The media coverage has once again gone dark around the North Dakota pipe line. The project, which is almost complete, runs across areas that are sacred to Native Americans. The community has faced oppression for generations. For them, the destruction of these natural sacred sites is just as sacrilegious as it would be for Christians if a church was destroyed. One of the few ways the news is being spread to the public from the area is through celebrity help and through the United Nations, which has offered to help cover the media story. Actors Susan Sarandon, Riley Keough and Shailene Woodley joined members of North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux Tribe outside a courthouse in Washington, D.C., to protest construction of a pipeline they say will pollute water and desecrate sacred land. The United Nations recently released a statement which states they will be aiding the protest effort by covering the story. They are sending news reporters out to the location to keep a sharp eye on the unfolding events.

Mother nature has even begun to fight against this protest. Last month thousands of wild buffalo appeared completely out of the blue at the Standing Rock protest. Hundreds of communities, thousands of people from all walks of life and even mother nature is against this pipeline. The Many Nations Youth Council of Norman held a rally to gather public support. Thousands are now camped out with the goal of impeding construction on the pipeline, a $3.7 billion project that would carry approximately 470,000 barrels of oil each day from northernmost North Dakota to southern Illinois, an underground route traversing 1,170 miles.} else {