First Nations chiefs emboldened by Standing Rock 'victory' turn attention to Trans Mountain

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' move to halt construction of the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation has given new hope to Indigenous leaders in Canada opposed to oilsands extraction, with some vowing to adopt tactics used by protesters south of the border to block construction of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline.

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