Amidst the Hollywood-heavy PR against the pipeline, mainstream media depict Sioux resistance as quaint and novel, but "the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline is part of a centuries-long indigenous struggle against dispossession and capitalist expansionism."
A six-month investigation found that the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which is supposed to protect Native interests during negotatiations for use of tribal land, made concessions worth $5 billion to corporations for pittances to families living on the affected land.
