‘We Will Be Waiting’: Tribe Says KXL Construction Is Not Welcome

"The controversial oil pipeline would cross the Cheyenne River near a reservation, and the tribe is fighting it. TransCanada plans to bring in equipment this month."

"The company building the long-contested Keystone XL oil pipeline notified the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in a letter this week that it will start stockpiling equipment along the pipeline's route this month in preparation for construction.

Tribal Chairman Harold Frazier sent back a sharp, one-line response: "We will be waiting."

The Cheyenne River tribe has opposed the Keystone pipeline since it was first proposed in 2008, and it has seen how pipeline protests can play out."

Phil McKenna reports for InsideClimate News July 13, 2018.

Source: InsideClimate News, 07/16/2018