We are protectors not protesters fighting N Dakota Pipeline

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Anybody?

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https://www.facebook.com/CampOfTheSacre ... nref=story

On September 3rd, this person, Ashley Nicole Welch, with malice aforethought, unleashed an attack dog against an unarmed group of indigenous peoples who were trying to protect sacred cultural sites. She pushed her animal to attack repeatedly.

Several peaceful protesters*
protectors were mauled including a pregnant woman and a young child who was hospitalized. Anyone who can contact her should advise her to turn herself into the Standing Rock Sioux leadership for restorative justice.

Medical doctors are requesting veterinary records for the dogs involved in the attack.

Known accomplices are Robert "Bob" Frost, owner/operator of Frost Kennels in Ohio, and Ricardo Bullard, owner/operator of Extreme Canine Training, in Florida. Both have criminal records and do business with known felons. Frost is also an avowed white supremacist.

Where's the Pinkertons when you need em???





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*I changed the wording to: protectors

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Army Corps backs restraining order against Dakota Access Pipeline
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016
Filed Under: Environment | Law | National



#NoDAPL resisters clashed with private security guards at a Dakota Access Pipeline construction site near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on September 3, 2016. Photo by Dell Hambleton

In a sign of solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, the Obama administration is supporting an emergency temporary restraining order against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hasn't changed its position in the underlying lawsuit, which was filed by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The agency still believes it fulfilled its duty to consult with the tribe about the impacts of the controversial pipeline on cultural and historic sites.
However, since the matter remains of great public interest, the Obama administration believes a temporary restraining order is warranted against Dakota Access LLC, the Department of Justice said in a court filing on Monday. Construction near the #NoDAPL resistance camps has been the "subject of several recent confrontations," government attorneys wrote, including one on Saturday in which several people -- a pregnant woman and a young girl among them -- were injured in a clash with private security guards working for the pipeline partnership.
"The Corps acknowledges that the public interest would be served by preserving peace near Lake Oahe until the court can render its well-considered opinion on plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction," government attorneys wrote in the short filing. "The Corps therefore does not oppose this short and discrete temporary restraining order."
In a footnote, the Obama administration also said the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe's concerns about Dakota Access "engaging with or antagonizing" the #NoDAPL resisters warranted a restraining order.
"Although this matter is outside the scope of this lawsuit, the Corps would not oppose a temporary restraining order on this basis in the interest of public safety," the filing stated.
The two tribes called for the temporary restraining order in response to the destruction of sacred sites and burial grounds in the path of the pipeline. They each filed their motions on Sunday, highlighting the emergency nature of their requests.
"I do not believe that the timing of this construction was an accident or coincidence. Based on my observations, the nearest area of construction in the right of way west of Highway 1806 is around 20 miles away," Tim Mentz Sr., the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's former longtime historic preservation officer, stated in a sworn declaration on Sunday. "It appears that DAPL drove the bulldozers approximately 20 miles of uncleared right of way to access the precise area that we surveyed and described in my declaration. The work started very early in the morning and they were accompanied by private security with dogs and with a helicopter overhead, indicating that the work was planned with care and that controversy was expected."
And even though Monday is federal holiday Judge James E. Boasberg issued an order to hear the tribes' motions. The hearing will take place at 3pm on Tuesday in Courtroom 19 of the federal courthouse in Washington D.C.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe named the Army Corps as the defendant when the lawsuit was filed in late July. Dakota Access was allowed to join the case as a intervenor-defendant and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe joined as an intervenor-plaintiff.
Relevant Documents:
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order | Declaration of Tim Mentz, Sr. | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe's Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order
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http://www.indianz.com/News/2016/09/05/ ... -again.asp

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New Investigation Names Wall Street Banks Behind $3.8 Billion Dakota Access Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 06, 2016STORYWATCH FULL SHOW


HUGH MACMILLAN
senior researcher at Food & Water Watch. He’s the author of the recent investigation, "Who’s Banking on the Dakota Access Pipeline?"


