Pipeline Route Denied Near Reservation, Sioux Leader Says



Protesters gather at an encampment on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, a day after tribal leaders received a letter from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that told them the federal land would be closed to the public on Dec. 5, near Cannon Ball, N.D.

The secretary of the Army Corps of Engineers has told Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault that the current route for the Dakota Access pipeline will be denied.

The proposed route led to a protest encampment by the Standing Rock Sioux and other activists. 

The 1,172-mile pipeline is nearly complete except for a small section beneath a Missouri River reservoir near the encampment, which is about 50 miles south of Bismarck.

Archambault cheered the decision in a statement Sunday. 

“I am thankful there were some leaders in the federal government that realized something was not right even though its legal,” he said. “For the first time in history native American, they heard our voices. This is something that will go down in history and is a blessing for all indigenous people.

I heard the Army Corps of Engineers will not grant the easement and they will reroute.

I would say that it is over.”

Standing Rock tribal members believe the land in which the encampment is on is owned by the Sioux through a more than century-old treaty with the U.S. government.

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