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Oil pipeline protest turns violent after American Indian burial sites destroyed
2016-09-04 17:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A protest of a four-state, $3.8 billion oil pipeline turned violent Saturday after tribal officials say construction crews destroyed American Indian burial and cultural sites on private land in southern North Dakota. Morton County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Donnell Preskey said four private security guards and two guard dogs were injured after several hundred protesters confronted construction crews at the site just outside the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. One of the security officers was...
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