As reported by Democracy Now! headline news:
In North Dakota, military veterans have begun returning to Standing Rock to support the fight to stop the construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, which was approved by the Army Corps of Engineers last week. Water protectors say there are an increasing number of helicopters and Bureau of Indian Affairs agents policing the resistance camps.
[See Democracy Now!'s regular reporting on DAPL and related matters, extending back many months.]