TIMBER LAKE, S.D. — Just as the sun peeked over the horizon on Tuesday, Feb. 9, youth of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe began their slow jog north from Timber Lake, South Dakota, in the freezing cold with only their burning determination to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline keeping them warm.
The temperature hovered around 11 below zero during the first legs of the 93-mile journey. A runner, followed by a convoy of cars with more runners ready to take over, kicked off the relay run toward the finish line at the distant Oceti Sakowin Camp — the site of the 2016 Dakota Access pipeline protests.
The Standing Rock youth took up this mammoth effort to grab President Joe Biden’s attention and urge him to shut down the pipeline that has been a source of outrage for the tribal nation for years.
“We’re fighting for the next seven generations to ensure that they have clean water to drink from and to have a better climate for our people and the whole world,” said Maya Runnels, president of the Standing Rock Youth Council that organized the run.
The movement to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline that stretches back to protests over its construction in 2016 and 2017 has found new momentum in the last month.
Joe Biden came into the White House with the most ambitious climate platform of any president before him, and his first weeks in office have been marked by a series of aggressive, environmentally targeted executive orders. For many, his Day One decision to cancel a permit for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline was taken as a signal of his willingness to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline, as well.
Standing Rock youth gathered to run on this frigid February morning in part because of a deadline imposed last month by a federal judge requiring the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Biden administration to produce their plans for the pipeline, which no longer has a legal permit at its Missouri River crossing, by late morning on Wednesday — a deadline the court bumped backed to April before the group finished their run.
“I just can’t believe four years later we are still fighting for our lives,” said Annalee Rain Yellowhammer, vice president of the Standing Rock Youth Council.
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The runners carried a small staff in their hands, which was also used in 2016 when Standing Rock youth organized a 2,000-mile relay run from Standing Rock to Washington D.C. to deliver a petition to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asking them to halt the pipeline’s construction.
The staff is culturally significant to the Lakota people, said Joseph White Eyes, a member of the Standing Rock Youth Council. It is believed to have its own spirit, and by transferring the staff from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to Standing Rock, it signifies helping one another and unity, he said.
Standing Rock youth urge President Joe Biden to shut down Dakota Access pipeline with 93-mile run in frigid weather
A mammoth undertaking in subzero temperatures, Standing Rock youth and allies ran to get President Biden's attention and urge him to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, whose reservation is located in South Dakota just south of the Standing Rock Reservation, is also advocating for the pipeline to shut down. Tuesday's runner began the relay run in Timber Lake to signify unity between the two tribal nations in the effort against the Dakota Access pipeline.
For leadership in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the dedication of young members on the reservation is a testament to the grassroots support that fueled the anti-pipeline movement for years.