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Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II said he applauds President Barack Obama’s commitment to protect the tribe’s sacred lands, water and water downstream of the Sioux reservation, but said work should stop on Dakota Access Pipeline while a possible reroute is being considered.

Obama, in a widely shared interview with NowThis, said Tuesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking into whether the Dakota Access Pipeline can be rerouted away from a planned crossing of the Missouri River/Lake Oahe just north of the Sioux reservation boundary.

“My view is that there is a way for us to accommodate sacred lands of Native Americans. We’re going to let it play out for several more weeks and determine whether or not this can be resolved in a way that I think is properly attentive to the traditions of First Americans,” Obama said.

Archambault said the tribe wants Obama and the corps to issue an immediate stop work order on the pipeline and repeated his call for a full environmental impact study.

“The nation and the world are watching. The injustices done to native people in North Dakota and throughout the country must be addressed,” Archambault said.