BISMARCK, North Dakota - The
sprawling encampment that's a living protest against the four-state
Dakota Access pipeline has most everything it needs to be
self-sustaining -- food, firewood, fresh water, and shelter. They have everything,
that is, except permission to be on the federal land in North Dakota. |
| A volunteer sorts through donated food near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The sprawling encampment that’s a protest against the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline has most everything it needs to be self-sustaining - except a federal permit to be there. The camp near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers in North Dakota is on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land (AP). |
( Federal officials say they will not evict the Oceti
Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires camp, due to free speech reasons, even
though it is on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land near the confluence of
the Missouri and Cannonball rivers that many Native Americans believe is
still rightfully owned by the Standing Rock Sioux under a nearly
150-year-old treaty.
"We're not leaving until we defeat this big black
snake," camp spokesman Cody Hall said of the pipeline. But residents in
the area have expressed feeling unsafe and frustrated with how the
protest has swelled to scores of self-described "water protectors" who
have joined the tribe's fight.
And Republican U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer --
North Dakota's lone voice in the House -- says the camp is illegal. He
blames the agency for looking the other way. More
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