{"id":78309,"date":"2016-08-29T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=78309"},"modified":"2016-08-25T10:48:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T09:48:22","slug":"photos-show-why-the-north-dakota-pipeline-is-problematic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/08\/photos-show-why-the-north-dakota-pipeline-is-problematic\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos Show Why the North Dakota Pipeline Is Problematic"},"content":{"rendered":"

A proposed oil pipeline is set to begin construction on tribal lands in North Dakota. Members of various Native American reservations gathered Monday [15 Aug] to try to stop it. <\/em><\/p>\n

\"Riders<\/a>

Riders from the Standing Rock, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Lakota reservations came together on horseback to push back a police line that had formed between a group of protesters and the entrance to the Dakota Access Pipeline construction site. Daniella Zalcman<\/p><\/div>\n

17 Aug 2016 – <\/em>Last week, the federal government gave final approval to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline,<\/a> which will run for 1,172 miles to transport crude oil from North Dakota\u2019s Bakken oilfields to Patoka, Illinois.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of protesters<\/a>, primarily Lakota and Dakota from Native American reservations within a several-hundred-mile radius, convened over the weekend at the edge of the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota to voice their anger.<\/p>\n

The pipeline would travel through lands sacred to the Lakota people, and cross under the Missouri, Mississippi, and Big Sioux rivers.<\/p>\n

A possible spill, which can occur with pipelines, would mean contaminating farmland and drinking water for millions.<\/p>\n

After a series of tense interactions with North Dakota state police on Monday, the protesters succeeded in temporarily halting the beginning stages of construction.<\/p>\n

\"Protesters<\/a>

Protesters stand at the front barricades of the protest zone, holding signs that read \u201cWater is sacred\u201d and \u201cMni Wiconi\u201d (\u201cWater is life\u201d in Lakota). Daniella Zalcman<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Horses<\/a>

Horses and riders from the Rosebud reservation arrive to support the Standing Rock community. The horses are in traditional Lakota regalia. Daniella Zalcman<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Protesters<\/a>

Protesters congregate next to a construction site for the Dakota Access Pipeline on Monday morning, as a crew arrives with machinery and materials to begin cutting a work road into the hillside. The flag in the foreground belongs to the American Indian Movement. Daniella Zalcman<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"North<\/a>

North Dakota state police form a line between the protesters and the entrance to the construction site as a tank truck turns into the property. Daniella Zalcman<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"A<\/a>

A protester is arrested for standing on the outer layer of barricades that separate the protest site from the police line and construction zone on Monday morning. Daniella Zalcman<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"A<\/a>

A protester is arrested for standing on the outer layer of barricades that separate the protest site from the police line and construction zone on Monday morning. Daniella Zalcman<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Two<\/a>

Two young Lakota boys watch as construction machinery drives onto the Dakota Access Pipeline construction site, just over a mile from the banks of the Missouri River. Daniella Zalcman<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"After<\/a>

After the protesters disrupted the construction site and shut down work for the day, a group marched up to the main gates. Daniella Zalcman<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Children<\/a>

Children play in the Missouri River, a mile from the proposed construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Daniella Zalcman<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kate Bubacz is a Senior Photo Editor for <\/em>BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Contact her at kate.bubacz@buzzfeed.com<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

Daniella Zalcman is a documentary photographer based between London and New York. Her work tends to focus on the legacy of western colonization. She is a multiple grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a fellow with the International Women’s Media Foundation, and a member of Boreal Collective. Contact her at dani+bf@dan.iella.net<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 buzzfeed.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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