The more i learn about this project, the more i get concerned. The river will not be a water source next year, as a new water source is being made for them in a different location. the pipe line is not over sacred land, or cemeteries. I can not see any legitimacy for the protests.

so why are they happening?

I find it interesting that jill stein was a part of this, and she is pushing for the recounts for Clinton. So far the recounts show that clinton lost.

So what is going on here?

I suspect that this is a psyop. A protest staged to upset a lot of people and to make them look stupid in the eyes of the main stream public.

A lot can be gained from this. It now discredits the "we went to iraq for oil" narrative that the "anti war left" pushed, it discredits the anti pipeline and anti fracking movements, it discredits a lot of people.

This is important. The 2018 midterm will be the most important election in US history. If the republicans gain two more state legislatures, and keep their hold on the senate and the house, then they can pass constitutional amendments unhindered and legally.