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A sculpture stands at an encampment where protesters of the Dakota Access oil pipeline have been gathered for months near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Saturday.

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North Dakota Governor Issues Evacuation Order For Pipeline Protest Area

8:26pm November 28, 2016

by Dana Farrington

Gov. Jack Dalrymple cited "harsh weather" in his order, noting that "emergency services probably will not be available under current winter conditions." Protesters have been camped out for months.

Protesters — or water protectors, as they identify themselves — walk along Highway 1806, past a sprawling encampment at Standing Rock on Thursday. Thousands of people gathered to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest of the Dakota Access Pipeli

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Army Corps Of Engineers Tells Pipeline Protesters To Leave Camp By Dec. 5

11:03pm November 25, 2016

by Martha Ann Overland

The agency on Friday ordered anyone in the encampments north of the Cannonball River in North Dakota to immediately leave. Anyone remaining on Corps-managed property risks arrest.

T.J. Plenty Chief stands in front of one of the three semitrucks owned by his company, Red Road Trucking. The trucks operate in the Fort Berthold reservation oil fields, carrying everything from gravel to pipe to water needed for drilling. His business is

Upstream From Standing Rock, Tribes Balance Benefits, Risks Of Oil Industry

8:25am November 24, 2016

by Amy Sisk

Hours from Standing Rock, N.D., is another reservation, in the the Bakken oilfield's sweet spot. Drilling has brought in millions of dollars, but the tribes have environmental worries, too.

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Tonya Stands recovers from being pepper sprayed by police after swimming across a creek with other protesters hoping to block construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, near Cannon Ball, N.D., on November 2.

The Standing Rock Resistance Is Unprecedented (It's Also Centuries Old)

3:41pm November 22, 2016

by Leah Donnella

Many say the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance is beyond anything they've experienced before. But there are preludes in Native American history, and you don't have to look too far back to find them.

A man stands on a makeshift bridge over the Cannonball River while police officers stand on the opposite shore.

Protesters, Police Still Clashing Over Disputed North Dakota Pipeline

10:48am November 03, 2016

by Jeff Brady

At the Dakota Access Pipeline site, officers used pepper spray against demonstrators on government land. The protesters say the pipeline would violate sacred Indian lands and could cause pollution.

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Law enforcement dressed in riot gear arrest protesters who are demonstrating against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near Cannon Ball, N.D. Police and National Guard moved in on an encampment of tents and teepees on Thursday.

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Tensions Escalate As Police Clear Protesters Near Dakota Access Pipeline

7:37pm October 28, 2016

by Amy Sisk

Law enforcement in North Dakota arrested more than 140 on private land owned by the pipeline company. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe wants to prevent the pipeline from running under the Missouri River.

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Police Evict Dakota Pipeline Protesters

8:38pm October 27, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Police officers, some of them in riot gear, removed protesters who refused to leave private land in North Dakota where a pipeline is supposed to be built.

In Fight Over N.D. Pipeline, Tribe Leader Calls For Peace And Prayers

3:19pm October 27, 2016

by NPR Staff

Protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline have been raging. Tribe leader Dave Archambault II says he's telling supporters "not to react to any form of aggression that law enforcement brings."

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Native American protestors gather at a construction site for the Dakota Access pipeline to perform a daily prayer ceremony. Over 1,000 people, most Native American, have gathered at two prayer camps along the Cannonball River near its confluence with the

At The Sacred Stone Camp, A Coalition Joins Forces To Protect The Land

9:54am September 10, 2016

by Leah Donnella

Hundreds of Native Americans and their supporters have gathered in North Dakota to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Native Americans march on Sunday to a sacred site they say was disturbed by bulldozers working on the Dakota Access Pipeline, near an encampment where hundreds of people have gathered to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest.

Judge's Order Halts Construction On Part Of North Dakota Pipeline

10:29pm September 07, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A federal judge has granted the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe a temporary restraining order against a company building a crude oil pipeline. It covers only a portion of what the tribe requested.