Tribal leader tells pipeline foes to leave camp

BISMARCK, N.D. — Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault is renewing a call for Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents to leave a camp in southern North Dakota.

A blizzard hitting the region has brought snow, wind gusts up to 55 mph and wind chills as low as minus 15 degrees.

Archambault said there's no reason for people in the camp to put their lives at risk. And he said emergency shelters on the nearby reservation are all full.

Some people at the camp spent the night at shelters that Morton County set up in Flasher and Mandan. Others stayed at the tribe's casino, about 4 miles from the camp.

Pipeline opponents have vowed to maintain the camp through the winter. They believe the pipeline threatens the tribe's drinking water and cultural sites.

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