[Guardian] The chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe has asked the thousands of "water protectors" gathered in encampments along the Missouri river to "go home" after the US Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit for the Dakota Access pipeline to drill under the river.In a video statement Dave Archambault thanked the thousands of Native American and environmental activists who travelled to North Dakota to help the tribe fight back against the pipeline, which they feared would contaminate their water source and destroy sacred sites.
But after the "huge victory" of the Army Corps decision, Archambault said: "There’s no need for the water protectors or for anyone to be putting ourselves in unsafe environments.