North Dakota tribe formally calls on pipeline protesters to disperse
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Sat Jan 21, 2017 | 4:35pm EST
North Dakota tribe formally calls on pipeline protesters to disperse
By Terray Sylvester | CANNON BALL, N.D.
A Sioux tribal council on Saturday formally asked hundreds of protesters to clear out of three camps near its North Dakota reservation used to stage months of sometimes violent protests against the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling for the camps to be dismantled, it said on its Facebook page on Saturday. The tribe has been encouraging protesters to go home since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers agreed to an environmental review of the $3.8 billion project in December.
Despite earlier discussions about alternative sites, the resolution made no provision for relocating the estimated 600 protesters, which include non-native environmental activists and Native Americans from outside the tribe.
"The pipeline fight has moved beyond the camps and our strategy must evolve with the process," Standing Rock Tribal Chairman David Archambault II said in a statement dated Saturday.
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