The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other opponents say the pipeline threatens sacred sites and local water supplies. The vast majority of new check-ins at the site in rural southwestern North Dakota appear to have been made remotely. Ironically, using social media from the protest camp is hard due to poor cellphone reception. Variations on the search term "check in at Standing Rock" were among the most popular searches on Facebook on Monday afternoon, with more than 10,000 people talking about them. "It is a lot of people showing their support for Standing Rock," Horinek said on Monday by telephone from North Dakota.

Source: The Star November 01, 2016 06:02 UTC