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August 8, 2016

Washington, D.C.: Dakota & Lakota Teens Protest Bakken Pipeline
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In Washington, D.C., Native American youth demonstrated in front of the
White House on Saturday to protest a proposed oil pipeline. The youth
had run more than 2,000 miles in a relay race from North Dakota to D.C.
before Saturday's protest. The proposed pipeline would run less than a
mile from the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. Protesters say
an oil spill could contaminate the reservation's drinking water. Members
of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe also continue to occupy a camp between
the pipeline's proposed river crossing and the water intake valves for
the tribe.
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