property owner. To begin with‚ the route that the Dakota Access Pipeline is being built on was placed on sacred ground of the Sioux Tribe. The sacred ground includes the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and it includes graveyards were they have buried their ancestors. Now before the government wants to build something‚ they need to make sure that whatever they are
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Dakota Dreams is a novel by James Bennett. The story follows the life of a lonely fifteen year old foster child named Floyd Rayfield. Since Floyd has no parents he had to live in multiple foster or group homes for most of his life. One day Floyd had a dream in which he saw himself as a Dakota warrior‚ a fierce warrior in Indian tribes. When Floyd awoke from his dream‚ he was certain that becoming a Dakota Warrior was his destiny. Floyd undergoes a name change to Charley Black Crow and‚ he learns
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The Dakota Access Pipeline is a 1‚172-mile-long underground oil pipeline that runs from North Dakota down to Illinois. The pipeline costs $3.8 billion and is owned by Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP. It is supposed to carry approximately 470‚000 barrels of oil a day and the pipeline makes that move in oil a more cost-effective and environmentally responsible manner. The plan is to construct it through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Those lands are considered sacred to the native people
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Place is the centerpiece of Kathleen Norris’ memoir‚ Dakota: A Spiritual Geography. This textual map is an eloquent gathering of herself as she explores her inheritance and her faith in a small town in western South Dakota. The land she captures on the pages of this aptly named ‘geography’ lives‚ breathes‚ transforms. But Dakota is not for the romantic seeking a nostalgic reconnection with the earth. It is a land of fierce winds and oppressive skies‚ drought and dust‚ killing rains. It is a land
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The Dakota Access Pipeline is a big deal. These past months people have been protesting and debating on whether to let the pipeline be built or not. What is the Dakota Access Pipeline? The Dakota Pipeline is a new underground pipeline that is made by the Dakota Access‚ LLC. The Dakota Pipeline conveys 470000 barrels of oil per day. This pipeline goes through Bakken/ Three Forks Formation North Dakota near Patoka. The Dakota Access ‚ LLC claims that the project will create up to 40 permanent jobs
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Dakota’s Current Pricing System Purchased product costs are marked up by 15% to cover the cost of warehousing‚ distribution‚ and freight. An additional markup is added to cover the approximate cost for general and selling expenses‚ plus an allowance for profit. The markups were determined at the start of each year‚ based on actual expenses in prior years and general industry and competitive trends. Actual prices to customers were adjusted based on long-term relationships and competitive situations
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"What You Need to Know About the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community." Common Dreams‚ www.commondreams.org /views/2016/09/09/what-you-need-know-about-dakota-access-pipeline-protest. Gail Ablow shares what is happening among the Sioux and the Dakota access pipeline with her personal analysis‚ to inform individuals what they should know about the event. She clarifies the threats and dangers that the Dakota Access Pipeline can bring to the Sioux Native
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“Our Summer Trip” North Dakota is not one of those glamorous states that everyone wants to go to. It is not even one of the top forty-nine states on most people’s list. It was at the top of the list for my family‚ though. Out of all the states that we have been to as a family‚ somehow we skipped over North Dakota‚ so we made it our mission last summer to hit this elusive state that we missed. Our vacation was very special to me‚ not only because North Dakota was the last state that we had not
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approximate 1‚172-mile‚ 30-inch diameter pipeline that will transport crude oil from the North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois. Recently‚ this pipeline route has been controversial regarding its necessity‚ and potential harm to the environment. Due to the lack of an efficient environmental impact assessment and a thorough risk communication plan that addresses potential pipeline leakages. If the Dakota Access Pipeline is completed‚ what would happen if the pipeline leaks crude oil into
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the U.S. government should do more to help today’s Native American tribes solve problems like high unemployment‚ poverty‚ and alcoholism. Because 310 Indian reservations are where many of America’s poorest 1% live this explains the poverty of the reservations‚ people usually point to alcoholism‚ corruption or school-dropout rates‚ not to mention the long distances to jobs and the undeveloped land that doesn’t seem good for growing much. Prosperity is built on property rights‚ and reservations often
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