Standing Rock Marks Success For Native Water Activists

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Standing Rock Marks Success For Native Water Activists

瓜神app | By Laura Pellicer,

Published December 6, 2016 at 12:17 PM EST

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters are celebrating after the Army Corps of Engineers announced it will block a pipeline from being built under a dammed off portion of the Missouri River.

Host Frank Stasio speaks with who is in North Dakota. member Gilliam Jackson, and , member and UNC law professor, give their perspectives on the news from Standing Rock.

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