Standing Rock Indian Reservation

The largest Indian reservation in the United States is that of the Navajo Nation. It stretches around a total of 27,096 square miles. (Biggest Indian Reservations In The United States) The United states is a total of 3,718,710 square miles. (Geography Statistics Of United States Of America) The Navajo Nation Reservation is only .0072% of the total square miles that make up all of the United States of American, that really pales in comparison. This shows how much land that the Native Americans are

The Standing Rock Indian Reservation covers 3,571.9 square miles of North and South Dakota, and is home to 6,171 people. Though Standing Rock has been featured in recent news about the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), corporate invasion of tribal land is not the only issue this or any reservation faces. The people of Standing Rock have seen the graves of their families desecrated and much of their arable land submerged by the construction of the Oahe Dam, do not have access to sufficient clean water

The project crosses almost entirely the whole Indian tribe land. The government says that the oil pipeline will be a safer way to transport oil, and it is also the quickest way to get oil. “From now we are going to start making pipelines in the united states,” trump said in the oval office. If we already owe china billions of dollars why is he trying to build a multi billion dollar pipeline? Informational Background Did you know that the native indians rights are being violated? The Dakota Access

forced to assimilate into white culture or otherwise, risk execution. Then in the 1800s, when President Andrew Jackson enacted the Indian Removal Policy, the Trail of Tears occurred (over 4,000 of the 15,000 Cherokees died on the

away from the Standing Rock Reservation. Not long after construction crews began doing their work, the protest started to get violent. In the article, “North Dakota Pipeline Protest

Standing Rock In an act of racism and climate change has caused an uproar from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The Sioux Tribe is suing to stop crews from burrowing beneath the Missouri river which is upstream from that Sioux Tribes land. According to the history of Standing Rock, “History” from www.standingrock.org, they explain “The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation was originally established as part of the Great Sioux Reservation. Article 2 of the Treaty of Fort Laramie of April 29, 1868 described

and by rail and increase the amount shipped by pipeline” (Energy Transfers). Minimizing the trucks in delivering oil will help to prevent global warming and climate change. After the pipeline was approved by the government, The members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe protested near the construction of The Dakota Access Pipeline. The tribe members are deeply against the project because it would damage their

On June 25th, 2014, a $3.5 billion project was revealed to the public; a 1,172-mile-long oil pipeline that is intended to pump more money into state and local economies. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was supported by a natural gas and propane company known as the Energy Transfer Partners. The pipeline’s construction would be carried out by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The people who preach pro-pipeline continue to hype the bountiful construction job opportunities this gives the people in

resources can be found under the grounds where these tribes have lived. When the “white men” realized this, they passed a law forcing the relocation of the Indians. In the film, Broken Road, Florio and Mudd (1985) the narrator stated, “The government spent 500 million dollars to partition the land between the Navajo and Hopi tribes. 8,000 Indians were herded from fort Defiance to Fort Sumner, across the New Mexico border. During this trip, many would die and the ones who survived found themselves in

The film Open Range shares similarities with the literary pieces that have been read, as well as the primary source given. In the film, as Boss, Charlie, and Buttons go back to the town after Mouse doesn't join them again, they find him abused by the ranchers. When they go and confront the marshall, they find him to be fraudulent. The primary source and the readings had the common theme of white male corruption. The ranchers and the marshalls were abusive and felt as they were entitled to power