Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II blasts Sean Spicer’s assertion about working with tribe on DAPL


Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II on Thursday blasted as “absolutely false” presidential Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s assertion that the administration of President Donald Trump had consulted with the tribe about the Dakota Access Pipeline. The phony fact came out of the White House daily press briefing on February 23, which took place even as the Oceti Sakowin water protectors camp was being bulldozed.

“On the Dakota Access Pipeline, a few weeks ago President Trump said he would try to negotiate a solution between the Standing Rock Sioux and Energy Transfer Partners,” a reporter asked. “Why hasn’t the President intervened and tried to initiate those negotiations yet?”

“Our team has been in contact with all the parties involved,” replied Spicer. “They have been working and communicating back and forth. So if we have an update on that—but there has been work at the staff level between the parties.”

This is patently untrue, said Archambault.

“Spicer claimed that the Trump administration has been ‘constantly’ in contact with our Tribe. That claim is absolutely false,” Archambault said in a statement late Thursday. “We repeatedly asked for meetings with the Trump administration, but never received one until the day they notified Congress that they were issuing the easement. I was on a plane to Washington, D.C. when I learned the easement was issued. It was an insult to me and to the Tribe. I canceled the meeting upon hearing this news. We have since filed a lawsuit for the immoral and illegal issuance of the easement and suspension of the environmental impact study.”

The tribe has not changed its stance that DAPL “is a dangerous project that threatens our water,” the statement said. “The tactics to divide our fight against the real enemy, Energy Transfer Partners, are counterproductive and detract from the goal to stop the denigration of our sovereign rights to protect our treaty resources.”



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Interesting. I thought the feds were involved in this situation.

Spicer claimed that the Trump administration has been ‘constantly’ in contact with our Tribe. That claim is absolutely false

There is no reason to deal with the tribe, the pipe line does NOT touch their land. It does come within one-half of a mile, but it is all on private land.

http://inter-american-law-review.law.miami.edu/land-anyway-dakota-access-pipeline-protests-arent-oil/ (http://inter-american-law-review.law.miami.edu/land-anyway-dakota-access-pipeline-protests-arent-oil/)

If there's no real reason to deal with the tribe then why would trump say he was in contact with them?   Is this just another of his offhanded lies?

Perhaps he does as liberals would.... does it and then deny it.

You can learn a lot by the study of Libs.

or perhaps this is just another case of trump casually lying.

trump casually lying about casually attacking human rights that conflict with corporate profits

like the profits Trump has not made given that he was an investor in this pipeline
and now claims he sold off his interests in it.

He should prove that - but he hasn't presented any proof.

Secrecy is a very serious issue.  I know you libs do not like our POTUS, nonetheless this is not a laughing matter. Spicer first of all is Director of Communications and he has every right to attempt plug this leak and the sooner the better.