The Army Corps of Engineers sends a letter to pipeline protesters demanding they leave one of their camps by December 5th. The protesters say they do not plan to leave the camp.
Dakota Access Pipeline protesters vowed Saturday to remain in their camp after the Army Corps of Engineers told them to leave the federal land they’ve occupied.
Activists protesting the continued construction of the pipeline were told to shut down one of their camps by Dec. 5 in a letter sent to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s leader by the Army Corps.
But tribal leader Dave Archambault and other protest organizers made it clear that they planned to stay in the Oceti Sakowin camp — one of three camps near the construction site — which would have been shut down by the encampment.
“We are wardens of this land. This is our land, and they can’t remove us,” protester Isaac Weston, an Oglala Sioux member from South Dakota, told The Associated Press on Saturday. “We have every right to be here to protect our land and to protect our water.”
Protesters said the request would only escalate tensions.
Via NBC News