Who's Banking on the Dakota Access Pipeline?
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Over 1,000 people representing more than 100 tribes are gathered along the Cannonball River by the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to resist the construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. It’s been described as the largest unification of Native American tribes in decades. On September 3, the Dakota Access pipeline company attacked Native Americans with dogs and pepper spray as they resisted the construction of the $3.8 billion pipeline on a sacred tribal burial site. Saturday was also the first day of a two-week call for actions against the financial institutions that are bankrolling the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline project. A new investigation has revealed that more than two dozen major banks and financial institutions are helping finance the Dakota Access pipeline. The investigation was published by the research outlet LittleSis. It details how Bank of America, HSBC, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and other financial institutions have, combined, extended a $3.75 billion credit line to Energy Transfer Partners, the parent company of Dakota Access. For more, we speak with the author of this investigation, Hugh MacMillan, a senior researcher with Food & Water Watch.

Please check back later for full transcript.
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/6/ne ... reet_banks

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Remember the Bundy Boys!

[Cordelia]

And ' Owner/Operator of ANW Quarter Horses'? Quarter Horses are well known for their calm, gentle, and intelligent temperaments (seemingly incompatible with her own).

"Family owned Quarter Horse training, breeding and selling operation." (From unavailable Facebook page.)

I bet her businesses are now in deep shit in the reputable canine/equine professional world.

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Iowans now getting arrested - in solidarity with Standing Rock
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028148732

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Jill Stein will probably be charged with trespassing and vandalism for spraypainting that bulldozer blade. I love all the neoliberals clutching at pearls over that "crime". The only crime was that she clearly didn't know how to hold that spraycan and had a pretty toy handstyle.

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K-9 professionals are shocked at how dogs were used and handled ..............

Use of dogs at North Dakota pipeline protest criticized

By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service on Sep 6, 2016 at 7:40 p.m

MORTON COUNTY, N.D. — A law enforcement consultant who trains police dogs is among those condemning the use of guard dogs at a pipeline protest site and says she plans to file a complaint about the dogs’ owner.

Jonni Joyce of Martin, S.D., who has trained professional dogs since 1988, watched video from Saturday’s protest at the Dakota Access Pipeline site and called it “a dark day” for her industry. Some protesters reported being bitten by the dogs, and video from Democracy Now! shows a German shepherd with its mouth covered in blood.

“Taking bite dogs and putting them at the end of a leash to intimidate, threaten and prevent crime is not appropriate,” Joyce said. “It was absolutely appalling. … For a private corporation to utilize dogs in this fashion is reprehensible.”

A Dakota Access spokeswoman declined to comment Tuesday about security personnel or the use of dogs.

The Morton County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate Saturday’s conflict between a few hundred protesters and private security personnel at a pipeline construction site west of State Highway 1806. Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said Tuesday the investigation could lead to charges on both sides.

Frost Kennels of Hartville, Ohio, acknowledged on Facebook the company was involved in Saturday’s incident. Owner Bob Frost did not respond to messages from Forum News Service seeking comment.

On Facebook, the business said “We were simply patrolling an area protecting equipment and we were then ambushed after a fence was torn down and workers and dogs hospitalized.”

Kirchmeier said authorities didn't know about the use of dogs until receiving a 911 call from security.

“It’s a private company protecting their personnel as they see fit," he said.

The sheriff's office is investigating injuries caused by the dogs, Kirchmeier said.

“The injuries that happened against the security people or protesters, have not been brought to our attention at this point," he said.

Three security officers were injured but were not hospitalized, the sheriff's office said.

Joyce said she plans to file a complaint this week with the Ohio Department of Public Safety to determine if Frost Kennels is in compliance with Ohio laws.

“It’s evident by the manner in which they were working the dogs and deploying the dogs that they do not have training,” Joyce said.

