The controversial construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) gained national and international attention when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accepted an application filed by Energy Transfer Partners, a Texas-based developer behind the project.
The position of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is that the Dakota Access Pipeline violates Article II of the Fort Laramie Treaty, which guarantees the "undisturbed use and occupation" of reservation lands surrounding the proposed location of the pipeline. In 2015 the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, operating as a sovereign nation , passed a resolution regarding the pipeline stating that "the Dakota Access Pipeline poses a serious risk to the very survival of our Tribe and ... would destroy valuable cultural resources."
To generate momentum for their cause and demonstrate their opposition to the pipeline, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe organized runs, horseback rides, and marches. Many Native Nations, along with non-Native allies, celebrities, and several politicians supported the movement and travelled to join DAPL protesters at the Sacred Stone Camp on the Standing Rock Reservation. Conditions at the camp became intense. North Dakota law enforcement officials and private guards hired by Energy Transfer Partners clashed with protestors, sometimes violently, and made hundreds of arrests.
On September 3rd, 2016, the Dakota Access Pipeline company used bulldozers to dig up part of the pipeline route that contained possible Native graves and burial artifacts; the land was subject to a pending legal injunction.
Protesters stormed the land and were attacked by a private security firm, armed with attack dogs and pepper spray.
The battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline, explained vox
Dakota Access Pipeline Company Attacks Native American Protesters with Dogs & Pepper Spray
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gonna paint my nails black soon...but intimidated because it's my first time and I am not a very dexterous man lol. I will very likely do a slop-ass job of it.
If you've got some lying around, vaseline on the edges might help.
not sure if this joke is allowed here
That is what she said.
Got any masking tape?
Once I started thinking about it as less like painting a fence and more like floating a bead of varnish it became a lot easier. When I'm lazy I just go hog wild, the nail polish that gets on your skin will wash off eventually. It'll still look sloppy that way though, lol.
I've heard it's not so bad to scrape dried nail polish off finger skin and it gets you full coverage that way. You can also spot clean with a qtip and nail polish remover, they make triangular makeup specific qtips
Ya I ended up just embracing the slop because I read the shit that gets on yr fingers washes off in the shower lol
Yeah do it before you go to bed, clean it off in the shower in the morning when it's dry
definitely a case where my ambidexterity comes in handy. you can clean up the edges using a q-tip with remover on it