Obama: Reroute Dakota Pipeline to accommodate sacred land
President Barack Obama said Tuesday federal agencies are evaluating whether the $3.8-billion pipeline that has sparked months of massive Native American protests in North Dakota could be rerouted to address indigenous concerns of damage to sacred sites.
“As a general rule, my view is that there is way for us to accommodate sacred lands of Native Americans,” Obama said in an interview with NowThis. He added that the Army Corps of Engineers “is examining whether there are ways to reroute this pipeline.”
Obama’s comments come less than a week after 141 people were arrested and dozens were injured when armed law enforcement used sirens, pepper spray, and bean bag shots to clear a protest camp on a site that Dakota Access, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, is putting the 1,172-mile oil pipeline. Tribes say the land is theirs by right of an 1800s treaty.
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Suzanne McFly November 2nd, 2016 at 19:09
That is a President who takes his people over financial gain or demands from the business class. He is one of our best and I am so proud to have voted for this great man twice.
libpatriot November 2nd, 2016 at 22:21
Well said! I’m proud to have voted for him as well, particularly in moments like this!
Bunya November 3rd, 2016 at 14:03
I agree. And if he had run for a third term (if that were possible), he’d be the nominee again, and debating the Trumster would be a sight to behold.
allison1050 November 3rd, 2016 at 10:18
And some of those arrested have been placed in dog cages Alan.
ValianThor November 3rd, 2016 at 23:59
What about the river?