The protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline are, like so many protests these days, not about what they purport to be about. A piece in the Wall Street Journal clarifys the situation. The author, a resident of North Dakota who represents his state in the U.S. House writes:
Like many North Dakotans, I’ve had to endure preaching about the pipeline from the press, environmental activists, musicians and politicians in other states. More often than not, these sermons are informed by little more than a Facebook post. At the risk of spoiling the protesters’ narrative, I’d like to bring us back to ground truth.
It isn’t about tribal rights or cultural resources. The pipeline does not cross any land owned or controlled by the Standing Rock Sioux. The land in question belongs to private owners and the federal government.
The courts have rejected any claim that the tribe was not consulted…
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