Skip to main content

Missouri River: Dakota Access given green light by Army Corps. 

On January 24, 2017, Trump signed a memo that instructed the secretary of the Army to expedite approval of the pipeline.

On February 7, 2017, the Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) announced they had completed a review of the pipeline and granted the final easement to Dakota Access so they can finish the final portion of their pipeline which is to drill under the Missouri River near the Lake Oahe Dam.

Note: Great Sioux Nation Tribes and Agriculture groups downstream have access to use of the Missouri River waters for drinking and other uses.

Video: Standing Rock part 1

North Dakota does not recognize the Great Sioux Nation established by the 1851 or 1868 Treaties. The Great Sioux Reservation was later established under the 1868 treaty. North Dakota's ignorance is why the Dakota Access Pipe Line (DAPL) moved their project within the 1851 boundaries established by US Constitutional Treaties ratified by the US Congress. Filmmakers from Viceland visited the #nodapl water protectors at the site of the pipeline. The result was a short documentary showing what the Great Sioux Nation and allies are up against.

Viceland introduces part 1: "The people of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation of North and South Dakota fight to stop a pipeline from being built on their ancestral homeland"


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

LSA History: Mt. Rushmore Gathering 1996 & LSA Statement

Students Gather at Mt. Rushmore Effort Made to explain land struggle by Karen Testerman Indian Country Today. Feb. 29, 1996. B-1. He Sapa: Not For Sale 2.29.96 BLACK HILLS, SD - Wanting to educate visitors on the struggles of the Lakota people, Lakota students recently gathered at Mount Rushmore. The Lakota Student Alliance organized a public assembly at Mount Rushmore to coincide with an MTV filming of a performance by rock band The Presidents of the United States of America, which aired nationally President's Day. The students expressed an alternative viewpoint of the four presidents carved in the mountain and the reasons why the Sioux Nation continues to refuse monetary compensation from the United States government. "We still believe the Black Hills are the heart of our nation," students said. "We must negotiate the unconditional return of our land." In 1980, the United States tried to right a wrong by awarding the Sioux Nation monies for the Black Hills,
2 comments
Read more

Mario Gonzalez: Why the Docket 74-A award must be rejected

The following biography and essay are written by the author: (Mario Gonzalez is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and presently serves as legal counsel to several Sioux tribes. He is the first recipient of the Distinguished Aboriginal Lawyer Achievement Award (1995) given by the Native Law Center of Canada, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. He is also co-author of The Politics of Hallowed Ground: Wounded Knee and the Struggle for Indian Sovereignty (1999). He can be reached at mario@mariogonzalezlaw.com). [Part One] Why the Docket 74-A award must be rejected By Mario Gonzalez A federal class action lawsuit called Different Horse v. Salazar was filed in U.S. District Court by the Ketterling Law Firm of Yankton, S.D. on April 15, 2009, to force the Interior Department to distribute the Dockets 74-A and 74-B Sioux land claims awards in per capita payments to tribal members. The awards with (interest) now total over $1 billion. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe has taken the le
Post a Comment
Read more

LSA Statement regarding Richard Marshall

Statement Regarding Richard Marshall’s Motion to Quash a Subpoena in the trial of John Graham: What is the truth? South Dakota justice system seeks lies as truth in Indian country. November 30, 2010 - What becomes of a country when it’s indigenous people are being taught that, in a foreign court of law, lying under oath is a truthful lie and that truthful lie will set you free? Back in the 1970s when Sovereignty was an idea of the red power movement, Indians were just beginning to examine corruption in their tribal governments. Today, Sovereignty means something different. Today we see that Sovereignty banner in every gaming compact negotiation where tribal leaders plead to states for more slot machines, while the racist state bargains for more jurisdiction in Indian Country, keeping in mind the states goal of gaining more Indian lands. In 1973, Richard Marshall was one of those early Sovereignty rights advocates as he traveled with leaders like Pedro Bissonette. In Apr
2 comments
Read more