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Oneida Walking to Support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Protest of Pipeline

Walking for Solidarity
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Oneida, WIS--The Oneida Tribe showing solidarity for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as students from the Oneida Nation High School organize a "Walk For Standing Rock".

            The walk is a show of support for the protest in North Dakota against an oil pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Nation says the pipeline would threaten their water supply and sacred sites.

            The pipeline would cost 3.8 billion dollars and designed to carry 450,000 barrels of oil across four states each day.

            Oneida students, teachers and tribal members walking today holding flags and signs saying "Water is Life" and "Protect the Earth"."We want to raise awareness of what Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is doing what they stand for and let them know that we are in full support" says Brandon Stevens, a council men in the Oneida Tribe.

            About 160 people marched through the streets of Oneida to show they're a united front.