CALL TO ACTION - STAND WITH STANDING ROCK  

NCAI is asking for your help to Stand with Standing Rock in the fight to protect its waters and sacred places by delivering this message to the Army Corps of Engineers, the White House, and your Congressional Delegation: 

Halt the Dakota Access Pipeline's easement to drill under Lake Oahe until the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's waters and sacred places are protected. 

1)     Call or Email Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of Army Corp of Engineers, and 
        Denis McDonough, Chief of Staff to the President.

Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of Army Corp of Engineers
(703) 697-8986
            
Denis McDonough, Chief of Staff to the President
(202) 456-3182

2)     Call or Email your Congressional Representative or Senator

To find your Congressional Representative click  here.

3)     Donate to Standing Rock

The Tribe is accepting donations from tribal governments and individuals to help offset the costs associated with this effort. T o make a donation, please visit the Tribe's website here You can also send a check directly to the Tribe at:

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box D
Fort Yates, ND 58538

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has been locked in a legal battle to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline from impacting it's cultural, water, and natural resources. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a 1,168 mile long crude oil pipeline that will transport nearly 570,000 barrels of oil each day from North Dakota to Illinois. The Army Corps of Engineers green-lighted several sections of the process without fully satisfying the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and its federal trust responsibility to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

This is another chapter in the long history of the federal government granting the construction of potentially hazardous projects near or through tribal lands, waters, and cultural places without including the tribe in the decision-making process. The current proposed pipeline route crosses under Lake Oahe, just a half mile up from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

While the Tribe is waiting for a federal court decision on a preliminary injunction to stop the pipeline construction, the pipeline company is waiting for the Army Corps of Engineers to grant an easement to drill under Lake Oahe. The Army Corps of Engineers, the White House, and Congress must halt the easement until the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's waters and sacred places are protected.

NCAI Letter to the President and Army Corps


Founded in 1944, the National Congress of American Indians is the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization in the country. NCAI advocates on behalf of tribal governments, promoting strong tribal-federal government-to-government policies, and promoting a better understanding among the general public regarding American Indian and Alaska Native governments, people and rights.


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