Story highlights Army Corps of Engineers gives protesters December 5 deadline to moveTribal leader: "Our resolve to protect our water is stronger than ever"(CNN) A new confrontation is brewing over the Dakota Access Pipeline. Protesters fighting pipeline construction must vacate property near the Cannonball River in North Dakota -- the location of a large campsite for demonstrators -- by December 5 or face arrest, the Army Corps of Engineers said Friday. Tribal Chairman Cave Archambault II issued a statement blasting the Corps, but didn't say exactly how the tribe would respond. JUST WATCHED Police clash with Dakota pipeline protesters Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Police clash with Dakota pipeline protesters 01:42"Our Tribe is deeply disappointed in this decision by the United States, but our resolve to protect our water is stronger than ever," he said. "The best way to protect people during the winter, and reduce the risk of conflict between water protectors and militarized police, is to deny the easement for the Oahe crossing, and deny it now."

Source: CNN November 26, 2016 03:22 UTC