As we are all aware, but maybe not all completely educated about, the 6th largest Indian Reservation has been enduring a great deal of distress these last couple months. Indian Reservations are areas of land legally managed by Native American tribes.Those protecting this sacred land, fighting the construction of the North Dakota Access Pipeline, have had to deal with tear gas, rubber bullets, dogs, concussion grenades, and water cannons all because they’re fighting for clean water. Although the construction has recently halted, this is not considered a victory quite yet. This injustice needs to be put to a permanent stop.

The reason the construction was beginning in the first place was because of it’s ability to aid the economy by creating jobs and helping America develop more energy independence; instead of us continuing to rely on other countries such as the Middle East.

For a second lets forget the obvious fact that this would be an illegal construction due to the pipeline being on sacred land which they were granted by the federal government (1851 Fort Laramie Treaty), and ask some seriously important questions: Since when does the pros outweigh the cons? Are we willing to sacrifice human life quality for money? Who is really considered important in our country? It is easy to recognize it is not those Native Americans that are currently standing in the freezing cold still fighting for their right to a simple human necessity: clean water.

Lets make history and continue to fight for basic human rights. There are real human lives at stake here.

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