1. Native Americans & The Keystone Pipeline
Peter Lewis

3. TransCanada & the Pipeline
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4. The Problem Timeline Event Date Significance Treaty of Fort Laramie
1851
Temporary peace
NA get $$
US gets safe right of way
1868
NA get land, hunting rights
US gets assimilation
Custer’s Last Stand (Battle of Little Bighorn)
1876
Rallies US against NAs
US v. Sioux Nation, 448 U.S. 371 (1980)
1980
Sioux Nation awarded hundreds of millions in settlement for Black Hills seizure
Keystone Pipeline XL ??
NA consider it “an act of war”

5. Herein lies the problem Credit:

6. Pop Quiz What was Custer’s Last Stand
A battle with Native American’s over the Black Hills
The last fight over a delish dessert
A civil rights march on Washington
None of the above
Answer: A

7. Issues
Sovereignty
Property
Energy
Treaty
Political

8. Native American Perspective
Video: approximately 7 minutes
Native American Perspective

9. Native American Perspective
Video.

10. TransCanada perspective-Energy Independence
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Video-Econ

11. TransCanada Perspective-Safety
Video

12. Questions??
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