re: Do you have an opinion on the Sioux protests of the N. Dakota oil pipeline?

They pay nothing and get a few grand a month for it.


So downtrodden.

It was a few months, but yeah it was discovered after the route didn't go through their property (thus no $$$)

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route didn't go through their property

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ok, this is making more sense now, so since it isnt going through their property, they arent getting paid, so they are trying to find a reason to get paid

boom, we found a burial ground!!!! pay us!

I would assume this "burial ground" would need to be verified by someone independent and if it is in fact one I would also assume as many steps as possible would be taken to preserve it

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ok, this is making more sense now, so since it isnt going through their property, they arent getting paid, so they are trying to find a reason to get paid

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To take it further than that, "well known" Indian Rights activists DiCaprio, Jessy jackson, Mark Ruffalo, etc are using the Indians to protest the pipeline because of Environmental "concerns".

I bet they wouldn't complain if a casino was being built there instead.

Quite a contrast between the reaction to these protesters and the reaction to the Oregon wildlfe refuge takeover.

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The question is, why are they being attacked by dogs and the like?

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Not saying it's 100% so, but the only videos I've seen, the native Americans were 100% the aggressors, and always taking swings with sticks at the dogs.

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It was a few months, but yeah it was discovered after the route didn't go through their property (thus no $$$)

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This part makes sense.

But in regards to the newly discovered artifacts, is that on their property as well? I guess that's the confusing part to me. Everyone is saying their land is 1-2 miles away, so what's the issue? Is the issue that the newly discovered artifacts are NOT on their land, but rather right in the pipeline route?

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Quite a contrast between the reaction to these protesters and the reaction to the Oregon wildlfe refuge takeover.

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Ahhh, you saw the FB meme, good for you!

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The new artifacts are supposedly closer on the pipeline route (off the reservation). Keep in mind though that this area hasn't been excavated. No one really knows what is or isn't there.

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Gotcha.

Was the pipeline ever originally supposed to go through their land and thus them being paid for it? Or was it always just going to go nearby?

And if it was going to go nearby, were they protesting before the newly discovered artifacts, or did they only recently start protesting once they allegedly found these artifacts?