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Bucky

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3. It was originally supposed to run through several populated areas in Dakota, but...

Reply to MichMan (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 01:03 AM

Nov 2016

local cities spoke out and demanded it be re-routed. This story is ultimately about how Indian nations have less political pull than mostly white cities

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