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Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Burn Their Camp Ahead of Evacution (29 photos)

For months now, protesters have lived in tents and tepees during the frigid North Dakota winter, opposing the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. In that time, construction was halted by the Obama administration, then re-started by the Trump administration. Recently, state officials ordered the group of Native Americans and other activists from around the country to evacuate the Oceti Sakowin camp, located on federal land, due to impending spring floods. The deadline to evacuate is today, February 22, at 2 pm. Just ahead of the deadline, some protesters set fire to several tents and other structures that remained. Some campers have now left, but others say they will remain and defy any orders to leave.

O'Shea Spencer, 20, stands in front of the remains of a hogan structure. Campers set structures on fire in preparation for the Army Corp’s 2 pm deadline to leave the Oceti Sakowin protest camp on February 22, 2017 in Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Activists and protesters have occupied the Standing Rock Sioux reservation for months in opposition to the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline. (Stephen Yang / Getty)
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/02/dakota-access-pipeline-protesters-burn-their-camp-ahead-of-evacution/517506/