{"id":5197,"date":"2017-09-03T02:15:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T02:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/standingrockclassaction.org\/?page_id=5197"},"modified":"2017-09-14T02:05:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T02:05:40","slug":"11-28-2016-nd-governor-dalrymple-orders-emergency-evacuation-of-camps-citing-weather","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/standingrockclassaction.org\/?page_id=5197","title":{"rendered":"11-28-2016: ND\u00a0Governor Dalrymple\u00a0Orders Emergency Evacuation of Camps, Citing “Weather”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Link to Evacuation Order:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

www.governor.nd.gov\/media-center\/executive-orders<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Articles:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bismarck Tribune: “Governor issues emergency declaration in response to pipeline protests<\/a>” by CAROLINE GRUESKIN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

HuffPost: “North Dakota Governor Orders Pipeline Protesters To Evacuate<\/a>” by Michael McLaughlin<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Excerpts from article:<\/span> North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple ordered<\/span> Dakota Access Pipeline <\/a>protesters Monday to immediately evacuate the main camp they\u2019ve maintained on federal land for months because of \u201csevere winter weather.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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      Snowfall, which began blanketing the region Monday, is expected to stop on Wednesday, according to a winter storm warning from the<\/span> National Weather Service<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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       The Republican governor, however, ordered the protesters not to return. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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      \u201cWinter conditions have the potential to endanger human life, especially when they are exposed to those conditions without proper shelter, dwellings or sanitation for prolonged periods of time,\u201d <\/span>Dalrymple\u2019s order said<\/a>. \u201cThese persons are ordered to leave the evacuation area immediately, and are further ordered not to return to the evacuation area.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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     Protesters, who call themselves water protectors, who violate the order \u201c[do] so at their own risk, and assume any and all corresponding liabilities for their unlawful presence and occupation of the evacuation area,\u201d Dalrymple said. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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       Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault said late Monday: \u201cThis state executive order is a menacing action meant to cause fear, and is a blatant attempt by the state and local officials to usurp and circumvent federal authority.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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     Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and their allies, numbering in the thousands, have camped in tents, yurts, tipis and other makeshift lodgings on federal land near the pipeline\u2019s route.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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     A coordinator at the<\/span> Standing Rock Medic and Healer Council<\/a>, which runs medical and other services at the sprawling Oceti Sakowin camp and others, told<\/span> The Guardian <\/a>that they are prepared to continue providing care without government assistance. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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        The evacuation order came after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has oversight of the camp area, announced Friday that it would <\/span>close the area to the public<\/a> on Dec. 5.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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      The Army Corps softened its stance Sunday by saying it \u201chas no plans for forcible removal\u201d of protesters who disobey the deadline to leave. Overstaying the cutoff carries legal risks, however, as the Army Corps warned that protesters could be punished for violating federal, state or local laws. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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      The Standing Rock Sioux had quickly<\/span> vowed to disobey the Corps\u2019 deadline <\/a>to leave.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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     Safety concerns also prompted the Army Crops\u2019 decision last week to ban people from the area, Col. John Henderson, district commander of the Army Corps, said in a letter to Archambault last week. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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       Recent<\/span> clashes between protesters and police<\/a> have become more violent, and the onset of North Dakota\u2019s harsh winter will make it tough to deliver emergency services to anyone north of the Cannonball River, Henderson wrote.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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     The Army Corps had encouraged the Sioux and its allies to relocate to a \u201cfree speech zone\u201d for peaceful protest on the other bank of the Cannonball River, which is more accessible for police, fire and medical services. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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      \u201cWe fully support the rights of all Americans to exercise free speech and peacefully assemble, and we ask that they do it in a way that does not also endanger themselves or others, or infringe on others\u2019 rights,\u201d Henderson said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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     Perhaps the most serious confrontation occurred last week when a woman was hit with an explosive device that witnesses said was thrown at her by police.<\/span> Sophia Wilansky<\/a>, 21, may lose her arm, her father said last week. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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     The presence of protesters also interferes with a rancher\u2019s grazing rights, according to Henderson. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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       Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier, whose office has arrested more than 500 protesters, had criticized the Army Corps for backing off.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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      The Army Corps \u201cis basically kicking the can down the road, and all it is doing is taking the liability from the Corps and putting it on\u201d the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, he told the<\/span> Associated Press<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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       The $3.8 billion privately built pipeline is largely complete except for a 20-mile section that would cross beneath Lake Oahe near the Standing Rock Sioux\u2019s reservation. The tribe has sought to block its completion, saying that the Army Corps did not conduct a proper environmental review of its impact.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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     The Obama administration will not grant a permit for the disputed section to Energy Transfer Partners, the developer, until a review of the tribe\u2019s concerns that began in September is completed. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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