Army Corps denies crucial DAPL easement

People gather around a drum circle to celebrate after the Army Corps of Engineers' announcement that they would not grant an easement under the Missouri River at Lake Oahe for the Dakota Access pipeline at the Oceti Sakowin camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota on Dec. 4, 2016.

A woman cries during a celebration at the Oceti Sakowin camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota after the Army Corps of Engineers' announcement that they would not grant an easement under the Missouri River.

Men sing and drum during a celebration following the Army Corps of Engineers' announcement.

Jason Newberg, leader of the Iowa contingent of thousands of veterans who arrived to North Dakota in the past couple of days, stands in Oceti Sakowin camp. Newberg was apprehensive about the Dec. 4 announcement that the Army Corps of Engineers denied the easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline: “I think it’s just a delay since all the vets showed up. It’s a tactic to slow us down.”

Nathan Fasthorse of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, at the Oceti Sakowin camp protesting the North Dakota Access Pipeline near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Fasthorse had just arrived at camp from his home in Oak Creek, South Dakota, when news broke that the Army Corps of Engineers had denied the easement for the pipeline.

People sled down a hill at the Oceti Sakowin camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota.