The Dakota Access Pipeline is a proposed oil pipeline that is set to begin constructing in North Dakota on tribal land. Various members of Native American reservations have all gathered together to try to stop it. The Dakota Access Pipeline will run for 1,172 miles to transport oil North Dakota to Paboka, Illinois.

Hundreds of people went to Standing Rock reservation to protest the pipeline. Lakota and Dakota people from Native American reservations, and even celebrities like Shailene Woodley, have all voiced their opinion. The pipeline is set to travel through the sacred lands of the Lakota people, and go under the Mississippi, Missouri, and Big Sioux rivers. Spills are somewhat common occurrences, but they would contaminate farmland and drinking water for millions in the area. Protesters succeeded in halting the beginning stages of construction, but only temporarily.

The constructions of the pipeline will destroy burial sites and raises the concern for environmental disasters. The pipeline would fuel climate change and disturb wildlife.

Now with a Trump presidency, people are becoming more worrisome, and for good reason. President-elect Trump has called climate change a hoax and pledged to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency. He has stated that he wants to take apart President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, which would cut carbon emissions from the nation's more than 7,500 power plants.

Tara Houska, a Ojibwe tribal member, has camped out at Standing Rock since August. She served as a Native American advisor to Bernie Sanders and is the National Campaign Director of Honor the Earth. Like the rest of America, she followed the election closely. Since Donald Trump was elected, she described the camps mood as very low. She stated that,"it was a moment where I was very, very afraid for our people."

Protesters have organized over 150 nationwide protests to show America that they will not stop fighting. People have begun to prepare for winter and are ready to fight- for Native American rights and for the halting of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

To sign a petition to stop the pipeline from being constructed, click the link below:

https://www.change.org/p/tell-donald-trump-to-oppo...