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Water Protectors Hang Massive #NoDAPL Banner from Ceiling of NFL Stadium

HeadlineJan 03, 2017

In Minnesota, two water protectors unfurled a massive banner from the ceiling of the Minneapolis U.S. Bank Stadium during an NFL game between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears on Sunday, calling for divestment from the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. The banner read ”DIVEST” and “NoDAPL”—that’s the Dakota Access pipeline. The two people who unfurled and hung from the banner were arrested. The action is part of a series of actions demanding major Wall Street banks divest from the pipeline, which has faced months of resistance from the Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota, members of more than 200 indigenous nations from across the Americas and many of their non-Native allies.

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