Protest at Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline in the US

Men display the flag of the Houma Nation who live in southern Louisiana near the Gulf of Mexico near where heavily armed National Guard and police pushed water protectors back from an encampment in the direct path of the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). Advancing authorities attacked with flash grenades, bean bag launchers, pepper spray and Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRADs) and arrested 117 people. The Houma people have been badly hurt by sinking ground in the Mississippi River Delta and their fishing and hunting way of life destroyed by oil spills and oil industry pollution.

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Unique identifier: GP0STQ9V9

Type: Image

Shoot date: 27/10/2016

Locations: Cannon Ball, North Dakota, North America, North Dakota, United States of America

Credit line: © Richard Bluecloud Castaneda / Greenpeace

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Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Protest at Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline in the US

The public witnessed a new level of escalation on October 27, 2016 in the Native struggle at Standing Rock, as police swept through an encampment in the direct path of the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). The resulting standoff with the National Guard, and police officers from various states, led to 117 arrests. Advancing authorities attacked Water Protectors with flash grenades, bean bag launchers, pepper spray and Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRADs). It is crucial that people recognize that Standing Rock is part of an ongoing struggle against colonial violence. The Dakota Access pipeline (#NoDAPL) is a front of struggle in a long-erased war against Native peoples -- a war that has been active since first contact, and waged without interruption.

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