Tulalips support Standing Rock Sioux protesting oil pipeline
TULALIP This week the Tulalip Tribes lent their voice to the ongoing protests in North Dakota against an oil pipeline.
The Tribes board of directors passed a resolution Monday supporting the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in its efforts to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Really, it wasnt much debate, because we realized it was the right thing to do to support Standing Rock, said Tulalip Chairman Mel Sheldon Jr.
Protests at Standing Rock have grabbed national headlines and more have spread across the country. On Friday, about 100 Tulalip members took part in a rally and march in downtown Seattle, said Deborah Parker, a former Tulalip board member who went down with her family.
They were joined by members of other regional tribes and many supporters.
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