The following excerpts are taken from Dakota Access’ testimony regarding the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request for a temporary restraining order. The full document can be found here. “The area of construction is all on private land as to which there is no federal jurisdiction…Plaintiffs cite no authority because there is no authority that allows…
1.CLAIM: The pipeline encroaches on indigenous lands. TRUTH: The Dakota Access Pipeline traverses a path on private property and does not cross into the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation. 100% of landowners in North Dakota voluntarily signed easements to allow for construction of the pipeline on their property. Nearly the entire route of the 1,172…
As the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST) continues to wage their illegal protest of the Dakota Access pipeline, the media continues to mishandle, or simply ignore, the facts. The most recent example: CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper. The piece, featuring an interview with SRST Chairman David Archambault, exemplifies the inaccurate coverage the protest and…
As activity has continued to ramp up on media reporting of the Dakota Access Pipeline, the MAIN coalition is also ramping up its media and public outreach. To that end, I will be providing context and comment on behalf of the coalition moving forward. As you know, the Dakota Access pipeline has been federally permitted…
There is a pipeline crossing Lake Oahe near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. It stretches over a thousand miles from the high plains near the Canadian Border to Illinois and Indiana where the products it carries can be distributed for consumption throughout a resource-thirsty Midwest. Do you think you can guess what we’re referring to? If…
The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation (Sioux County, ND and Corson County, SD) has leased land for oil and gas exploration. The announcement of the leases was covered in the local papers in 2014. Reservation landowners came together to form a coalition with those in surrounding areas, together representing over 200,000 acres. The history of oil…