On October 27, the world watched in horror as police armed with full military gear raided a camp of peaceful Indigenous water protectors in North Dakota.

Police used sonic weapons and rubber bullets on protesters, and eventually arrested nearly 150 people at the 1851 Treaty Camp—named for the a Ft. Laramie Treaty of 1851, which said the land the camp stood on belonged to the Standing Rock Reservation.

The camp was part of the ongoing, Indigenous-led movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline: a 1,168-mile pipeline that would carry 450,000 barrels of explosive, dangerous fracked oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Along the way, it would cross under the Missouri River—upstream of more than 8 million people who rely on that water to survive—and it would destroy burial grounds and sacred sites.

The shocking images of conflict from North Dakota have made it clear: it’s past time for President Obama to make a choice. He can either stand up for Indigenous people’s rights, clean water, and the right to peaceful protest—or he can choose to stand on the side of Big Oil, treaty violations, and police brutality.

Add your name now and demand that President Obama make the right choice and reject the permits for the dirty, dangerous, and illegal Dakota Access Pipeline once and for all.

You can also check the box to let us know you're interested in joining the Pipeline Resistance Rapid Response team and be the first to hear about opportunities to take action against the Dakota Access pipeline—in North Dakota, in your community, and online. Indigenous leaders are already planning a wave of action over the coming days and weeks.