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Army Corps of Engineers won't oppose tribe's restraining order on pipeline work on what they say ...
Army Corps of Engineers won't oppose tribe's restraining order on pipeline work on what they say are burial groundsNEAR CANNON BALL, N.D. – The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will be in federal court on Tuesday seeking to prevent Dakota Access Pipeline from further destroying sacred sites after the tribe says workers deliberately bulldozed burial grounds identified in court records.
Jan Hasselman, the tribe’s attorney, says an emergency motion filed Sunday for a temporary restraining order seeks to “get everybody to stand down” until a federal judge in Washington, D.C., rules on the tribe’s request for an injunction.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will not oppose the temporary restraining order, acknowledging in court papers filed Monday that the area has been the site of recent confrontations and the “public interest would be served by preserving peace” until the court rules on the injunction.
Hasselman, of the environmental law firm Earthjustice, said the tribe submitted important new evidence Friday afternoon about the discovery of at least 27 burials and other culturally significant stone features in the path of the pipeline.
Read more: http://www.inforum.com/news/4108613-army-corps-engineers-wont-oppose-tribes-restraining-order-pipeline-work-what-they-say