Daily Archives: September 1, 2016

Thursday Open Thread | UN body says Sioux should have say in pipeline project

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is calling on the U.S. government to allow the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to have a say regarding a $3.8 billion oil pipeline that they say could disturb … Continue reading

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