Bakken pipeline will run under sacred tribal site in Iowa

Department of Natural Resources spokesman Kevin Baskins tells The Des Moines Register (http://dmreg.co/28KnoyM ) that Texas-based Dakota Access LLC was given an amendment on its permit to dig at Big Sioux River Wildlife Management Area.

State Archaeologist John Doershuk said the company's plan is satisfactory, but Indigenous Environmental Network organizer Dallas Goldtooth says his group opposes the decision to allow construction to go forward.

Allen Marshall, spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Rock Island, Illinois, said negotiations with tribal representatives, state historical preservation officials and Dakota Access are ongoing for Iowa's section of the pipeline.