In their September 2016 article, Federal government moves to halt oil pipeline construction near Standing Rock Sioux tribal land, Heim. Joe and Berman, Mark, wrote “A federal judge ruled Friday against the Standing Rock Sioux Trible’s request for a preliminary injunction to halt construction on the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline that the tribe says endanger sacred burial ground and could threaten its water supply from Lake Oahe, a dammed section of the Missouri river” (Heim. Joe and Berman). Historically, Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) project was initiated in 2014 to cover an area of almost “1,200” miles long. From Bakken oil fields in North Dakota through South Dakota, IOWA to Illinois. The company proposed $3.7 billion dollars to be built and carry more than 47,000 barrels per day. However, the company appeared to be one of the most…show more content… Day by day the issue has reached to a boiling point, where the issues begun to spread nationwide and the protesters begun to gather and protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Native America’s position has not been changed since the start of the company’s construction. In winter of 2018, Brandon. Mauai in his narrative article, Sanding Up for Standing Rock heavily stated that “The pipeline became a threat to our source for clear water, the source of our well-being. Its location is a result of environmental racism and social injustice” (Brandon. Mauai). It is crystal clear that Dakota Access pipeline project has a huge effect on the native American in many ways. Some of these effects are, water source is their only lifelong dependents, the cultural significant sites that have been preserved for over ten of thousand years and sacred or place that are dedicated to a religious deeply respected by all members of their
