New York, New York, USA. 09th Sep, 2016. On the same day that the District Court in was scheduled to rule on a suit filed by the Standing Rock Reservation against the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the latter's approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline, activist gathered in Washington Square Park as a show of solidarity with Sioux tribal members staging a standoff with contractors working on the pipeline near Cannonball, North Dakota. Though the court ruling allowed for continuation of the pipeline's construction, the Credit: PACIFIC PRESS/Alamy Live News


On the same day that the District Court in was scheduled to rule on a suit filed by the Standing Rock Reservation against the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the latter's approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline, activist gathered in Washington Square Park as a show of solidarity with Sioux tribal members staging a standoff with contractors working on the pipeline near Cannonball, North Dakota. Though the court ruling allowed for continuation of the pipeline's construction, the Justice and Interior Departments soon imposed a ban on construction under contested waterways. (Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones/Pacific Press)


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