{"id":466,"date":"2016-10-30T02:45:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T02:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/standingrockclassaction.org\/?page_id=466"},"modified":"2021-03-05T19:36:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T19:36:49","slug":"redress-of-greivances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/standingrockclassaction.org\/?page_id=466","title":{"rendered":"Redress of Grievances"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As result of\u00a0the illegal approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline Project<\/a>, <\/strong>[1]\u00a0[2] the following parties<\/a> suffered various types of injuries<\/a> to their legal rights<\/a>, as well as direct injuries<\/a> resulting thereof:<\/strong>
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1. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 injury to their legally-protected downstream water rights,
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2. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 injury to their legally-protected downstream water rights,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3. State of North Dakota Taxpayers<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 $38 million spent to suppress legal protest of an illegally-approved project which violated the fiduciary duty<\/a> of the U.S. federal government,
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4. Water Protectors<\/a> \u2013 various physical and nonphysical personal injuries<\/a> caused subsequent to legally protesting the illegally-approved pipeline<\/a> which put both officers and<\/em><\/span> civilians in harm’s way,
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5. U.S. Taxpayers<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 paid $10 million, without consent, to State of North Dakota<\/a> for the purpose of unlawfully suppressing First Amendment related activity. <\/strong>[3]<\/span><\/p>\n

WHEREAS thousands of U.S. Citizens\u00a0legally protested the illegal construction of DAPL in accordance with the First Amendment<\/a>, The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and\u00a0Casus foederis<\/a>\u00a0with regard to\u00a0our nation’s moral obligation to tribes and tribal nations:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

THEREFORE we, the undersigned, have assembled the following\u00a0“List of Reasonable Demands<\/a>” to provide redress for our various grievances<\/a>, as follows:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Of Pipelines:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n