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September 21, 2016

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chair Speaks at U.N. Human Rights Council
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And in news from the ongoing movement to stop the $3.8 billion Dakota
Access pipeline, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman Dave Archambault II
has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to oppose the
project, saying the United States has failed to honor the tribe's
sovereign rights and treaty land.

Dave Archambault II: "While we have gone to the court in the United
States, our courts have failed to protect our sovereign rights, our
sacred places and our water. We call upon the Human Rights Council and
all members, all member states, to condemn the destruction of our sacred
places and to support our nation's efforts to ensure that our sovereign
rights are respected. We ask that you call upon all parties to stop the
construction of the Dakota Access pipeline and to protect the
environment, our nation's future, our culture and our way of life."

That's Dave Archambault II speaking in Geneva at the United Nations
Human Rights Council.


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