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Photos: Standing Rock

An encampment north of Cannon Ball, N.D., where protesters are fighting an oil pipeline that the Standing Rock Sioux argue would cross treaty lands, desecrate sacred burial grounds and cultural sites and put the local water supply at risk.
An encampment north of Cannon Ball, N.D., where protesters are fighting an oil pipeline that the Standing Rock Sioux argue would cross treaty lands, desecrate sacred burial grounds and cultural sites and put the local water supply at risk.
BARBARA J. MINER
"Water is Sacred" is the message protesters in North Dakota are pressing as they fight an oil pipeline.
"Water is Sacred" is the message protesters in North Dakota are pressing as they fight an oil pipeline.
BARBARA J. MINER
A sign at the main encampment where protesters are fighting a plan to build an oil pipeline that the Standing Rock Sioux say would cross tribal lands.
A sign at the main encampment where protesters are fighting a plan to build an oil pipeline that the Standing Rock Sioux say would cross tribal lands.
BARBARA J. MINER
A light dusting of snow covers an encampment north of Cannon Ball, N.D., where protesters are fighting an oil pipeline that the Standing Rock Sioux argue would cross treaty lands, desecrate sacred burial grounds and cultural sites and put the local water supply at risk.
A light dusting of snow covers an encampment north of Cannon Ball, N.D., where protesters are fighting an oil pipeline that the Standing Rock Sioux argue would cross treaty lands, desecrate sacred burial grounds and cultural sites and put the local water supply at risk.
BARBARA J. MINER
Another view of the main encampment near Cannon Ball, N.D.
Another view of the main encampment near Cannon Ball, N.D.
BARBARA J. MINER
This was one of four actions taken by protesters on Thanksgiving Day, this one on the highway just outside the encampment.
This was one of four actions taken by protesters on Thanksgiving Day, this one on the highway just outside the encampment.
BARBARA J. MINER
One of several protests that took place on Thanksgiving Day.
One of several protests that took place on Thanksgiving Day.
BARBARA J. MINER
Bruce LaMere, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, lives in Tomahawk, Wis. He is holding the Ho-Chunk flag.
Bruce LaMere, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, lives in Tomahawk, Wis. He is holding the Ho-Chunk flag.
BARBARA J. MINER
An elementary school for 6- to 13-year-olds at the water protectors' encampment. It has a tepee, a yurt (a portable round tent), and also in the works is a long-house for the winter.
An elementary school for 6- to 13-year-olds at the water protectors' encampment. It has a tepee, a yurt (a portable round tent), and also in the works is a long-house for the winter.
BARBARA J. MINER
A demonstration on Nov. 21 in downtown Bismarck, the state capital, about 40 miles north of the encampment.
A demonstration on Nov. 21 in downtown Bismarck, the state capital, about 40 miles north of the encampment.
BARBARA J. MINER
Protesters at a demonstration Nov. 21 outside the Morton County Sheriff's Department in Mandan, N.D., praying silently to underscore their non-violent purposes.
Protesters at a demonstration Nov. 21 outside the Morton County Sheriff's Department in Mandan, N.D., praying silently to underscore their non-violent purposes.
BARBARA J. MINER