Former US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has joined protests in support of Native American activists who are striving to stop construction of a North Dakota pipeline.
On Tuesday, people in North Dakota, Washington, DC and other US states rallied against the Dakota Access Pipeline, which will move crude oil through four states from North Dakota to Illinois.
Sanders joined hundreds of activists, including members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other tribal nations, who were gathering right outside the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday.
The tribes maintain the project will disturb sacred sites. On September 3, several Native Americans clashed with security officers near the construction site after bulldozers had destroyed sacred tribal sites.
There are also fears that the project could endanger drinking water for thousands of tribal members and millions more downstream.
“This pipeline must be stopped!” the Vermont senator…