From rockync at The Swash Zone:
Right now there is an organized protest happening in Cannon Ball, ND. The indigenous people of Standing Rock Reservation began a small protest against the installation of a part of the Dakota Access Pipeline under the Missouri River upstream of the reservation.
This is one of the poorest communities in the US and they depend heavily on the water from the Missouri for drinking, fishing and irrigation.
They have since been joined by other tribes wishing to show solidarity and their ranks have swelled to 1200 or more protesters. They have established a second camp, Sacred Stone Camp about 1 1/2 miles from the construction site.
Despite claims by law enforcement that they have been shooting guns and that the protesters have pipe bombs, no evidence has been produced to back these claims and organizers insist that they are staging a peaceful protest and that their security team is doing everything possible to ensure that.