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Timeline of 2016
Events over this past year from the first to the newest. This covers when the Dakota Access Pipeline was passed, to the current events that it has today. -
Dakota Access Pipeline passes
Construction begins in North Dakota on six oil terminals for the Dakota Access project. Pipeline construction begins in mid-May. -
Protesters Arrive
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe members begin the Sacred Stone Camp near the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri rivers in opposition of the pipeline. -
Lawsuit is filed
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe files a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, arguing the agency failed to properly consult with the tribe and violated the National Historic Preservation Act and other laws. -
First Arrest are made
Protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline begin to ramp up near Cannon Ball, N.D., with the first 10 arrests. Thousands have since joined the camp and dozens of arrests — including for trespass and felony reckless endangerment — have been made in connection with protest activities. -
First clash between Protesters and Police
Pipeline opponents and security personnel with dogs and pepper spray clash after Dakota Access bulldozes an area the tribe claims contains burial sites. The incident, including whether sacred sites were destroyed, is under investigation. -
Might threaten the Water
More than 90 scientists signed a letter to the journal Science expressing concerns that the Dakota Access Pipeline threatens biodiversity and clean water. -
The Pipeline is getting HOT!
Hundreds of officers in riot gear and military vehicles broke through the front lines of the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance, using pepper spray, non-lethal bean bag rounds and other deterrents as they cleared out protesters -- arresting more than 140 -- blocking a state highway and occupying the pipeline company’s land. http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2016/10/high-alert-standing-rock-thursday-oct.html -
Shots fired!
A man on a road heading to the construction site was stopped by protesters. The man did not take well to being stopped, he pulled his gun out of his vehicle and started shooting. No one was killed from the shooting and it is unknown who the shooter was.
http://www.wthr.com/article/sheriff-probing-report-of-shots-fired-in-dakota-access-pipeline-protest
