I just want to emphasize that I made no assertions about the true "rightful owner of the land." I don't think there'd be a problem if the army wanted to build a

I just want to emphasize that I made no assertions about the true "rightful owner of the land." I don't think there'd be a problem if the army wanted to build a wind farm or solar farm, or even housing on the land. They want to build an oil pipeline. The problem with framing this as a ownership dispute is that that is a overly reductive minimization of the actual issue: water security. The city of Bismarck to the North asserted its political right to water security over land it didn't own when it forced the pipeline to reroute South, to the current planned route over the reservation.[0] Now, the Native Americans are being forced to take the risk that the 95% white city community found unpalatable. 0. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-nodapl-map_us_581a0623e4b014443087af35 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-nodapl-map_us_581a0623...