Residents, Native Americans Will Rally And Pray Against Dakota Pipeline This Month

MAHWAH, N.J. — As they work together to prevent the Pilgrim Pipeline from potentially ruining the environment and contaminating the environment in North Jersey, residents and members of the Ramapough Indian Nation will stand together in solidarity against the Dakota Access Pipeline later this month.

Members of the Ramapough Munsee Lunaape Nation and the New York-New Jersey Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipeline will stand in solidarity will gather at the nation's sacred lands on the banks of the Ramapo River for a Water Is Life Ceremony, which will include speakers, music, and prayer.

The ceremony will be Sept. 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Click here for more information.

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a 1,172-mile, 30-inch pipeline that will transport up to 470,000 barrels of Bakken crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois daily. The daily amount could be a much as 570,000 barrels daily, which is about half of Bakken's daily amount of crude oil produced daily.

Citizens of Native American tribes and residents from throughout the area where the pipeline is slated to go have spoken out and marched against its construction.

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