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Believe whatever you want man. Those people would not put themselves through that if they did not feel there was a legitimate reason to do so. Those people originally "owned" that land regardless. Then it was taken away under fire then conceded under the Treaty of Fort Laramie then again taken away when there as thought to be gold there. The government has reappropriated much of that land back to the Sioux and then repossessed it when the farms that were given to them as a basis for the exchange were foreclosed on. This type of **** has gone on and on and on. So talk **** all you want about these peoples motives or their actions but I don't blame them one bit. At some point we have to look past the narrow view of our own sovereignty and see things for what they are.
Feelings are not facts. The land is no longer theirs and that is a fact. The land that they are protesting on is somebodyelses now and already has a pipeline under it that is a fact. The tribe wanted $60M and the pipeline company said pound sand we aren't taking it across the Res.