Fireworks go off over the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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(CCN) In the wake of hundreds of people continuously protesting beginning several weeks ago, Energy Transfer Partners, the company attempting to construct the Dakota Access Pipeline, stopped work at the building site just north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
The number of protesters has swelled to over 4000 as many tribes have united to protect the land and water from contamination.
