The controversial construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) gained national and international attention when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accepted an application filed by Energy Transfer Partners, a Texas-based developer behind the project.
The position of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is that the Dakota Access Pipeline violates Article II of the Fort Laramie Treaty, which guarantees the "undisturbed use and occupation" of reservation lands surrounding the proposed location of the pipeline. In 2015 the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, operating as a sovereign nation , passed a resolution regarding the pipeline stating that "the Dakota Access Pipeline poses a serious risk to the very survival of our Tribe and ... would destroy valuable cultural resources."
To generate momentum for their cause and demonstrate their opposition to the pipeline, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe organized runs, horseback rides, and marches. Many Native Nations, along with non-Native allies, celebrities, and several politicians supported the movement and travelled to join DAPL protesters at the Sacred Stone Camp on the Standing Rock Reservation. Conditions at the camp became intense. North Dakota law enforcement officials and private guards hired by Energy Transfer Partners clashed with protestors, sometimes violently, and made hundreds of arrests.
On September 3rd, 2016, the Dakota Access Pipeline company used bulldozers to dig up part of the pipeline route that contained possible Native graves and burial artifacts; the land was subject to a pending legal injunction.
Protesters stormed the land and were attacked by a private security firm, armed with attack dogs and pepper spray.
The battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline, explained vox
Dakota Access Pipeline Company Attacks Native American Protesters with Dogs & Pepper Spray
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I like the new Adventure Time series because Finn is actually an adventurer in this one. Near the end of the series he just kinda ate shit when he fought anyone. Now he actually can hold his own in a fight which honestly should have been his character from the beginning.
Like why was PB sending him on numerous adventures when he was more or less just an energetic 13 year old who would get decked by any competent adult?
I mean they picked Finn to be young specifically so that they could invert the Adventurer archetype. He's skilled and smart, but far from invincible and it gives the show a lot of tension. The show would have been less relatable for the kids it was written for (I was 10 when it came out) if all the main characters were adults. Finn losing and needing help from other characters is a good message that we can't always win the battles other people throw us into. Plus, it wasn't like Finn was weak in the original series, he still kicked ass. If Finn was as powerful in Adventure Time as he was in the episode of Fionna and Cake, I feel like the show would have missed out on a lot.
But yes, I am also loving Fiona and Cake. Seeing powerful Finn is very rewarding after all these years growing up alongside him.
His unrelenting cheerfulness and good will even when he was getting beat up was a really defining element of his character and what made him and Jake so endearing.