Here's my take on it all, this doesn't need to happen.....And this is what the problem is, and what nobody understands. The indians live on a reservation, but they have a treaty right? What that treaty really is, is a blank check. All they have to do is get every leader together and endorse the back of it and their property will be restored. Here's the problem....you and i know they can't agree on one thing so they won't come together as a group and endorse the back of any trety. Heck here in Ny the Iriquois have killed each other because of the price of gas and cigarettes for crying out loud. All they need to do is have a big meeting somewhere's, every tribal leader and get their treaties signed by each other and elect one man to lead the show for the benefit of all of them. Why do you think crazy horse and you name the leader could lead a bunch of different tribes into war, it's because of getting one thing done as a group, but i digress. As for the people who's protesting, they don't know that their actually being unruly and they are seen as a hindrance because of the way they are handling the situation. Why would anyone be suprised that the police would use force? That's what they are good at, but truth be known it's luck that hold them back from killing every one of them. It's kind of like a bunch of kids running around throwing temper tantrams and then the parents kicking the piss out of them and putting them back in line, that's just an example i will use. Another thing...people want cheap gas and oil and the obvious thing to do and most effecient way to get the oil to where it can be transformed into usable product is going through a pipeline in bulk. You know how many train and truck accidents they have had recently that haul oil out of the oil fields so this is what they came up with. Someone will have to explain how much water will be poisoned by putting in a pipeline, because unless there is a spill or leak how could it poison the water? They have to complete the thought, which that logic doesn't do for me at least. I live in an area where there's miles and miles of natural gas lines and in the last 30 years i have not heard of any blowing out, matter in fact they just put a 20 inch one in that goes to buffalo from watkins glen in a few years ago and you wouldn't even know where that one is unless you seen them bury it. But i digress, everyone that wants to have a reason to be needed will jump on the bandwagon for the sake of being needed. All the while they send garbage to dumps by the truckload contaminating not only the land that the dump surrounds but all of the roads and land it has to pass over from where it comes from and is hauled to, but nobody blinks an eye about that. They haul garbage from NYC to western Ny every day and it's over 300 miles from where they pick up to where the dump is, so if you want something to jump up and down about why don't you start with that? You won't but that's okay. I just wanted to put my two cents in so maybe people can look at this whole thing as it can be taken care of without all of the problems and it can be a simple fix if done right. I'll leave you with this "Make today Great".