Political Pipeline Research Paper

Not just for Native Americans but for blacks, Muslims, Jews, and others, but even now we are dealing with Native American invasion and taking their land again, this time known as the Dakota Pipeline which is currently going on in North Dakota. The Dakota Pipeline is a large oil transmitting pipe that supplies oil across the United States but will be built on protected Native American land. The contractors have taken a look and have said that the pipeline would be a significant amount away from their land, but would be built under their water supply from Lake Oahe and would be at the closest 95 feet under the lake. But the Standing Rock Sioux haven't given up hope they have burought up that there have been over 3,300 incidents in which pipes have had leaks that have affected the environment drinking water and much more. The contractors have said that they have taken extreme precautions and have safety tested everything the Sioux aren't going to take any chances. Even as the Sioux and over 50 other tribes have protested there have been no clear winner of the battle on the Dakota Pipeline. The tribes have been protesting for months and though few have gotten violent many Natives and others with them have been arrested and thrown in jail, which is just another way people can attack the Native People to this

There is an aboriginal protest group who is opposed of this pipeline. The pipeline is said to cross their land. Governments are obligated to consult and accommodate affected first nations. ( Rossiter, Wood 2015) Currently, aboriginal people and their reserves are not properly funded and they are deprived

Native American people have been mistreated in a variety of ways throughout their long history with the white man. They have been slaughtered, poisoned, attacked, and had treaties violated. The most recent injustice is the conflict over the Dakota Access Pipeline. There are many striking similarities between the events at the Dakota Access Pipeline and the events of Wounded Knee in 1973. History is nearly repeating itself, but there is a difference in how the conflict is being viewed by the American masses.

The Energy Transfer Partners wants to install the Dakota Pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, but the Sioux tribe is fighting to stop the installation of the pipeline to preserve their culture and assert their right to the property. The Dakota Pipeline is an oil pipeline that would transport oil from North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois. The Dakota Pipeline should not be installed because it disrespects the Native Americans’ culture and discriminates against The Sioux, a minority within the United States. The unjust treatment of Native Americans is due to the government’s disregard for Native American property rights and the government’s belief that they can simply take Native American property away because they are

North Dakota’s Native American people, are all coming together to protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), which seeks to insert pipes underneath their encampment property and barral grounds. The protesters are being brutally attacked by official, although the natives are peacefully attempting to protest. They are chanting ritual and spiritual saying and attempting to pray on top of Standing Rock. They are facing massive oppression. They are being hosed down in the freezing cold temperature, are being pepper sprayed, and shot at with rubber bullets and tear gas. The Native Americans are calling themselves “water protectors” because they view water as a religious symbol. They chanted “water is life” to the DAPL officials and in return,

It is widely known that for centuries Native Americans have been oppressed, used and discriminated against. A sort of hatred towards our government and our people transpires among the Natives, and rightfully so. There are many reasons for the Natives to feel exploited, yet protesting the pipeline and fighting back to the American political system can give Natives a feeling of triumph and accomplishment if they are able to successfully halt the construction of the pipeline. Murdoch specifically states that “the last time Native Americans gathered and the nation notices was in 1973” therefore we know that the building of this pipeline is very strongly opposed and quite important to the Natives. There are many underlying factors that the Native

Now the situation that is currently going on is between the Sioux and DAPL. Sioux say that the “Dakota Access Pipeline would cut through sacred land, and that it would contaminate the tribes water source, also which would violate the National Historic Preservation Act” (Rowena, Lindsay The Christian Science

At one point, legislation in the United States protected the wealthy and the powerful exclusively. Over time, laws granted groups such as African Americans, women, and immigrants more opportunities. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota and many farmers are currently utilizing civil disobedience, like blockades, to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The pipe invades Native American territory, disrupts various ecosystems, and can contaminate the water supply. Their outcries reflect a lack of cultural and environmental awareness in the American society.

For the past several months, Native Americans have been peacefully protesting an oil pipeline being placed on their tribal ground, along the banks of Missouri. This was explained by Bill McKibben in the article he wrote, “Why Dakota Is the New Keystone.”

McKibben states that the Native Americans are peacefully protesting for their tribal rights. This also includes the right to have clean water, justice for their environment, and a climate that is in tact. The tribe is standing up to police dogs, tanks, SWAT teams, and pepper spray. However, the Dakota Pipeline is threatening all that they stand for as a tribe.

The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a pipeline that will carry crude oil from Stanley, North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois crossing under the Mississippi river and Lake Oahe. Who has been disputing against whom, why, and other information about the building of the pipeline and the location of it have been on the news recently. This paper will examine the legality of building the pipeline, it crossing under major water sources, and taking into account tribal opinion/public opinion when constructing something that could harm their land/resources.

Currently, in the United States, native populations are fighting desperately for their right to exist. The Dakota Access Pipeline is a major example of this. Proposed in 2014 and approved of in 2016, the Dakota Access Pipeline is a pipeline made to transfer light sweet crude oil from North Dakota to production areas in Illinois. Though sounding good economically, not only would the pipeline run under part of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, but it would also run under their primary water source, the Missouri river. Whilst Energy Transfusion (the company building the pipeline) has a vast record of spillage and whilst an oil spill would demolish their water and food source, it’s not only their lives at danger. “They literally bulldozed the ancestors right out of the ground, along with destroying tipi rings and cairns,”(McCauley). Standing Rock’s culture has also been threatened. Without any warning, the Dakota Access Pipeline’s workers bulldozed straight through a sacred burial site, digging up their bones without a care in the world. The government didn’t even comment on it. If someone had bulldozed through a historical cemetery would the government care then? The willingness to let a company bulldoze straight through their culture, to dig up their history and discard it as a lesser issue than industry is a huge blow. Are we not supposed to be the land of understanding? The cultural melting pot of

One major cause for the human rights violation at the Dakota Access Pipeline is the constant ignorance of Native American sovereignty. During the beginning process of the pipeline, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe was never contacted and informed about the pipeline. The company building the pipeline, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, claims they met with tribal leaders “many” times over the past couple of years. The Standing Rock

“There does not seem to be one definitive definition of indigenous people, but generally indigenous people are those that have historically belonged to a particular region or country, before its colonization or transformation into a nation state, and may have different—often unique—cultural, linguistic, traditional, and other characteristics to those of the dominant culture of that region or state” (Rights) The land to Native Americans is a very sacred object. To us, as nonnative individuals, we don’t look at the land the same. As agriculturists we have a respect for the land and want to maintain its fertility so it can continue to bless us with crops. While a ski bum may have respect for the mountains and terrain that was given to them to be able to ski and enjoy. Native Americans see the land as a whole. They as people don’t just respect it for certain entities they respect it for everything it has given to them. “Their ancestral land has a fundamental importance for their collective physical and cultural survival as peoples. Indigenous peoples hold their own diverse concepts of development, based on their traditional values, visions, needs and priorities.” As nonnative individuals it should be our job to help protect these sacred lands, and restore what damage that has been done to them. But instead, big companies are destroying sacred land all over the United States by mining, drilling for oil, or even building for scientific research.

The Dakota Pipeline is a 1,712-mile pipeline that goes from the oil-rich Bakken and goes underground, it would stretch from the tops of Montana and North Dakota that meet Canada and the southeast into South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois. The US Army corps of engineering approved the construction of the pipeline to take place. Protests are a common sight to see on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to stop the pipeline from being built. The protesters are doing everything in their power to stop this pipeline construction. Adding on, if the pipeline is built then it would damage the historical past of the Sioux Tribe, it would damage the environment, and it will disturb sacred lands and the way of life of Native Americans that live in the upper Midwest.