The protests began in early 2016, when the 1,172-mile pipeline, which carries crude oil from North Dakota across several states to a transfer point in Illinois, was still under construction. Its planned route had raised alarm about damage to sacred sites and water supplies.Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe set up encampments near Lake Oahe, a reservoir on the Missouri River. The pipeline route was close to the reservation at that spot and the pipeline was slated to run underneath the lake.For man
Source: The Case Against Greenpeace Puts a Spotlight on Native History – The New York Times
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