The stand-off at Standing Rock continues as many people from all walks of life protest the crude oil pipeline route through North Dakota and sacred Lakota Sioux land.
The protest was started by a group of Lakota Sioux women who established the Scared Stones Camp in North Dakota to protest the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline through their land and water supply. The crude oil pipeline was supposed to pass the Missouri River north of Bismarck, but concerns about oil leaks polluting the drinking water of the state capitol resulted in the pipeline routing plan through the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal land.
One leader of this effort, Ladonna Brave Bull Allard started the Scared Stone camp on the banks of the Cannonball river. As construction of the pipeline began, Allard made a small video and posted it on Facebook, asking people to help. Since that day in July, people continue to join the protest at Standing Rock.