The president of South Dakota’s
Rosebud Sioux (Sicangu Lakota Oyate) tribe has called the House of
Representatives' vote to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline an “act of war,” the Summit County Citizen's Voice reported on Saturday.
"The House has now signed
our death warrants and the death warrants of our children and grandchildren. The
Rosebud Sioux Tribe will not allow this pipeline through our lands,” President Cyril Scott said
in a statement. “We will close our reservation borders to Keystone
XL.”
Scott said he and other tribal
elders have not been appropriately consulted on
the pipeline, which would run through the tribe's land. He also contended the
House vote violates the 1851 and 1868 Fort Laramie treaties, which gave the Black
Hills to the Sioux Nation, according to the Summit County Citizen's Voice.
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