No one's on the side of evil profiteers hiring private
security thugs with vicious dogs trained to attack. No one wants sacred sites disturbed, although claims that they have or will be have not yet been substantiated, at least from what I've read. The route disputed crosses what are claimed to be "ancestral lands" which are not part of any reservation. Sounds like a safe claim considering the nomadic tribes that once traversed the Great Plains.
It should be noted though, that this violent event occurred on private, not tribal lands. According to NPR, hundreds of protesters tore down a fence and ran and drove onto the property, in some cases bringing their own dogs. Hundreds of those involved were not from that area but came from across the country to join in, like those who went to join the Bundys' actions out west. It was not a peaceful protest--it was prepared to be violent from the very beginning.
Most of all I'm just thinking that no one should have brought children to this.