When people in the Standing Rock Sioux tribe found out, they said the pipeline could desecrate their ancestral burial grounds and also contaminate the Missouri River, their only water supply. These issues were detailed in a lawsuit the tribe filed in July claiming they were never consulted.
It's completely unjust for the North Dakota gov't to build this pipeline through the Native American ancestral burial ground, especially when they were not consulted. Have we not taken enough from them?