This is the Protest Nobody is Talking About, Because it is Nonviolent in Nature.

This is happening right now in Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, North Dakota

This is an organized protest lasting 2 months now against the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.7 billion investment to move 470,000 barrels of domestic crude oil a day through four states.

This is happening to protect sacred Native American lands which the pipeline will use.

As you can see, police have been used heavily to protect private property.

But damage to equipment and roadblocks have been done to try and stop the construction.

This has ensured a very heavy and continued police presence.

When people won't move or fight in any way, special bean bag shotguns and such have been used, and have caused minor injuries.

It is actually getting worse as more and more people from across the globe have joined the protest.

People are often arrested in minor clashes with police.

But overall the protests have been peaceful. No looting, no major injuries or attacks. Nothing of the sort.

Why, because they are organized.

And stand their ground peacefully in most cases, trying to block the pipeline, not do more damage.

They have spiritual rituals, and have created a huge encampment to house all the people joining the protests.

Most protests like this are well respected, despite their disruption. There is disagreements among the Native Americans about this entire ordeal in fact, and small towns in the area have suffered great inconveniences in commutes and commercial traffic. But this is not Ferguson, Baltimore, or Chicago. This is not violent and aggressive behavior towards people or non-related property. These people feel as strongly about this issue as others do about the current US race issue, but have chosen far more sensible means on taking a stand. They are not standing in a major highway, nor are they burning police cars, and they most certainly are not hurting anyone or any individuals property. They are not destroying businesses or killing people in anger. In the 60's when the US had major racial issues across the country, we saw mostly protests exactly like these. Organized movements with lots of people taking a nonviolent stand. And fortunately for all of us, it worked back then to desegregate America. Now these type of protests don't always work, but they convey the message, and need to be respected far more than anything the news media has covered in the last 2 years about our current race issues.

Whether or not this specific protest is something any of you agree upon is not the point i wish to make, but how people who have given up so much to stand for what they believe in are doing so in a far more professional and organized way. I just felt this needs to be discussed more. Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks.