The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs is sending agents to North Dakota to help clear Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters from makeshift camps on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The Standing Rock tribe led the months-long protest against the pipeline project, but recently requested BIA’s assistance in closing the camps, Prairie Public Broadcasting reported Friday. PROPOSED FINE AGAINST DAKOTA ACCESS COMPANY TO GET HEARING“North Dakota Gov. TRIBAL CHAIRMAN DECRIES DAKOTA ACCESS PROTESTERS' NEW CAMP"The fight is no longer here, but in the halls and courts of the federal government," Standing Rock Sioux tribal Chairman Dave Archambault said. The Dakota Access pipeline would carry oil from North Dakota to Illinois.

Source: Fox News February 05, 2017 20:48 UTC