Tribal flags, horses, tents, hand-built shelters and teepees dominate one of the biggest, newest communities in North Dakota, built in a valley on federal land near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers. Piles of donated clothes for people protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline are piled up at encampment near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Volunteers toss logs at an oil pipeline protest encampment near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in southern North Dakota. Tribal officials say donated food and clothing has come from around the world to support those opposing the $3.8-billion Dakota Access pipeline. Edwards, the Standing Rock tribe member who's been there since April serves another important function: He's a paramedic, treating everything from kids' skinned knees to respiratory problems for older protesters.

Source: CBC News September 16, 2016 22:41 UTC