The fate of the Dakota Access pipeline could be decided at a U.S. court hearing Friday, where federal regulators could set in motion a months-long shutdown of the line while the Biden Administration completes an environmental review.
Rock faces and boulders bearing figure carvings called petroglyphs were scratched or dabbed with paint, the United States Forest Service said.
The event marks the first time all four of the living Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairmen will participate in a public conversation together.
Please join us on Thursday, April 15th at 2 pm (EST) for a historic, live conversation about renewable energy with ALL four of the living Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairmen of the last 40 years.
Dozens of countries are backing an effort that would protect 30 percent of Earth’s land and water. Native people, often among the most effective stewards of nature, have been disregarded, or worse, in the past.
The conflict abated in March when the Canadian and British Columbian governments opened negotiations with the Wet’suwet’en over their land claims. But conflict could erupt again without warning.
