Editing Sioux (section)

==== Protest against the Dakota Access oil pipeline ====
{{Main|Dakota Access Pipeline protests}}
[[File:Poisoning water is genocide - Stand with Standing Rock.jpg|thumb|Demonstration in support of Standing Rock to stop DAPL occurred all over the world throughout 2016 and in March 2017 in Washington, DC]] In the summer of 2016, Sioux Indians and the [[Standing Rock Indian Reservation|Standing Rock Sioux Tribe]] began a protest against construction of the [[Bakken pipeline|Dakota Access oil pipeline]], also known as the Bakken pipeline, which, if completed, is designed to carry [[Hydraulic fracturing|hydrofracked]] crude oil from the [[Bakken Formation|Bakken oil fields]] of North Dakota to the oil storage and transfer hub of [[Patoka, Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/us/occupying-the-prairie-tensions-rise-as-tribes-move-to-block-a-pipeline.html|title=Occupying the Prairie: Tensions Rise as Tribes Move to Block a Pipeline|last=Healy|first=Jack|date=2016-08-23|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-08-24|archive-date=March 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307095530/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/us/occupying-the-prairie-tensions-rise-as-tribes-move-to-block-a-pipeline.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Pipeline transport|pipeline]] travels only half a mile north of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation and is designed to pass underneath the [[Missouri River]] and upstream of the reservation, causing many concerns over the tribe's drinking water safety, environmental protection, and harmful impacts on culture.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/08/493061675/more-than-a-year-after-spill-colorados-gold-king-mine-named-superfund-site|title=More Than A Year After Spill, Colorado's Gold King Mine Named Superfund Site|newspaper=NPR|date=September 8, 2016|access-date=2016-09-08|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064209/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/08/493061675/more-than-a-year-after-spill-colorados-gold-king-mine-named-superfund-site|url-status=live|last1=Hopkins|first1=Christopher Dean}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yellowstonepark.com/pipeline-oil-spill-yellowstone-river/|title=Pipeline Spills Oil into Yellowstone River Again|date=2015-01-21|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-08|archive-date=September 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912173446/http://www.yellowstonepark.com/pipeline-oil-spill-yellowstone-river/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Robert T.F. Downes |date=2024-07-09 |title=Natural Dialectics: Māori & Sioux Ecosophy Encounters the Rule of Law |url=https://scholarworks.arcadia.edu/agsjournal/vol9/iss1/2/ |journal=The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development |volume=9 |issue=1 |issn=2429-2133}}</ref> The pipeline company claims that the pipeline will provide jobs, reduce American dependence on foreign oil and reduce the price of gas.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://daplpipelinefacts.com/dt_articles/what-is-the-benefit-of-the-dakota-acess-pipeline/|title=What is the benefit of the Dakota Access Pipeline? – Dakota Access Pipeline Facts|work=Dakota Access Pipeline Facts|access-date=2018-02-02|language=en-US|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064315/https://daplpipelinefacts.com/dt_articles/what-is-the-benefit-of-the-dakota-acess-pipeline/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The conflict sparked a nationwide debate and much news media coverage. Thousands of indigenous and non-indigenous supporters joined the protest, and several camp sites were set up south of the construction zone. The protest was peaceful, and alcohol, drugs and firearms were not allowed at the campsite or the protest site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.prairiepublic.org/post/dakota-access-pipeline-construction-stopped|title=Dakota Access Pipeline construction stopped|last=Thompson|first=Dave|date=2016-08-18|publisher=news.prairiepublic.org|access-date=August 24, 2016|archive-date=August 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821083514/http://news.prairiepublic.org/post/dakota-access-pipeline-construction-stopped|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 23, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe released a list of 87 tribal governments who wrote resolutions, proclamations and letters of support stating their solidarity with Standing Rock and the Sioux people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/08/23/native-nations-rally-support-standing-rock-sioux-165554|title=Native Nations Rally in Support of Standing Rock Sioux|date=2016-08-23|website=Indian Country Today Media Network.com|access-date=2016-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825171718/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/08/23/native-nations-rally-support-standing-rock-sioux-165554|archive-date=2016-08-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since then, many more Native American organizations, environmental groups and civil rights groups have joined the effort in North Dakota, including the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement, Vermont Senator [[Bernie Sanders]], the 2016 [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] presidential candidate [[Jill Stein]] and her running mate [[Ajamu Baraka]], and many more.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/09/07/arrest-warrants-stein-green-party/89965374/|title=Arrest warrants issued for Jill Stein, running mate after N.D. protest|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=2016-09-08|archive-date=January 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109194033/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/09/07/arrest-warrants-stein-green-party/89965374/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called it a "National movement for Native Americans."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/showdown-over-oil-pipeline-becomes-a-national-movement-for-native-americans/2016/09/06/ea0cb042-7167-11e6-8533-6b0b0ded0253_story.html|title=Showdown over oil pipeline becomes a national movement for Native Americans|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2016-09-08|archive-date=September 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908184357/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/showdown-over-oil-pipeline-becomes-a-national-movement-for-native-americans/2016/09/06/ea0cb042-7167-11e6-8533-6b0b0ded0253_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>