GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Green Bay became the latest scene in the ongoing protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
On Saturday, local community members held a demonstration they called “Standing up for Standing Rock.”
“Some of those people that we’re really hurt I’ve met, and I don’t like seeing any of that,” Claudia Skenandore of the Oneida Tribe told FOX 11 that she witnessed the negative impact of the pipeline firsthand during a trip to North Dakota. “When I came back, I couldn’t stop thinking about it, I can’t stop reading about it, I just want to be back there I want to do whatever I can.”
The North Dakota-based tribe has been fighting the construction of an oil pipeline under the Missouri river for months now, citing concerns about their water source and cultural burial grounds.
“It’s an American issue it’s a people issue, because water affects and is going to affect millions and millions of people if this pipeline bursts,” Tanya Dutch of the Oneida Tribe said.
According to a statement on Energy Transfer Partners’ website:
“Energy Transfer has long standing commitments to the safety of people, the environment, and our property and assets.”
“They can reroute this, they can definitely reroute this away from the water,” Cristina Danforth, Oneida Tribal Chairwoman said.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently conducting an environmental review.
