Shailene Woodley joins oil pipeline protest in North Dakota

The actresses were part of the Stop The Dakota Access Pipeline protest in Union Square, holding up signs and marching with others committed to halting the transport of crude oil from North Dakota to IL.

TOM STROMME/TribuneBill Left Hand, of McLaughlin, South Dakota, stands next to a sign at the site of a protest against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that will cross the Missouri River in Morton County. Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation are concerned that the pipeline could potentially contaminate their drinking water and damage sacred lands.

However, one dozen people were arrested for encroaching on a zone established for workers’ safety and they are likely to be charged with disorderly conduct or criminal trespassing.

Share with Us – We’d love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article, and smart, constructive criticism. He said the pipeline must be stopped “so our future generations can live on”.

One of the protest organizers, Mekasi Horinek, of Oklahoma Bold, said he was not happy to see 10 private security types apparently hired by Dakota Access “posted up” to the scene carrying.40 caliber Glock handguns. “The end is when they (the pipeline) pack up and leave”. The U.S Army Corps of Engineers issued easements for the water crossings two weeks ago.

The 27-year-old actress was also joined at the event by Shailene Woodley and Rosario Dawson, who were there to protest a pipeline that would interfere with Native American territory.

“Without water we would all perish and suffer”. Twelve protesters were arrested Thursday. “We must take advantage of this chance to make a change”. “Native Americans understand what we don’t, that water and the land is life”. No order of this Court or any amount of damages can fix the damage that Dakota Access proposes to do to petitioners’ farmlands or grant petitioners the relief that they seek: to keep the Dakota Access Pipeline (“DAPL”) off their farmland in the first instance. LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, a tribal historian at Standing Rock, told AP: “Everybody is nonviolent and peaceful, ” adding, “We want to hold them back until we can get to court”.