Overhead view of the Standing Rock campsite in North Dakota, officially closed yesterday by the governor after the Trump Administration indicated it would approve an environmental permit denied under President Obama. A few dozen protesters remained overnight, and ten were arrested, but the scene was mostly calm. Protesters burned their plywood buildings as a last show of defiance and a positive commemoration; they built a community here and led a nation. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune)
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