11-09-2016 04:22 via alaskapublic.org

Alaska Natives protesting Dakota Access pipeline share mixed views on oil

Demonstrators in downtown Anchorage protest the Dakota Access pipeline (photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska Public Media)About 60 demonstrators, including many Alaska Native people, gathered in downtown Anchorage Saturday afternoon to sing, dance and carry signs. They were there to support North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux tribe in their fight against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is afraid the pipeline could contaminate their water; the developer c
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