Dakota Access pipeline protesters march in Anchorage

Demonstrators march to the Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall to protest the Dakota Access pipeline project. (Elizabeth Harball/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
Alaskans joined protesters around the country Tuesday staging demonstrations against the Dakota Access pipeline project, including two in Anchorage.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe objects to the project in North Dakota because they worry it will harm their water supply and disturb sacred sites. Their cause has drawn support from Native and environmenta