Modernization v.s. History For countless centuries, natives have walked on the soil that was soon to be called America. They were a culture that worshipped nature as it came, and respected creatures as equals. “In Standing Their Ground” by Mary Kate Frank, we learn that when foreigners first arrived on the East Coast, we didn’t show them the same level of respect. There’ve been hundreds of cases where the native American’s wishes were pushed aside and regarded as unimportant. Many years later, this old story is once more being repeated. Some factors of the American Government are in the process of building an oil pipeline, which cuts through ancient native american land. Because of this, descendants of natives have decided to protest …show more content…
According to Dean DePountis, “This pipeline is going through huge swaths of ancestral land. It would be like constructing a pipeline through Arlington Cemetery or under St. Patrick’s Cathedral.” People have been arrested for breaking down wire fences and trespassing into the pipeline construction sites, they were dispersed with dogs and pepper spray. It’s conflicts like this that give our government a bad name. Unfortunately, the resulting protests aren’t the only thing that makes this conflict a huge deal. Historically, pipelines have been known to burst and ruin natural lands with irreversible damage. Despite the company’s promises that the pipeline could be fixed within minutes, most native Americans aren’t prepared to take the risk. The Standing Rock Sioux sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing to properly do an environmental study on the effects the pipeline could have on the environment and culture. The president of the National Congress of American Indians says “For far too long, our lands and resources were seen as disposable. All tribes have faced this in one form or another, and Standing Rock has become the symbol for
The Energy East Pipeline is a 4,600 km pipeline that will transport crude oil from Alberta to New Brunswick. The project is in place from TransCanada which is a Canadian company that builds oil pipelines. This essay will explain the benefits and negative effects that can occur if Canada goes through with the installation of the pipeline across Canada. It will also discuss how all three levels of the government influence the subject and who ones to make the final approval is. Currently, the energy east pipeline is still being discussed because there are people who are against the installation of the pipeline and who are fighting to stop this from happenings because they are afraid of what the risks can cause.
Everyone has at least seen or heard of an argument or dispute involving the environment. Whether it was from your teacher, the news or something on the internet that you glanced at then moved on to watch more cat videos, you still noticed it. In today’s time, these feuds are highly controversial. One of the more recent conflicts is the Keystone XL Pipeline. The pipeline is essentially the fourth step of the Keystone Pipeline System.
In my opinion I am against the pipeline. The negative effects out way the positives of the pipeline. To begin with, there isn't a real need for the pipeline, so why spend billions of dollars on a pipeline that isn't needed. The cost of the pipeline is extremely high whereas the pipeline might not actually be worth that much to the residents here. There would be taxes and fees that the residents and the business owners would have to pay to pay for the pipeline that could be avoided.
This highly debated topic has received widespread media coverage as more than 300 native tribes and numerous environmentalist groups have shown support for the Rock Sioux Tribe in 40 different states (Yubanet). Construction for the Dakota Access Pipeline should be permanently halted due to its imminent contamination of clean water, it’s disrespect to tribal land, and its causation of unnecessary violence towards protesters. Consequently, when reviewing the
It would transport crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois. The project developer, Dakota Access, says the pipeline would help the U.S. become less dependent on importing energy from precarious regions throughout the world. They also say a pipeline is the safest, most cost effective, and environmentally responsible way to transport crude oil. Although some view this pipeline as an asset, and something that would bring in millions of dollars along with thousands of jobs, many neglect to perceive the blatant racism involved in this act. The pipeline would be dug under the Missouri River, potentially affecting the Standing Rock Sioux Indians drinking water supply and seventeen million Americans.
I think a huge problem in our society is all this talk about the North Dakota Pipeline. In my honest opinion i think it is wrong. There is many people who use the water supply and if something happens with the pipeline it could contaminate the Native Americans water supply. There is many people who count on the water and use it everyday for cooking, cleaning, and drinking. If they go through with the pipeline act it could kill many Native Americans because we need water to survive.
Has a life experience ever change how you think about things? Well, you can see this clearly in two books. Life's journeys change us by making us stronger and wiser. People get stronger emotionally and physically. This change can clearly be seen in Stand Tall by Joan Bauer and Hollywood Hustle by Gordon Korman.
Throughout the history of the United States, there generally have been dozens of particularly social movements, which is fairly significant. From the African American Civil Rights Movement in 1954 to the feminism movement in 1920, protests for all intents and purposes have helped these groups basically earn rights and fight injustice in a really major way. Some injustices that these groups face range from lack of voting rights to police brutality, or so they essentially thought. The indigenous people of North America aren’t actually immune to these injustices, basically contrary to popular belief. Back in the 1968, the American Indian Movement generally was formed to for all intents and purposes give natives security and peace of mind in a
The Oglala Lakota Indians felt their needs or “interests” weren’t being met by their tribal chairman or the United States Government, and decided to take action.
Losing one’s cultural knowledge, and therefore the reality of their culture, allows others to have control over their collective and individual consciousness as well as their destiny. In this case, it is clear that the United States government has had the dominant relationship over the Native
This period was described as [one] whose Constitution is so perfect that no man suggests change and whose fundamental laws as they stand are satisfactory to all..” However, while both Native Americans and European immigrants theoretically experienced similar rights to those of citizens and were granted citizenship/naturalization in the early twentieth century, both groups lived in crude and unsatisfactory conditions in the 19th century; it would be inaccurate to describe their situation as “satisfactory” at all. During the 19th century, Native Americans lived unsatisfactory lives due to forced assimilation and the dissolution of their identities and sovereignty. At the beginning of the 19th century, Native Americans and Americans had gotten into a series of conflicts as a result of American migration to the west, the lands that the Native Americans
Have you ever wondered about the Dakota access pipeline and thought is it good or bad. The Dakota access pipeline is an “Oil pipeline that would run diagonally across Iowa, through 18 counties, from northwest Iowa to southeast Iowa” (Tyler Durden, 2016). Even though I do not support the pipeline, because of damaging reasons, it does help our economy become more desirable. First I do not support this pipeline considering it does not help our environment.
Thankfully, the protesters achieved success and the president vetoed the building of the pipeline. All of these influential people have fought ridiculously hard for their rights; however, they fought a bloodless revolution with wise, nonviolent actions instead of using ruthless violence. Ultimately, there are many past leaders in history that
Throughout the 19th century Native Americans were treated far less than respectful by the United States’ government. This was the time when the United States wanted to expand and grow rapidly as a land, and to achieve this goal, the Native Americans were “pushed” westward. It was a memorable and tricky time in the Natives’ history, and the US government made many treatments with the Native Americans, making big changes on the Indian nation. Native Americans wanted to live peacefully with the white men, but the result of treatments and agreements was not quite peaceful. This precedent of mistreatment of minorities began with Andrew Jackson’s indian removal policies to the tribes of Oklahoma (specifically the Cherokee indians) in 1829 because of the lack of respect given to the indians during the removal laws.
What are the main rationales that actually contribute to the point of views of the pipeline proponents and opponents? Is underground gas pipelines reliable?”.