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North Dakota

Ken Burch

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4. My question is, why couldn't they at least have routed the line

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 06:20 PM

Dec 2016

so it wasn't at risk of contaminating the rez water supply?

Did they ever actually try to work WITH the Standing Rock Sioux on this, or did they just say "Manifest Destiny, bitch!"

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How many jobs do DA supporters think the pipeline would create in North Dakota? [View all] Ken Burch Dec 2016 OP

Choice between bad and worse HassleCat Dec 2016 #1

It's extortion rather than promises. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #2

You have to transport it someway Travis_0004 Dec 2016 #3

My question is, why couldn't they at least have routed the line Ken Burch Dec 2016 #4

They consulted with different tribes over 250 times Travis_0004 Dec 2016 #5

From a cursory reading of that, I could see that the pipeline builders failed to adjust the route Ken Burch Dec 2016 #6

I can't speak to the propaganda Qanisqineq Dec 2016 #7