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Water Protector Legal Collective

@wplc.bsky.social

Born out of #NoDAPL Indigenous-led legal nonprofit that provides support & advocacy for Indigenous Peoples, the Earth, and #climatejustice movements.

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Water Protector Legal Collective @wplc.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The Water Protector Legal Collective was born at #StandingRock to provide legal support to water protectors defending land, water, and Indigenous rights. We continue to honor this legacy and stand with all communities resisting extractive projects threatening our lands and waters. #NoDAPL #MniWiconi

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Water Protector Legal Collective @wplc.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Nine years later, this same fight is not over. There is still ongoing litigation stemming from the same concerns: the shutdown of a pipeline that desecrated sacred sites in its construction and continues to operate illegally without proper permits or a full Environmental Impact Statement.

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Water Protector Legal Collective @wplc.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

“This case has highlighted the need for a serious discussion on whether there should be nationwide reform with respect to considering [T]ribes' views on these types of infrastructure projects,” the agencies said.

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Water Protector Legal Collective @wplc.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

That same day, the DOJ, DOI, and DOA issued a joint statement calling on the pipeline company to voluntarily halt construction near Lake Oahe, a site of immense cultural and spiritual significance to the Standing Rock Sioux.

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Water Protector Legal Collective @wplc.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The Tribe had argued that the pipeline’s construction threatened sacred sites, water, and Treaty rights, but despite acknowledging the long history of injustices toward Indigenous Nations, Judge Boasberg ruled against the Tribe.

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Water Protector Legal Collective @wplc.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

#OnThisDay in 2016, a federal judge denied the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request for a temporary injunction to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). www.npr.org/sections/the...

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Judge Rules That Construction Can Proceed On Dakota Access Pipeline

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe had sought a temporary stop to work on the pipeline. But after the ruling, three U.S. agencies said work would halt in an area particularly sensitive to the tribe.

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