US army orders eviction of Dakota pipeline protesters' camp, tribe says

Engineer corps says the main encampment must be cleared in nine days because of the onset of winter weather

The US Army has ordered the closure of the main encampment established by activists opposing the Dakota Access pipeline, according to a letter released by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

Citing federal regulations governing public lands, Colonel John W. Henderson of the army corps of engineers wrote to Standing Rock Sioux tribal chairman Dave Archambault that he was ordering the closure by 5 December.