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Standing Rock: Pope appears to back Dakota pipeline opponents
8 hours ago
Pope Francis has appeared to back Native Americans fighting the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline.
The Pope said indigenous cultures had a right to defend "their ancestral relationship to the earth".
He did not specifically name the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes, who are opposing the pipeline in North Dakota.
It came as an executive at the company building the Dakota Access Pipeline compared opponents to terrorists.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38987677
Pope Francis has appeared to back Native Americans fighting the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline.
The Pope said indigenous cultures had a right to defend "their ancestral relationship to the earth".
He did not specifically name the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes, who are opposing the pipeline in North Dakota.
It came as an executive at the company building the Dakota Access Pipeline compared opponents to terrorists.
...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38987677
Holy shit!
#NoDAPL
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Did I just say that?? 
No kidding, this Pope is one of the good guys! 
Mahalo for this, pinboy.. he's so absolutely right..
The Pope said indigenous cultures had a right to defend "their ancestral relationship to the earth".
This is a no brainer!