Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Supporters Block Construction of Dakota Access PipelineBy Derrick Broze On Wednesday and Thursday, protesters were arrested while attempting to block construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline Project nearCannonball, North Dakota. The protestershave come from all around the country in support of theSacred Stone Camp, which formed in response tothe Army Corps of Engineers granting approval permits for construction. TheDAPL, alternatively known as the Bakken Pipeline,is owned by Houston, Texas based corporation Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., which created the subsidiary Dakota Access LLC. The pipelinewill stretch 1,172 miles upon completion and transport crude oil from the Bakken fields of North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois. Several activists were arrested on Wednesday and again on Thursday after attempting to stop pipeline employees from beginning construction. According to KFYR, at least twenty-five police cars arrived on Thursday morning to maintain the peace. By the end of the day five protesters were arrested. Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) August 10, 2016 Native Americans were separated from workers by dozens of law enforcement officers officers and temporary fencing, but some demonstrators ignored police barriers, KFYR wrote. The local police told KFYR there were just in peace keeping mode.Dakota Access Pipeline said they are working with local law enforcement to keep their employees safe and will press charges against anyone who interferes with construction of the project. Videos of the protests show members of the Sacred Stone Camp and supporters singing songs and playing drums while challenging the police protection of the pipeline construction. Afederal injunction that could potentially prevent digging for the creation of the underground pipeline will be heard on Wednesday August 24 in Washington D.C.. Despite the injunction hearing, pipeline employees are continuing to build access roads for the project. Last Saturday, Native activists sang and marched in front of the White House after concluding a 2,000-mile relay run from North Dakota to Washington D.C. Thirty Native youth from the Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) traveled to the U.S. Capitol seeking to stop construction of the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline, reported Indian Country Today. Runners return from #WashingtonDC join protests at the newly made entrance.More arrests #RezpectOurWater #NoDapl pic.twitter.com/EpJc8I5nKO Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) August 12, 2016 This has been happening for over 250 years, its continued transgression against our people, JoyeBraun, a Sacred Stone Camp Spokesperson, told KXNET. According to the Sacred Stone Camp website: This Spirit Camp is called Iya Wakhagapi Oth, translated as Sacred Rock, the original name of the Cannonball area. The Spirit Camp is dedicated to stopping and raising awareness the Dakota Access pipeline, the dangers associated with pipeline spills and the necessity to protect the water resources of the Missouri river. We reject the appropriation of the name Dakota in a project that is in violation of aboriginal and treaty lands. The word Dakota means the People in the Dakota/Lakota/Nakota language and was never intended to be used in a project which violates traditional ceremonial areas. The construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline has promised to increase domestic output of oil for the United States and Canada, but at what cost? Should Americans, Native and immigrant Europeans, stand by and watch the destruction of Native communities and the Earth, simply because it will bring cheaper gas? Is it truly responsible to support such a project when so many alternatives to oil-dependency exist? For the sake of our Mother Earth we must begin to stand up and defend against invasive, destructive and dangerous projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline. May the Great Spirit bless all those fighting the fight in defense of this planet. Sign thePledge to Resist the Dakota Access Pipeline Derrick Broze is an investigative journalist and liberty activist. He is the Lead Investigative Reporter for selfnewsPost.com and the founder of the TheConsciousResistance.com. Follow him on Twitter. Derrick is the author of two books: The Conscious Resistance: Reflections on Anarchy and Spirituality and Finding Freedom in an Age of Confusion. Derrick is available for interviews. Please contact Derrick@activistpost.com This article may be freely reposted in part or in full with author attribution and source link. Image Credit selfnews Post. If you take down the comment below, I will quit this site and make sure other people hear why!!!!!!! Tired of censorship of the truth! what comment? Theres a reply to you below this. Maybe youll get to see it. Whats going on with selfnews Post? Why all the censure? Theres actually 6 comments on this page. Do you see them? I saw them. Heres what they took down::// I changed the word N*z* to scum and its allowed. Bye Bye selfnews Post . Youve went and gone Main stream Media!!!!! Heres what they took down::// This land was given to this tribe. The have their own nation and the US are forcing them to give it up. Canada should not be allowed to put their oil through our country. They want this pipeline but will not put it in their own country because of the dangers of a leak would ruin their own pristine nature. THROW THEM OUT! Recall / impeach all that approved this! It wont make gas any cheaper! the earth is not for sale stay off the lakota land they need to take it to court. i wish the tribe the best of luck 