mar 1, 2016 - Dakota Access Pipeline construction (2016)

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- $3.7 billion project
- Original proposed blueprint placed pipeline near a predominantly white community (Bismarck)
- White community wrote a letter; Energy Transfer moved the pipeline south to run through the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Cannon Ball, North Dakota
- Protests ensued; law enforcement used military grade weapons and tear gas on unarmed Natives
- Lawsuit renewed Nov. 1, 2018

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