So basically it  amounts to the tribes,  deliberately not meeting with the Corps of Eng., then waiting to the last minute for a "spontaneous" demonstration.

Sounds more like a "shakedown", Chicago style.

By the way, that  investment money, which could be lost, in all probability, was partially funded by retirement fund money, maybe yours.

P.S. The Prime Minister of Canada just approved two pipelines from Alberta. One to the west Coast, & other to the Midwest.