Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Admittedly the Army has had a bad history with the First People, the Native Americans. And the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may have had a different reference point when dealing with particular historic site conditions. For instance what might be a heroic battle site for the U.S. Army Cavalry might be a solemn Native mass grave, unrecorded in any reference work. See U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY for a grossly incomplete list of battles against Native American. http://www.history.army.mil/html/reference/army_flag/iw.html
and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_fought_in_North_Dakota
history.nd.gov/archives/manuscripts/military/frontier_indian.html
At the end of the Obama Administration, the pipeline was delayed. On December 4, 2016, when "Standing Strong", Jo-Ellen Darcy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo-Ellen_Darcy who is the Army's Assistant Secretary for Civil Works announced that "The Department of the Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota," "https://www.army.mil/article/179095/army_will_not_grant_easement_for_dakota_access_pipeline_crossing
http://www.usace.army.mil/Portals/2/Archambault_Chairman_Standing_Rock_Sioux_Tribe_Response_regarding_the_proposed_crossing_of_the_Dakota_Acess_Pipeline%20-%2014%20Nov%2016%20(002).pdf
Note that ND Sen. John Hoeven (R) chairs the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, which makes him intimately involved in grants for policing equipment. And Sen Heidi Heitkamp (D) is ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Subcte on Rural Energy and Development- which probably means she has received $$ from Energy Transfer & other oil and gas interests! Let your voice be heard.
Sen John Hoeven (R), 338 Russell SOB, 202 224 2551;
Sen Heidi Heitkamp (D), 110 Hart SOB, 202 224 2043;
Rep Kevin Cramer (R), 1032 Longworth, 202 225 2611.
Deputy Commanding General Donald Jackson for Civil and Emergency Operations at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emerges from the Washington DC Headquarters, before thousands of witnesses to listen to Eryn Wise a defender of indigenous rights from the International Indigenous Youth Council and Ladonna Brave Bull Allard from the Sacred Stone Camp at Standing Rock North Dakota
On the day before demonstration throughout the country at Army Corps of Engineer facilities, the Corps issued this Statement Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline Posted, 11/14/2016
Release no. 16-027: "Washington, D.C. – Today, the Army informed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Energy Transfer Partners, and Dakota Access, LLC, that it had completed the review that it launched on September 9, 2016. The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are warranted in light of the history of the Great Sioux Nation’s dispossessions of lands, the importance of Lake Oahe to the Tribe, our government-to-government relationship, and the statute governing easements through government property.
The Army invites the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to engage in discussion regarding potential conditions on an easement for the pipeline crossing that would reduce the risk of a spill or rupture, hasten detection and response to any possible spill, or otherwise enhance the protection of Lake Oahe and the Tribe’s water supplies. The Army invites discussion of the risk of a spill in light of such conditions, and whether to grant an easement for the pipeline to cross Lake Oahe at the proposed location. The Army continues to welcome any input that the Tribe believes is relevant to the proposed pipeline crossing or the granting of an easement.
While these discussions are ongoing, construction on or under Corps land bordering Lake Oahe cannot occur because the Army has not made a final decision on whether to grant an easement. The Army will work with the Tribe on a timeline that allows for robust discussion and analysis to be completed expeditiously.
We fully support the rights of all Americans to assemble and speak freely, and urge everyone involved in protest or pipeline activities to adhere to the principles of nonviolence." (Posted 11/14/2016
Release no. 16-027, Contact Moira Kelley (DOA) 703-614-3992
moira.l.kelley.civ@mail.mil or Jessica Kershaw (DOI) interior_press@ios.doi.gov) from http://www.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/News-Release-Article-View/Article/1003593/statement-regarding-the-dakota-access-pipeline/)
Also see Indigenous Environmental Network postings
indigenousrising.org/release-nodapl-1
Admittedly the Army has had a bad history with the First People, the Native Americans. And the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may have had a different reference point when dealing with particular historic site conditions. For instance what might be a heroic battle site for the U.S. Army Cavalry might be a solemn Native mass grave, unrecorded in any reference work. See U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY for a grossly incomplete list of battles against Native American. http://www.history.army.mil/html/reference/army_flag/iw.html
and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_fought_in_North_Dakota
history.nd.gov/archives/manuscripts/military/frontier_indian.html
At the end of the Obama Administration, the pipeline was delayed. On December 4, 2016, when "Standing Strong", Jo-Ellen Darcy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo-Ellen_Darcy who is the Army's Assistant Secretary for Civil Works announced that "The Department of the Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota," "https://www.army.mil/article/179095/army_will_not_grant_easement_for_dakota_access_pipeline_crossing
http://www.usace.army.mil/Portals/2/Archambault_Chairman_Standing_Rock_Sioux_Tribe_Response_regarding_the_proposed_crossing_of_the_Dakota_Acess_Pipeline%20-%2014%20Nov%2016%20(002).pdf
Note that ND Sen. John Hoeven (R) chairs the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, which makes him intimately involved in grants for policing equipment. And Sen Heidi Heitkamp (D) is ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Subcte on Rural Energy and Development- which probably means she has received $$ from Energy Transfer & other oil and gas interests! Let your voice be heard.
Sen John Hoeven (R), 338 Russell SOB, 202 224 2551;
Sen Heidi Heitkamp (D), 110 Hart SOB, 202 224 2043;
Rep Kevin Cramer (R), 1032 Longworth, 202 225 2611.
Deputy Commanding General Donald Jackson for Civil and Emergency Operations at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emerges from the Washington DC Headquarters, before thousands of witnesses to listen to Eryn Wise a defender of indigenous rights from the International Indigenous Youth Council and Ladonna Brave Bull Allard from the Sacred Stone Camp at Standing Rock North Dakota
On the day before demonstration throughout the country at Army Corps of Engineer facilities, the Corps issued this Statement Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline Posted, 11/14/2016
Release no. 16-027: "Washington, D.C. – Today, the Army informed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Energy Transfer Partners, and Dakota Access, LLC, that it had completed the review that it launched on September 9, 2016. The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are warranted in light of the history of the Great Sioux Nation’s dispossessions of lands, the importance of Lake Oahe to the Tribe, our government-to-government relationship, and the statute governing easements through government property.
The Army invites the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to engage in discussion regarding potential conditions on an easement for the pipeline crossing that would reduce the risk of a spill or rupture, hasten detection and response to any possible spill, or otherwise enhance the protection of Lake Oahe and the Tribe’s water supplies. The Army invites discussion of the risk of a spill in light of such conditions, and whether to grant an easement for the pipeline to cross Lake Oahe at the proposed location. The Army continues to welcome any input that the Tribe believes is relevant to the proposed pipeline crossing or the granting of an easement.
While these discussions are ongoing, construction on or under Corps land bordering Lake Oahe cannot occur because the Army has not made a final decision on whether to grant an easement. The Army will work with the Tribe on a timeline that allows for robust discussion and analysis to be completed expeditiously.
We fully support the rights of all Americans to assemble and speak freely, and urge everyone involved in protest or pipeline activities to adhere to the principles of nonviolence." (Posted 11/14/2016
Release no. 16-027, Contact Moira Kelley (DOA) 703-614-3992
moira.l.kelley.civ@mail.mil or Jessica Kershaw (DOI) interior_press@ios.doi.gov) from http://www.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/News-Release-Article-View/Article/1003593/statement-regarding-the-dakota-access-pipeline/)
Also see Indigenous Environmental Network postings
indigenousrising.org/release-nodapl-1
