Over one hundred people gathered near a small cemetery in Lee County on Saturday with one common purpose: to protest the advancement of the Dakota Access Pipeline under the Mississippi River.
Standing in front of the cemetery where his father is buried, Lee County resident and vocal pipeline opponent Hughie Tweedy addressed the group and spoke about his own fight to keep the pipeline off of his family farm in Montrose. The group, which included several members of the Native American community and people from across Iowa and Illinois, then marched down Mississippi River Road to the entrance of the pipeline worksite.
Photos by Zak Neumann
Protestors march down Mississippi River Road on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.
Iowa City residents Deborah Day and Christine Nobiss protest the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline across Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. — photo by Zak Neumann
Protestors march down Mississippi River Road on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.
Hughie Tweety addresses protesters outside of Sandusky Cemetery just before the march to the entrance to the pipeline worksite on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.
Jessica Reznicek addresses protestors outside the pipeline worksite on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. Reznicek, of Des Moines, has been a constant presence at the worksite entrance and has been arrested twice for her efforts to block access to the site.
Frank Cardaro addresses protestors outside the pipeline worksite along the Mississippi River on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.
Keokuk resident Becky Whitefeather speaks to protestors alongside her granddaughter Nakiya Cowles on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.
Protestors move to allow workers to leave the worksite on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.
Protestors chant as workers exit the worksite in Keokuk on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.
Protestors move to allow workers access to the worksite on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.
Protestors gather on Mississippi River Road outside the pipeline worksite on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.
Protestors gather at the entrance to the pipeline worksite in Keokuk on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. — photo by Zak Neumann
Construction equipment is shown at a Dakota Access Pipeline construction site outside of Sandusky, Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.
