Approved by CCFT Council, November 14, 2016
WHEREAS, the Cabrillo College Federation of Teachers (CCFT), AFT Local 4400, is very concerned about the United States government insistence upon routing the Dakota Access Pipeline Project (DAPL) through the sacred lands of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; and
WHEREAS, The Dakota Access Pipeline Project (DAPL) is proposed to be a 1,172 mile pipeline that will transport a potential of 570,000 barrels of crude oil per day near the source of the drinking and irrigation water used by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other communities down river, and appears to be progressing without proper and meaningful consultation with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe or addressing the ecological implications and potential health risks of the DAPL; and
WHEREAS, the CCFT strongly support the actions of the tribal government and the members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their efforts to challenge the location of the DAPL, where it crosses the Missouri River; and
WHEREAS, the Army Corps of Engineers’ tentative approval of the DAPL route is contrary to the government relationship between the tribes and the federal government and dishonors the policy statements of President Barack Obama and his predecessors regarding the proper maintenance of the government to government relationship with tribal nations;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Cabrillo College Federation of Teachers, AFT local 4400, supports the efforts of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to challenge the location of the DAPL Missouri River crossing and calls on the United States government, and its agency, the Army Corps of Engineers, to honor the trust relationship between the United States government and federally recognized Indian tribes by reversing the decision to approve the sites of the DAPL Missouri River crossing, and to engage in proper and meaningful consultation with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.