The story I gather was this:
1) The oil companies used to ship by truck across their land.
2) They paid the Indians a fee per barrel.
3) The original pipeline would have followed a similar path.
4) Substantially more barrels of oil would pass through the pipes (more efficiently)
5) The Indians wanted to receive the same fee per barrel, which would have been a huge increase in revenue for them.
6) The oil company made a counter offer, which was more in line with the newer shipping model via pipeline.
7) The Indians refused
8) The oil companies said they would build the pipeline elsewhere then.
9) The Indians demanded to still be paid for oil that was no longer even crossing their land.
10) The oil companies told them the stuff it.
11) The Indians swore they would block construction then.
And so here we are. They have enough people on Welfare and sitting around that they have time to camp out.
They originally said the pipeline crossed heir ancient burial grounds. That was a lie. Then they said that it illegally crossed their land. That was also a lie.
Now they are calling themselves “water protectors” - this is also a lie.
IF I AM WRONG ON ANY OF THIS PLEASE CORRECT ME- BECAUSE I KEEP REPEATING IT ALL OVER.
It always comes down to money.