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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"


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