardian
Native American tribes mobilize against proposed North Dakota oil pipeline
About 200 people rode on horseback to protest against pipeline that
encroaches on tribal lands and could pollute Missouri river: ‘We’re looking
out for all people
Nicky Woolf in New York
Saturday 2 April 2016 00.04 BST
Dozens of tribal members from several Native American nations took to horseback on Friday to protest the proposed construction of an oil pipeline which would cross the Missouri river just yards from tribal lands in North Dakota.
The group of tribal members, which numbered around 200, according to a tribal spokesman, said they were worried that the Dakota Access Pipeline, proposed by a subsidiary of the Dallas, Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, would lead to contamination of the river. The proposed route also passes through lands of historical significance to the Standing Rock Lakota Sioux Nation, including burial grounds.
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“They’re going under the river 500 yards from my son’s grave, my father’s grave, my aunt who I buried last week,” said Ladonna Allard, a member of the Standing Rock nation and the closest landowner to the proposed pipeline. “I really love my land, and if that pipeline breaks everything is gone.”
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A “spiritual camp” will be set up starting Saturday at the point where the proposed pipeline would cross the river, and the tribal members plan to stay and protest indefinitely.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/01/native-american-north-dakota-oil-pipeline-protest
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They are killing our planet. 
My prayers are with the Native Peoples efforts. May their protest and voices be acknowledged and responded to.
May the ones asleep to their impact to nature - WAKEUP! Change your ways.
Thanks Eugene for the post.
