Yes he is. I have no ego here, I just don't appreciate people attributing the US as some police state and then saying fuck America.
I read up on it more because I was ignorant on the subject. Let me see if I get this right...
The Army Core of Engineers was supposed to go around making specific deals with the tribes. They put money on the table and the tribe hasn't accepted the money.
In addition, the pipe was moved because of fears for a spill at a different location, so it was moved to the more remote location, just at the north end tip of the tribe's location.
I understand the facts now, and I understand their frustration. The pipeline is just above their tribe, so it doesn't go directly through it. The concern is the pollutants coming in from an error in the construction going under the review, also just north of the tribe. So the concern is over polluted water, not their land, which I think is valid, especially considering they moved to that location for the same concern.
I also still don't know the facts behind the proposed agreement that Army Core and if the tribe walked away, or where the actual physical border of the treaty resides. I just know the pipe doesn't hit the tribe full on, so I have no idea if it is private property or not.