Post by account_disabled on Jan 1, 2024 0:05:08 GMT -5
The Historic Preservation Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of the Interior all urged the Army Corps not to approve the first permit affecting the tribe, but the Corps approved it anyway on October 1. Nearby opposition camps began building in the spring, attracting thousands of supporters from cities and countries around the world. There wasn't much coverage in the national media until the recent sensational footage of a few people being injured and then seconds. This issue seems to me to be an important intersection of environmental law and policy.
Tribal sovereignty federal Indian trust responsibilities business interests cultural heritage health treaty rights environmental justice human rights and ultimately climate change. Initially the pipeline was planned further north near the city of Bismarck. The route was abandoned and then rerouted within a half-mile of philippines photo editor the Standing Rock Preserve when concerns were raised about contamination of the water there. The tribe still retains rights to the land beneath Lake Oahe because it was created by damming the river and flooding their homes, destroying many homes and important cultural areas.
The Army Corps declined to approve a permit on October 2 pending further environmental impact studies that would have allowed the company to drill beneath the lake to install a pipeline. As events unfolded and tensions grew, more reporters began investigating. It's quite sensitive and complex and there are the facts. Hundreds of tribes took the unprecedented step of uniting in support of Standing Rock and providing supplies and money to support their efforts to continue their opposition. Young people from across the country have fled their tribal communities, sometimes more than a thousand miles away, to come to support. It is estimated that more than seven thousand people are at the camp preparing for the coming North Dakota winter. A group of several veterans traveled to the site the weekend before the Army Corps.
Tribal sovereignty federal Indian trust responsibilities business interests cultural heritage health treaty rights environmental justice human rights and ultimately climate change. Initially the pipeline was planned further north near the city of Bismarck. The route was abandoned and then rerouted within a half-mile of philippines photo editor the Standing Rock Preserve when concerns were raised about contamination of the water there. The tribe still retains rights to the land beneath Lake Oahe because it was created by damming the river and flooding their homes, destroying many homes and important cultural areas.
The Army Corps declined to approve a permit on October 2 pending further environmental impact studies that would have allowed the company to drill beneath the lake to install a pipeline. As events unfolded and tensions grew, more reporters began investigating. It's quite sensitive and complex and there are the facts. Hundreds of tribes took the unprecedented step of uniting in support of Standing Rock and providing supplies and money to support their efforts to continue their opposition. Young people from across the country have fled their tribal communities, sometimes more than a thousand miles away, to come to support. It is estimated that more than seven thousand people are at the camp preparing for the coming North Dakota winter. A group of several veterans traveled to the site the weekend before the Army Corps.
