Meghan Holden

mholden@jconline.com

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Students and staff at Purdue University are holding an event on campus Tuesday to show support for those protesting the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline.

The Purdue Social Justice Coalition and the Native American Educational and Cultural Center are hosting a "teach-in" at the Stewart Center, Room 202, from noon to 1 p.m., followed by a march to the Wabash River for a ceremonial offering, according to a Facebook event page.

The teach-in will include talks by Dawn Marsh, director of Native American and indigenous studies; Raymond Redcorn, a graduate student in agricultural and biological engineering; and Janelle Cronin, a graduate student in curriculum studies, who spent last week protesting at Standing Rock, North Dakota.

Local residents support Dakota Access Pipeline protests

Thousands are at Standing Rock and Cannon Ball, North Dakota to protest the $3.8 billion pipeline owned by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners. The 1,200-mile project would carry crude oil from North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to an existing pipeline in Illinois.

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe argues the pipeline, which would be less than a mile from the reservation, could impact drinking water for those on the reservation and for the millions of people who rely on the water.

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