Sioux Victory In North Dakota As Pipeline Permit Revoked

4 December 2016

 - Native Americans have won a rare (and possibly temporary) victory in North Dakota as the US Army Corps of Engineers revoked the Dakota Access Pipeline permit needed to continue construction.

This stands as a significant victory for the protesters there, who faced military tactics by the government… but they stood their ground, despite the numerous assaults against them.

The US Army Corps of Engineers on Sunday announced they will no longer allow the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under a river near the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, marking a huge win for Native Americans and protesters who had long opposed the construction.

“Today, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced that it will not be granting the easement to cross Lake Oahe for the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline,” Standing Rock Sioux Tribal chairman Dave Archambault II said in a statement sent to BuzzFeed News. “Instead, the Corps will be undertaking an environmental impact statement to look at possible alternative routes.