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Oglala Sioux group runs 477 miles to protest Keystone XL plan






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A group from the Oglala Sioux Tribe of Nebraska is completing a 477-mile relay run in protest of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

About 20 tribal members left Gordon on Monday. They are arriving in Lincoln, the state capital, today to raise awareness about the environmental impacts of the controversial pipeline.

"We want our youth to be able to swim in lakes and creeks," Ricky Gray Grass told 1011 News.

Tribes and non-Indian ranchers in Nebraska and South Dakota have been fighting the pipeline.

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