Frost Kennels and Bob Frost are not licensed by the state of Ohio to furnish guard dogs or provide security services, said Geoff Dutton, executive director for Private Investigator Security Guard Services through the Ohio Department of Public Safety.

However, Dutton said he doesn’t believe the state’s laws would apply to guard dogs being used in another state.

Keith Rowan, owner of Pro Dog Security in Grand Forks, N.D., said he’d like to see the State of North Dakota Private Investigation and Security Board look into what occurred Saturday.

Rowan, a former K-9 officer for the Grand Forks Police Department, said his security firm has drug detection dogs but never would have used patrol dogs in the manner used at the pipeline site.

“It reminded me of the civil rights movement back in the ’60s,” Rowan said. “I didn’t think it was appropriate. They were overwhelmed and it just wasn’t proper use of the dogs.”

Francine Johnson, executive director for the Private Investigation and Security Board, which licenses private security firms, did not return calls Tuesday.

The American Civil Liberties Union of North Dakota also has criticized the use of dogs, as well as pepper spray, against protesters on Saturday and has urged state officials to “treat everyone fairly and equally.”

“State officials and law enforcement do need to make sure that protesters are not met with excessive force,” said Policy Director Jennifer Cook.

Some protesters have questioned why deputies didn’t intervene when they arrived Saturday. Kirchmeier said Tuesday the agency's goal is making sure everyone is safe, including officers.

"We're not going to put them into a situation to where injuries could happen or if they're not at a point where they have to escalate the use of force, it is not worth it at that point," Kirchmeier said.

It’s unclear if other private security firms were involved Saturday. Donnell Preskey, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office, said the agency does not have the name of the firm.

The firm 10-Code Security has provided security for Dakota Access in Morton County, according to documents filed in federal court. It’s unknown if the company was involved on Saturday and the firm did not return calls Tuesday.

G4S Secure Solutions issued a statement Tuesday that the company was not involved Saturday. G4S is working with Dakota Access to provide fewer than 10 unarmed security officers to remote sites, but G4S was not present at Saturday’s incident and the firm has not used dogs, a spokeswoman said.

Forum News Service reporter Mike Nowatzki contributed to this story.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4 ... criticized

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On Facebook, the business said “We were simply patrolling an area protecting equipment and we were then ambushed after a fence was torn down and workers and dogs hospitalized.”

That was not a good move as the video clearly shows otherwise and will be good cannon fodder for a prosecution in court. The construction company and the dog company are probably on the hook for a large settlement to keep this out of a court room. I hope the construction company has deep pockets because considering the high profile nature of this situation and the video they may have to dig deep.

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Company Led by Donald Trump’s Energy Aide Says Its Oil Will Flow Through Dakota Access Pipeline

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Standing Rock protest grows with thousands opposing North Dakota pipeline
People from across North America join fight that tribal leader says is 'not going to end any time soon'
By Tim Fontaine, CBC News Posted: Sep 08, 2016 9:49 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 08, 2016 4:43 PM ET

Red Warrior Camp in southern North Dakota was set up to back the Standing Rock Sioux Nation's fight against an oil pipeline, and has swelled as thousands show up in support.
Red Warrior Camp in southern North Dakota was set up to back the Standing Rock Sioux Nation's fight against an oil pipeline, and has swelled as thousands show up in support. (Trevor Brine/CBC)



Tim Fontaine is a reporter for CBC Aboriginal. Originally from Sagkeeng First Nation, an Anishinaabe community in Manitoba, he started in journalism in 2001. Before coming to CBC, he worked for APTN National News, CPAC, and iChannel.


Thousands of people have joined the Standing Rock Sioux Nation's fight against construction of a contentious oil pipeline, a showdown Indigenous leaders in North Dakota warn won't end anytime soon.

They're opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline, a multimillion-dollar project that's supposed to transport light sweet crude oil from the Bakken oilfield near the Canadian border to Illinois.

