The North Dakota Pipeline

The Dakota Access Pipeline or Bakken pipeline is a 1,172-mile-long (1,886 km) underground oil pipeline project in the United States

As of November 26, 2016, the project was reported to be 87% completed.

The $3.7 billion project was announced to the public in July 2014

A number of Native Americans in Iowa and the Dakotas have opposed the pipeline, including the Meskwaki and several Sioux tribal nations.

In August 2016, ReZpect Our Water, a group organized on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, brought a petition to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineersin Washington, D.C. and the tribe sued for an injunction.

Now, Veterans have been preparing to join the front lines of protesting.