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DAPL Crackdown Continues With Rubber Bullets and Mace As Water Protectors Form New Front Line

Mary Annette Pember

10/24/16

The water protectors taking a stand against the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) invoked 1851 Treaty rights on Sunday October 23 over unceded territory as authorities intensified their militarized crackdown and arrested 127 people.

“Today, the Oceti Sakowin has enacted eminent domain on DAPL lands, claiming 1851 treaty rights,” said Mekasi Camp-Horinek, an Oceti Sakowin camp coordinator, in a statement. “This is unceded land. Highway 1806 as of this point is blockaded. We will be occupying this land and staying here until this pipeline is permanently stopped. We need bodies, and we need people who are trained in nonviolent direct action. We are still staying nonviolent, and we are still staying peaceful.”

According to the Morton County Sheriff’s Department, protectors have blocked the road at the intersection of Highways 1806 and 134. The North Dakota Department of Transportation has closed highway 1806.

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