Pipeline track
An area cleared for the Dakota Access Pipeline can be seen from the side of Highway 6, south of Bismarck, N.D. (Trevor Brine/CBC)

Tribal leaders and their supporters fear a potential leak in that pipeline would poison the Missouri River, which borders the entire western edge of the reservation.

For weeks, people from across North America have been gathering at camps that have sprung up in and around Cannon Ball, N.D., a town within the Standing Rock Reservation, just south of Bismarck, N.D.

"It's overwhelming," Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council chair David Archambault said. "I never expected it to be this big, but I'm thankful and proud to be Native American, because I know that with unity, there's a lot of things we can overcome."

'Good hosts'

The largest camp, called the Red Warrior Camp, has swelled even more since a recent confrontation involving private security guards armed with dogs and pepper spray, sparked after construction crews allegedly bulldozed an area believed to be a tribal burial ground.

Security forces with dogs and pepper spray clash with protesters near Standing Rock Sioux reservation
The camp was already populated by Indigenous people from across the U.S. and Canada, but even more have arrived since video and photos of that incident were shared widely on social media.

Thousands of people are now living in what has become a small town of teepees, lodges, tents and RVs, where people on horseback are a common sight — and where even more people seem to arrive by the hour. Those entering the massive camp are greeted by a road lined with flags from dozens of Indigenous nations that have offered support to Standing Rock.

Flags at Standing Rock
Flags from dozens of Indigenous nations that support Standing Rock's fight against the pipeline greet people arriving at the camp. (Tim Fontaine/CBC)

Those who stay in the camp are fed from a huge kitchen that seems to operate round the clock, offering hot meals to an army of people. Clothing, camping supplies and toiletries are also distributed from a tent to anyone who needs them. Most of what's offered is donated; the rest is provided by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

"We want to be good hosts," said Archambault .

'Uplifting' experience for youth

Layha Spoonhunter, 26, is from the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Already a youth advocate in his own community, Spoonhunter said living in the camp for over two weeks now has given him something of a spiritual reawakening.

"I'm not looking at a television each day. I'm getting to hear from elders, I'm getting to hear our stories, and hearing the different songs from all the different tribes that have come here, it's really uplifting."

Spoonhunter is among a group that has organized a two-day youth gathering at the Red Warrior Camp that kicks off on Thursday.

While most of the people who have arrived to support Standing Rock are Indigenous people from the United States, many people living north of the border are travelling here.

Kevin Hart, a regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations in Manitoba, recently spent a few days in the area. More from Manitoba and other parts of Canada are expected to arrive in the coming days.

Emergency declaration

But depending on where people are travelling from, the trip to this area can take a little longer than normal.

The quickest way to get to Standing Rock from Bismarck is usually south on Highway 1806, which winds along the western bank of the Missouri River. The trip normally takes under an hour. But for weeks, North Dakota Highway Patrol have been redirecting many people onto a detour that can double the normal travel time, depending on traffic.


It's the result of an emergency declaration signed by North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple on Aug. 19, in response to the growing protest. The governor's office has said there have been complaints about the increase in traffic on that route since the protests began, and the detour is for safety reasons.

"The governor's executive order does not include activation of the North Dakota National Guard, but makes available other state resources for the purpose of protecting the health, safety and well-being of the general public and those involved in the protest," reads a statement from the governor's office.

'Not going to end anytime soon'

On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered work must stop on portions of the Dakota Access Pipeline, but many here are waiting for a separate ruling expected this Friday — an injunction that could potentially halt all work in and around the reservation.

Regardless of the outcome on Friday, Archambault believes the losing side will file appeals.

"This didn't just begin two weeks ago, and it's not going to end any time soon," he said.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/stand ... -1.3752623

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G4S Admits It Guards Dakota Pipeline as Protesters Get Attacked
Federal agents guarding against protesters
Federal agents guarding against protesters | Photo: Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline Opposition

Published 6 September 2016

G4S is one among several private security companies protecting the pipeline construction, a spokesperson told teleSUR.
G4S, a U.K.-based security multinational, admitted to having personnel deployed at “remote sites” where Native Americans are defending their lands from the planned US$3.8-million Dakota Access pipeline that they say would pollute the drinking water of millions.

