# @greenpeaceusa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXuz4lLEhnP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64780957-greenpeaceusa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-29T21:55:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Greenpeace USA (@greenpeaceusa) — https://gondola.cc/greenpeaceusa

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2026 marks the 10th anniversary of the Standing Rock Movement (NODAPL), an Indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. ⁣
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In late 2015, word began spreading about Dakota Access, a 1,172 mile oil pipeline which would pass through lands considered unceded territory under an 1868 treaty, lands they consider sacred, and eventually under the Missouri River just north of the Standing Rock reservation. Seventeen million people downstream, including the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River tribes, rely on water from the river. A group of Indigenous youth runners held a prayer run to deliver a message rejecting the pipeline to the Army Corps’ regional office in Omaha, informing tribal communities along the way. The youth then continued onward, eventually running all the way to the ACoE headquarters in Washington DC.⁣
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In April 2016, a group of Lakota established Sacred Stone prayer camp on the edge of the Cannonball River. What began as a small resistance eventually grew to a number of protest camps, including Sacred Stone, Rosebud & Oceti Sakowin camp. With over 100,000 people, including representatives from over 300 tribal nations passing through these camps, NODAPL became one of the largest gatherings of tribal nations in the history of the United States.⁣
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On December 5th of 2016, the Obama administration halted approval for the pipeline, calling for heightened environmental review. Only a month later, Donald Trump came into office, restarting the pipeline construction as one of his first Executive Orders during his first term. ⁣
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After ten years, DAPL continues operating without a final permit. #NoDAPL ⁣
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Images courtesy of Ryan Vizzions 📸 amodernghost

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