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In October, another camp called "Winter Camp" was established on Energy Transfer Partners private property [104] —directly in the pipeline's proposed path. Citing eminent domain , [ 105 ] Native American protesters declared that the land rightly belongs to them under the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie .
Photos of the pipeline protests Last week, protesters and law enforcement clashed as police swept demonstrators from a separate camp on private property and more than 140 protesters were arrested.
The protests drew a 230-day response that involved 178 agencies, resulted in 761 arrests and required a four-day cleanup of the camp and 600 bins to remove 9.8 million pounds of trash, he said.
An estimated 400 protesters attempted to force their way past police in what the sheriff's department initially described as an 'ongoing riot.' Police clash with North Dakota pipeline protesters ...
The Fire Light Camp was established on June 7 by tribal members and protesters at the site where Enbridge plans to bury its pipeline underneath the headwaters of the Mississippi River. As a multi-day prayer commenced, over 100 people set up camp, pitching tents along an Enbridge matting platform positioned over the river. [ 18 ]
Groups like the Giniw Collective, [33] Camp Migizi, [34] Honor the Earth, [35] and the RISE Coalition [36] staged dozens of protests attended by thousands of people in the first four months of construction. [37] As of April 2021, more than 200 people had been arrested for protesting along the pipeline route. [38]
This camp was a first step to block construction of the pipeline. [13] The Dakota Access Pipeline would move large quantities of oil under the Missouri River, posing a threat to the main source of drinking water for the Stand Rock Sioux. [2] The prayer camp served as more than just a means to protest the Pipeline.
Sep. 18—It's been just over two years since Mylene Vialard headed north to protest a major oil pipeline in Minnesota. Late last month, Vialard, a veteran activist and member of Boulder's Police ...