ANALYSIS:
4 Reasons It’s No Coincidence Orlando Shooter Worked for G4S

The actions have brought together over 200 tribes in solidarity and faced a heavy offensive by private security companies and state officers deployed under a state of emergency.

The security company has been under fire for providing services to Israeli prisons and settlements, expanding across the Middle East including Afghanistan and Iraq and operating juvenile detention centers and handling deportations from the U.S.

In an email to teleSUR, G4S Communications Director Monica Lewman-Garcia wrote, “G4S Secure Solutions is providing fewer than 10 security officers, assigned to remote sites, providing limited short-term unarmed patrol services.”

G4S recently published a new job opening for an armed custom protection security officer in Mandan, North Dakota—next to the campsites—which was reposted on Facebook by Lakota Sioux Tribe member Olowaan Plain.


Lewman-Garcia said that “there are other names” of security companies but failed to name any others. She would not answer other questions and was not available to speak by phone.

Organizers told teleSUR that 10-Code LLC, a local veteran-run company, is also providing security, but they were not able to be reached.

OPINION:
The Vicious Dogs of Manifest Destiny Resurface in North Dakota

A direct action to stop construction on Saturday ended in security deploying dogs, who bit six people including a pregnant woman and a child. The private security forces also maced 30 people, activists said. G4S officers “were not present and not involved at the location where the incident occurred,” wrote Lewman-Garcia.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which set up the Sacred Stone Camp in April, was denied a request for a temporary restraining order against the companies behind the pipeline Tuesday. It filed the request after construction workers bulldozed “burial sites, prayer sites and culturally significant artifacts," said tribal chairman David Archambault II in a press statement.

Over 200 tribes and First Nations and over 100 organizations and businesses, including an Ohio mosque, have signed statements of solidarity with the protests, which are said to be the largest Native American mobilization in almost 150 years.


The state has mobilized armed patrols and requested the help of federal officials following an emergency declaration and a state of emergency, justified by claims of “hundreds of criminal acts” and “outside agitators,” according to North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple—a claim that protesters deny.


The state homeland security director also pulled out state-owned water and medical services to punish "unlawful" protesters and ensure "equipment is secure.”

The FBI has also been sent to investigate “laser strikes” against a surveillance aircraft circling the camp. Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said the planes were there to ensure public safety, but people at the site said they were used to disrupt cell phone signals. Occupiers also complained about limited freedom of movement, with armed military checkpoints restricting entrance to the camps.

Meanwhile, the Red Warrior Camp has been continuing its direct actions at construction sites, which led the Army Corps of Engineers to support Tuesday’s temporary halt to some construction work on the basis of “ensuring peace.”

Two week-long solidarity protests have started across the country, targeting other companies benefiting from the pipeline, like Citibank and TD Securities

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"The governor's executive order does not include activation of the North Dakota National Guard, but makes available other state resources for the purpose of protecting the health, safety and well-being of the general public and those involved in the protest," reads a statement from the governor's office."

Change of plan........

North Dakota governor calls in National Guard ahead of pipeline ruling
Thu Sep 8, 2016 9:55pm EDT

........"Some two dozen troops will help with security at traffic checkpoints - the closest of which is about 30 miles (48 km) from the protest site, said Guard spokeswoman Amber Balken. One hundred troops in all are ready to aid local law enforcement should protests become violent, she said.

