December 2016

At approximately 10:00 pm, protesters lit a fire on Turtle Island and a second fire was lit later.  The number of protesters at the Island continued to grow and approximately 11:00 pm, protesters b

One female arrested for trespass after crossing the fence onto private property near the intersection of County Rd 135/County Rd 80 where law enforcement were present.  There were approximately 15

At approximately 3:20 pm, protesters cut the light tower support cable, causing the tower to fall, and the surveillance camera was stolen from the tower pole.

Approximately 20 protestors were at the Morton County courthouse standing in the hallway outside of the courtroom for most of the afternoon.  No significant problems were encountered with this grou

Approximately 30-40 protesters went onto the Backwater Bridge.  Some in this group did some minor damage to the light plants at the bridge by breaking the keys in the switches. 

Blizzard conditions continued until late afternoon.  Snow plowing efforts were underway but due to the snowfall amounts and drifting, progress was extremely slow. 

A severe blizzard occurred with snowfall amounts of approximately 12 inches in the Bismarck/Mandan area accompanied by winds 30-40 mph with higher gusts.

No significant events occurred.

No significant events occurred.

The ND Dept.

No significant events occurred.

There was no significant protester activity.

At approximately 3:50 am, a protester trespassed onto Turtle Hill and was taken into custody by law enforcement.  The subject arrested is a Jake Atkinson who has pending charges for engaging in a r

During the afternoon, a group estimated at approximately 50 people went to the Backwater Bridge and did a ceremony/demonstration of some type.  Some of the individuals approached the barricade on t

No significant events occurred.  The weather remained very cold.

No significant events occurred.   The weather continued cold with below normal temperatures.

At approximately 4:00 pm, a group of 30-40 from the protest camp assembled on Hwy 1806 just south of the backwater bridge and appeared to be performing a ceremony.  After approximately 15 minutes t

No significant events occurred.  The weather remained very cold with high temperatures around zero with wind chills in the double digits below zero. 

No significant events occurred.

At approximately 9:00 am a single individual from the protest camp walked onto the Backwater Bridge.  The individual walked along the barricade to the west and then climbed over the barricade tresp

No significant events occurred. 

The white passenger car that crashed into the barricade remains at the barricade.

No significant events occurred.   

At approximately 4:55 pm, a white passenger vehicle driving at a high rate of speed came from the south on Hwy 1806 and crashed into the jersey barriers forming a barricade on the north end of the

At approximately 2:00 pm, 4 persons from the protest camp walked onto the Backwater Bridge.  The individuals walked to the barricade on the north end of the bridge and appeared to be examining the

Winter storm conditions continued primarily due to high wind speeds.  In the morning, ND Dept of Transportation snowplows did plow Hwy 1806 to the protest camp as well as other roads in the surroun

A blizzard which began in the night continued throughout the day. 

At approximately 8:00 am, subjects from the protest camp walked onto the Backwater Bridge.  By 8:30 there were approximately 12 individuals on the bridge.  One of these subjects crossed over to the

There were a large number of vehicles entering the Seven Councils camp throughout the day.

There was no significant protest activity.

Very little activity today.  A media conference was held regarding the plan to pull back the law enforcement line from the bridge.

At approximately 1050hrs, there was a report of three people on horseback riding cross country. Approximately 45 minutes later they rode back to camp.

Very slow day. Only activity reported were approximately a dozen people in two canoes traveling on a portion of the river. No incidents reported.