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With a stroke of the pen, President Donald Trump revived the Dakota Access Pipeline construction. Now, officials say an easement to complete the pipeline is coming. The actions have sparked calls by pipeline opponents for renewed and escalated resistance. The chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe says the tribe will continue to fight the project in the courts. Where is the movement to halt the pipeline headed from here?
Guests:
Dave Archambault – chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Dallas Goldtooth (Diné and Dakota) – Keep it in the Ground campaign organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network
Geoff Simon – executive director of the Western Dakota Energy Association
Break music: M.O.S.T.C.O. (feat. Northern Cree Singers) (song) DJ Shub (artist) PowWowStep – EP (album)
I stand with the water protectors. Water is Life. This is the treaty lands and the lands belong to the tribes.
RESIST. RESIST. RESIST RESIST. RESIST. RESIST.