Alaskans paddle to protest North Dakota pipeline

Alaskans arrive on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to join the protest (Photo courtesy One People Canoe Society).
Members of the One People Canoe Society from Juneau paddled in unison today down the Missouri River in North Dakota. The trip is a show of solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux who are protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline Project.
If built, the pipeline would carry oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Developer Energy Transfer Partners claims the pipeline is the safest way