Thousands of indigenous people from North America and around the world converged on rural North Dakota in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in 2016 over concerns about construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and its long-term impact on the tribe’s water quality, sacred sites, and tribal rights.  This session will highlight the responsibilities of government and business in consulting with tribes, honoring treaties, and following environmental laws.  Even though long-term resolution to the Dakota Access Pipeline route is working its way through court, Chairman Archambault will discuss the awakening of indigenous communities and the long-term impact of the battle over the pipeline