Daniel Cobb

University of North Carolina

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More than 100 tribes from the U.S. and Canada have rallied with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.

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More than 100 tribes from the U.S. and Canada have rallied with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.

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