The gentleman who is missing his finals at UH, whose education is no doubt paid for by the GI Bill and who received five figure payments to enlist and re-up is fighting to preserve the way of life of the Standing Rock Sioux, as depicted by the following from the NYTimes:
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"CANNON BALL, N.D. — Lee Plenty Wolf knows the government wants him to clear out of the snowbound tepee where he stokes the fire, sings traditional Oglala songs and sleeps alongside a pair of women from France and California who came to protest an oil pipeline in the stinging cold. But he and thousands of other protesters are vowing to make what may be their last stand at Standing Rock." 
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/us/standing-rock-pipeline-protest-north-dakota.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0