Drums, flutes, clapping echo through downtown pipeline protest

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dozens of protesters gathered in front of Energy Transfer Partners at the corner of Guadalupe and 15th streets Thursday morning.
They’re calling for the business to be denied its building permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in North Dakota by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Dr. Tane Ward, director of Equilibrio, a decolonial organization project, says the protesters rallied with song, prayer and speeches for two main reasons: to close their