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N.D. Pipeline¹ Protester: 'It's About Our Rights As Native People'

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The standoff in North Dakota over the construction of a controversial pipeline is continuing. Thousands of Native Americans and others have joined the protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline, which is planned to run near the Standing³ Rock Sioux Reservation.

They were protesting on the weekend even though on Friday, the Obama administration ordered a temporary halt to the pipeline's construction on federal land. NPR's Jeff Brady is in Bismarck this morning, and he joins us. Good morning.

JEFF BRADY, BYLINE⁴: Good morning.

MONTAGNE: What has to happen before the government will allow construction to start back up again?

BRADY: One federal agency, the Army Corps⁵ of Engineers, they'll have to go back and look over their work again. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe says the pipeline route crosses sacred sites and burial places. And the tribe says the corps should have done a better job of consulting with tribal⁶ leaders before approving the construction.

The Obama administration says the tribe has raised some serious concerns. And now the corps will go back and determine whether it should reconsider any of the conclusions the agency made that led to approving the construction.

MONTAGNE: Well, there have been confrontations⁷ between construction crews and protesters in recent weeks. How did protesters react to the news that construction will be stopped?

BRADY: You know, it's a win for them. But it's not everything they want. This is just a temporary halt to construction. And they want a permanent one. So over the weekend, protesters from around the country, they continued to stream in. I met people from places like Hawaii and Montana. I saw cars from Canada.

The protest camp I visited, it's on a prairie. And it's about an hour's drive south of Bismarck. There were teepees, tents and RVs everywhere. And the dirt road kind of leading down into the camp is lined with flags from dozens of tribes. And I came across this really interesting scene in the center of all this activity. There's this big circle with a fire pit. And that's where visiting tribes present themselves. Let's listen to that and some of the other folks I talked with.

NICHOLAS HUMMINGBIRD⁸: We support you a hundred percent from Southern California.

BRADY: Nicholas Hummingbird of the Southern California Chumash tribe was among those who arrived over the weekend. Some people wore traditional clothes. Others sang in their native language.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: (Singing in foreign language).

BRADY: Just about everyone who arrived came with supplies. Jaron Smallwood drove more than 350 miles from Leech⁹ Lake, Minn., and brought wood to burn.

JARON SMALLWOOD: I heard there was a very low shortage on cedar¹⁰. So I brought them a big bag of some Minnesota cedar.

BRADY: Cedar for what?

SMALLWOOD: They're having ceremonies and stuff, like sweat lodges¹¹.

BRADY: Many others delivered donated supplies for the hundreds of people who are now living at the protest camp.

JESSIE WEAHKEE: We brought a ton of water, sleeping bags, mats to sleep on.

BRADY: Jessie Weahkee traveled 17 hours from Albuquerque to bring a moving truck full of donations. Weahkee says she's here because her family faced a similar situation back home. They opposed plans to build a highway through Petroglyph National Monument, but they lost that battle. So she's here hoping the Standing Rock Sioux can win this one.

WEAHKEE: It's not just about this particular pipeline. It's about our rights as Native people to this land. It's about our rights to worship. It's about our rights to be able to call a place home. And it's our rights to water.

BRADY: So, Renee, you can hear this is about more than environmental concerns, though that's a big part of it. A lot of pipeline opponents mention that the route crosses under the Missouri River here in North Dakota, where a lot of people get drinking water.

And usually pipelines¹² are just about the safest way to transport oil. But, you know, accidents do happen. And protesters here say they don't want to take that risk.

MONTAGNE: And for those who have not been following this, the Dakota Access Pipeline, who's building it? Where does the oil come from?

BRADY: A company called Energy Transfer Partners is building the pipeline. It would be nearly 1,200 miles long and move oil produced here in North Dakota down to central Illinois. Drillers here, they're producing a lot more oil than the state can use. So they need pipelines to get the crude out of here and down to the population centers, where there are more drivers.

And, you know, the company has been kind of silent the last few days. They didn't respond to our requests for interviews. But there is a group called the Midwest Alliance for Infrastructure¹³ Now. They expressed frustration¹⁴ with the Obama administration because that decision to halt construction on federal land came just after a federal judge essentially¹⁵ ruled against the tribe and said that construction could go forward.

MONTAGNE: OK, so more to come on that story. NPR's Jeff Brady joining us from Bismarck, N.D, thanks very much.

BRADY: Thank you.

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1 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

2 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

6 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

7 confrontations   

n.对抗，对抗的事物( confrontation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At times, this potential has escalated into actual confrontations. 有时，这一矛盾升级为实际的对抗。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• These confrontations and uncertainties were bing played out for the first time on a global scale. 所有这一切对抗和不稳定，第一次在全球范围内得到充分的表演。 来自辞典例句

8 hummingbird   

n.蜂鸟

参考例句：

• The hummingbird perches on a twig of the hawthorn.小蜂鸟栖在山楂树枝上。
• The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backward.蜂鸟是唯一能倒退向后飞的鸟。

9 leech   

n.水蛭，吸血鬼，榨取他人利益的人；vt.以水蛭吸血；vi.依附于别人

参考例句：

• A leech is a small blood-sucking worm and usually lives in water.水蛭是一种小型吸血虫，通常生活在水中。
• One-side love like a greedy leech absorbed my time and my mirth.单相思如同一只贪婪的水蛭，吸走了我的时间和欢笑。

10 cedar   

n.雪松，香柏(木)

参考例句：

• The cedar was about five feet high and very shapely.那棵雪松约有五尺高,风姿优美。
• She struck the snow from the branches of an old cedar with gray lichen.她把长有灰色地衣的老雪松树枝上的雪打了下来。

11 lodges   

v.存放( lodge的第三人称单数 )；暂住；埋入；（权利、权威等）归属

参考例句：

• But I forget, if I ever heard, where he lodges in Liverpool. 可是我记不得有没有听他说过他在利物浦的住址。 来自辞典例句
• My friend lodges in my uncle's house. 我朋友寄居在我叔叔家。 来自辞典例句

12 pipelines   

管道( pipeline的名词复数 )； 输油管道； 在考虑（或规划、准备） 中； 在酿中

参考例句：

• The oil is carried to the oil refinery by pipelines. 石油通过输油管输送到炼油厂。
• The oil carried in pipelines. 石油用管道输送。

13 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

14 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

15 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。