- Dakota Access pipeline protesters say they will not leave the area where hundreds have camped for months, despite a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers directive that all federal lands north of the Cannonball River will be closed to public access Dec. 5 for "safety concerns."
- Several hundred protestors on Corps land in southern North Dakota have erected semi-permanent structures or brought motor homes and trailers in advance of the harsh winter; the Corps has said it would not evict the encampment, and Standing Rock Sioux tribal leader Dave Archambault says he does not believe the Corps would forcibly evict anyone.
- It's the federal government's job to peacefully close the camp because it allowed people to stay there in the first place, North Dakota Gov. Dalrymple says.
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