Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Responds to Keystone Pipeline Permit Approval

Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II. Native News Online photo by Randall Slikkers
Published March 26, 2017
CANNON BALL, NORTH DAKOTA — On Friday, President Trump announced that the State Department has issued the final permit necessary to proceed with the Keystone Pipeline. On his second day in office, this President made it his priority to push through two controversial pipelines. The Dakota Access and Keystone lines are dangerous, and were previously halted due to their risks to public safety. Today the battle against Keystone begins again.
“Once again, the treaty lands of the Great Sioux Nation are threatened by Keystone—a perilous pipeline. President Trump has described the proposed pipeline as ‘the greatest technology known to man or woman.’ If that is the case, then I would encourage him to do some research and look at the number of oil spills we’ve experienced throughout this country, the levels of water pollution, and the science behind climate change. This is not the way of the future,” said Chairman Dave Archambault II.
The $8 Billion-dollar Keystone pipeline was previously rejected in 2015, citing negative impacts to energy security, failure to benefit American consumers, threats to climate change, and also an utter lack of sustainable benefit to the economy. Despite the economic arguments used to propel these pipelines forward, less than 50 permanent jobs would be created.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will stand with the many tribes threatened by the Keystone XL pipeline. As the Chairman states, “We opposed Keystone before, and we’ll oppose it again. We’ve seen how the sentiment and worldwide support grew with the ongoing Dakota Access Pipeline battle. While we continue to fight DAPL in court, we will oppose Keystone on all fronts as well. We hope that everyone around the world who stood with Standing Rock on DAPL will continue to stand with us and all the tribes as we continue to fight these dangerous and short-sighted infrastructure projects that serve only the interests of billionaires.”
As I’ve said numerous times, RESEARCHING IS CARING.
So many “Americans” are now hearing and seeing our true history…. rather than the historical federally mandated education. We’re the same. Treated the same. Subjugated the same. One we are. Our Best “Religion” is your faith. We’re reconnecting with truth now…Thanks to you. Stay strong…Our numbers grow!!!
I have i have lived through a major oil pipe explosion it spread throughout several states near and far as the eye could see it killed 2 men and injured several. More it killed fish other sacred animals that depended on that water even birds died after coming incontact with the oil it damged a lot of mother earth white man is the cause of the change in how the global. Warming. Is coming because of their stupidity if i could have gotten away to court i would have stood there by my brothers and sisters of Standing Rock and put the judge and the Dapl running with their heads between their tails they brok our treatys that was signed by white mans government and white mans president. Everything that they did to our people. At standing Rock was in violation of our treaty they the white mans law and military and federal. Agents and privet security officers committed terrorism acts on our people. They broke all of our treaty and should be sued and should be forced to leave the united states
Truer words never spoken.
Wado
Emenv sending up smoke prays for all my tribal brothers and sisters
Time to study KXL pipe line route maps. Proposed, system & terminals. Here’s the link.
http://www.keystone-xl.com/kxl-101/maps/
Looks like Ft. Peck Res, Montana is in direct path. North Dakota pipeline path appears to miss SRST & CRST. In South Dakota, pipeline path appears as not going through Pine Ridge (OST) or Rosebud (RST). But comes close to Winner, SD.
There may be issues where pipeline crosses rivers, underground aquifers, earthquake faults or near volcanoes.
Volcanoes? Yeah. The Yellowstone Super volcano. Building pipelines within (500 -1000) mile radius of the Yellowstone Super Caldera is crazy.