"The Guard members will serve in administrative capacities and assist in providing security at traffic information points - the Guardsmen will not be going to the actual protest site," Balken said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-p ... SKCN11F031

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North Dakota tribe's request to stop work on pipeline denied
By JAMES MacPHERSON
Sep. 9, 2016 3:12 PM EDT

Oil Pipeline Protests
The Sacred Stones Overflow Camp is growing in size and number as more people arrive at the site... Read more

NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's attempt to halt construction of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline near their North Dakota reservation, a cause that has drawn thousands to join a protest, was denied Friday by a federal judge.

The tribe had challenged the Army Corps of Engineers' decision to grant permits at more than 200 water crossings for Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners' $3.8 billion pipeline, saying that the project violates several federal laws, including the National Historic Preservation Act, and will harm water supplies. The tribe also says ancient sacred sites have been disturbed during construction.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington denied the tribe's request for a temporary injunction in a 58-page opinion. A status conference is scheduled for Sept. 16.

The ruling said that "this Court does not lightly countenance any depredation of lands that hold significance to the Standing Rock Sioux" and that, given the federal government's history with the tribe, "the Court scrutinizes the permitting process here with particular care. Having done so, the Court must nonetheless conclude that the Tribe has not demonstrated that an injunction is warranted here."

Attorney Jan Hasselman with environmental group Earthjustice, who filed the lawsuit in July on behalf of the tribe, said in the days before the ruling that it'll be challenged.

"We will have to pursue our options with an appeal and hope that construction isn't completed while that (appeal) process is going forward," he said. "We will continue to pursue vindication of the tribe's lawful rights even if the pipeline is complete."

Tribal historian LaDonna Brave Bull Allard said after the ruling that it gives her "a great amount of grief. My heart is hurting, but we will continue to stand, and we will look for other legal recourses." She also said the protest will continue.

Energy Transfer Partners officials didn't return The Associated Press' phone calls or emails seeking comment.

The 1,172-mile project will carry nearly a half-million barrels of crude oil daily from North Dakota's oil fields through South Dakota and Iowa to an existing pipeline in Patoka, Illinois.

Thousands gathered Friday at the protest over the pipeline, which will cross the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in southern North Dakota. Judith LeBlanc, a member of the Caddo Nation in Oklahoma and director of the New York-based Native Organizers Alliance, said before the decision that she expected the protest to remain peaceful.

"There's never been a coming together of tribes like this," she said of Friday's gathering of Native Americans, which she estimated could be the largest in a century. People came from as far as New York and Alaska, some bringing their families and children, and hundreds of tribal flags dotted the camp, along with American flags flown upside-down in protest.

A rally against the Dakota Access pipeline is scheduled for Friday afternoon at the North Dakota Capitol, and many of those gathered at the protest site are expected to make the about 45-mile trek.

State authorities announced this week that law enforcement officers from across the state were being mobilized at the protest site, some National Guard members would work security at traffic checkpoints and another 100 would be on standby. The Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association has asked the federal Justice Department to send monitors to the site because it said racial profiling is occurring.

Nearly 40 people have been arrested since the protest began in April, including tribal chairman Dave Archambault II, though none stemmed from Saturday's confrontation between protesters and construction workers. Tribal officials said workers allegedly bulldozed sites on private land that Hasselman said in court documents was "of great historic and cultural significance." Energy Transfer Partners denied the allegations.

Four private security guards and two guard dogs were injured, officials said, while a tribal spokesman said six people — including a child — were bitten by the dogs and at least 30 people were pepper-sprayed. The state's Private Investigation and Security Board received complaints about the use of dogs and will look into whether the private security personnel at the site are properly registered and licensed, board attorney Monte Rogneby said Friday, adding that he would not name the firms.

On Thursday, North Dakota's archaeologist said that piece of private land was not previously surveyed by the state would be surveyed next week and that if artifacts are found, pipeline work still could cease.

The company plans to have the pipeline completed this year. In court papers, ETP said stopping the project would cost it $1.4 billion the first year, mostly due to lost revenue in hauling crude.

"Investor appetite for the project could shift and financing may no longer be available," the company said. "Construction of the entire project would cease and the project itself would be jeopardized."

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