Standing Rock Protests
Who?
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Protesting Dakota Access
Supported by over 400 Tribes
Lead by David Archambault II
Energy Transfer Partners (ETP)
Built Dakota Access
Supported by Trump Administration
Significance
Brought Attention to Indigenous Rights and Climate Change and United Indigenous Peoples around the Sioux Tribe
Pipeline was still built despite their efforts
Why?
Protecting Water Supply of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers
Sacred Land Areas of the Sioux Tribe
Protecting the Earth from Fossil Fuels
What?
Peaceful Protests by the Sioux Tribe Against the Dakota Access Pipeline lasted from April 2016 to February 2017
Police Used
Pepper Spray
Water Cannons
Rubber Bullets
Gained International Attention
Almost 500 Protesters Arrested
Over 300 Injuried
Proposed Route of the 1,172 Mile Pipeline
When?
April 2016- February 2017
Protests Slowed as Trump Administration approved the Pipeline and protesters were forced from their Camps
Where?
Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota
Near the Missouri River