Dakota Access Pipeline protests

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The Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, also called by the hashtag #NoDAPL, began in April 2016 as a grassroots opposition to the construction of Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access Pipeline in the northern United States and ended on February 23, 2017 when National Guard and law enforcement officers evicted the last remaining protesters. The pipeline runs from the Bakken oil fields in western North Dakota to southern Illinois, crossing beneath the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, as well as under part of Lake Oahe near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Many members of the Standing Rock tribe and surrounding communities consider the pipeline to be a serious threat to the region's water. The construction also directly threatens ancient burial grounds and cultural sites of historic importance.

Dakota Access Pipeline protests - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2016–17 series of protests in the United States {{cite web | url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/how-to-talk-about-standing-rock-20161028 | title=Remember This When You Talk About Standing Rock | publisher=Yes! Magazine | date=October 28, 2016 | access-date=November 3, 2016 | author=Hayes, Kelly | quote=It is crucial that people recognize that Standing Rock is part of an ongoing struggle against colonial violence. #NoDAPL is a front of struggle in a long-erased war against Native peoples — a war that h

Dakota Access Pipeline protests

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