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In response to "So maybe I should wait until a new page but can someone sum up the North Dakota/water/reservation scenario?" by volnelk

White folks originally protested so it wouldn't have to go through white folk land, so now it's being pushed through First Nation land. -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Nov 21 '16, 10:09

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The pipeline is not on tribal land. -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 21, 10:13 9
- *shrug* yes, it is. Even when it was routed the other way. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 21, 10:15 8
  - No, it's not. -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 21, 10:16 7
    - Then what's the issue? -- nm - volnelk Nov 21, 10:17 5
      - It will travel under the river that the tribe gets their water from, and the fears that a leak in the pipeline will contaminate it. -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 21, 10:19 4
        
        But legally they are able to proceed? -- nm - volnelk Nov 21, 10:35 2
        
        In October, the situation was that the federal government suspended permission for the pipeline to go under the Missouri, so the company and the state - mara Nov 21, 10:39
        
        As far as I know, yes. There's an ongoing lawsuit to stop it, but I don't think they were given an injunction to halt it while the lawsuit is ongoing. -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 21, 10:37
        
        Ah. Thanks for explaining. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 21, 10:22
    - The shrug was meant to indicate that all of America is built on tribal land. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 21, 10:17

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