Photos: Dakota Access Oil Pipeline protests

Law enforcement vehicles arrive at the closed Dakota Access pipeline protest camp near Cannon Ball, N.D. on Feb. 23, 2017.

A handout photo made available by the North Dakota Joint Information Center shows an aerial view of the Oceti Sakowin camp in North Dakota on Feb. 19, 2017.

Campers set structures on fire in preparation of the deadline to leave the Oceti Sakowin protest camp on Feb. 22, 2017 in Cannon Ball, North Dakota.

Campers set structures on fire in preparation of the deadline to leave the Oceti Sakowin protest camp on Feb. 22, 2017 in Cannon Ball, North Dakota.

O’Shea Spencer, 20, stands in front of the remains of a hogan structure. Campers set structures on fire in preparation of the deadline to leave the Oceti Sakowin protest camp on Feb. 22, 2017 in Cannon Ball, North Dakota.

Campers set structures on fire in preparation of the deadline to leave the Oceti Sakowin protest camp on Feb. 22, 2017 in Cannon Ball, North Dakota.

A woman watches the sunset at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Hundreds of protesters fighting the Dakota Access pipeline have shrugged off the heavy snow, icy winds and frigid temperatures that have swirled around their large encampment.

Bitter weather strikes an encampment near Cannon Ball, N.D., built to protest the Dakota Access pipeline on Jan. 25, 2017.

A person prays along the Cannonball River during a Native American water ceremony at the Oceti Sakowin camp near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Nov. 29, 2016.

Night falls on the Oceti Sakowin camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation outside Cannon Ball, N.D., on Dec. 1, 2016.

People stand outside a dome used as a community center and sleeping area at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., Friday, Dec. 2, 2016.

Travelers arrive at the Oceti Sakowin camp and enter a tent flying an upside-down American flag near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Dec. 2, 2016.

A section of the Dakota Access Pipeline under construction near the town of St. Anthony in Morton County, N.D.

Protesters rally against the Dakota Access Pipeline behind the 128th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. The front lines of the battle against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline are shifting away from the dwindling encampment in North Dakota. Jan. 2, 2017

Fireworks fill the night sky above Oceti Sakowin Camp as activists celebrate after learning an easement had been denied for the Dakota Access Pipeline near the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on Dec. 4, 2016, outside Cannon Ball, N.D.

A crowd gathers in celebration at the Oceti Sakowin camp after it was announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won’t grant easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016.

Katibunny Roberts and her husband, Lance King, of Kyle, S.D., celebrate the Army Corps’ denial of an easement to bury a section of the Dakota Access pipeline under the Missouri River, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Cannon Ball, N.D.

Native American and other activists celebrate after learning an easement had been denied for the Dakota Access Pipeline at Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 4, 2016 outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota.

A flag showing planet earth flies above a crowd listening to David Swallow, an Oglala Native American, speak during an interfaith ceremony at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016.

Members of a Native American drum procession celebrate at the Oceti Sakowin camp after it was announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won’t grant easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016.

People celebrate at the Oceti Sakowin camp after it was announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won’t grant easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016.

Activists celebrate at Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on Dec. 4, 2016, outside Cannon Ball, N.D.

Organizers of protests against construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline speak at a news conference on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, near Cannon Ball, N.D.

Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier, front, listens to Brian Wesley Horinek, of Oklahoma, outside the New Camp on Pipeline Easement in North Dakota.

Protesters gather at an encampment on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, a day after tribal leaders received a letter from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that told them the federal land would be closed to the public on Dec. 5, near Cannon Ball, N.D.

People stand on the edge of Cantapeta Creek near the growing Sacred Stones Overflow Protest Camp in Morton County, N.D.

Jamie Reil, of Virginia, stands watch at the intersection of Mandan Avenue and Main Street, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016 in Mandan, N.D.

In this photo provided by Nancy Trevino, protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline gather at and around a hill, referred to as Turtle Island, where demonstrators claim burial sites are located Nov. 24, 2016 in Cannon Ball, N.D.

Protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline stand on a burned-out truck near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Nov. 21, 2016, that they removed from a long-closed bridge on Sunday on a state highway near their camp in southern North Dakota. Opponents skirmished with law officers late Sunday and early Monday.

Protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline congregate on Nov. 21, 2016, near Cannon Ball, N.D., on a long-closed bridge on a state highway near their camp in southern North Dakota. The bridge was the site of the latest skirmish between protesters and law officers, in which officers used tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper spray, and authorities say protesters assaulted officers with rocks and burning logs.

Erin Wise (L) of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, shakes hands with Maj. Gen. Donald Jackson of the Army Corps of Engineers during a demonstration against the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline outside the Corps headquarters on Nov. 15, 2016, in Washington, DC. Organizers held a national day of action to call on President Barack Obama and the Army Corps of Engineers to permanently reject the pipeline before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Hundreds of people sit in silent protest against the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline outside the offices of the Army Corps of Engineers on Nov. 15, 2016, in Washington, DC. Organizers held a national day of action to call on President Barack Obama and the Army Corps of Engineers to permanently reject the pipeline before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Hundreds of people gathered to demonstrate against the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline outside the offices of the Army Corps of Engineers on Nov. 15, 2016, in Washington, DC. Organizers held a national day of action to call on President Barack Obama and the Army Corps of Engineers to permanently reject the pipeline before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., center, an environmental attorney and president of the New York-based Waterkeeper Alliance, speaks with opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline at the main protest camp Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota.

Demonstrators against the Dakota Access oil pipeline hold a ceremony at the main protest camp on Nov. 15, 2016, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. The ceremony was in honor of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental attorney and president of the New York-based Waterkeeper Alliance, who visited the Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters Tuesday.

Protesters demonstrating against the expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline wade in cold creek waters confronting local police as remnants of pepper spray waft over the crowd near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Nov. 2, 2016. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it’s trying to diffuse tensions between pipeline protesters and law enforcement in North Dakota, but that the pipeline’s developer isn’t cooperating.

Protesters hold a rally in the lobby of the Wells Fargo Center building in Salt Lake City in support of the Standing Rock Sioux against the Dakota Access pipeline Oct. 31, 2016.

Protesters demonstrate in Salt Lake City in support of the Standing Rock Sioux against the Dakota Access pipeline Oct. 31, 2016.

Protesters demonstrate at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City in support of the Standing Rock Sioux against the Dakota Access pipeline Oct. 31, 2016.

Jennell Downs, with the Kickapoo tribe of Oklahoma, puts up a flag at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City during a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline Oct. 31, 2016.

Dakota Access pipeline protesters sit in a prayer circle Oct. 27, 2016, as a line of law enforcement officers make their way across the camp to remove the demonstrators and relocate them a few miles to the south in Morton County, N.D.

Cousins Jessica and Michelle Decoteau, of Belcourt, both enrolled members in the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, don slogans opposing the Dakota Access pipeline Oct. 29, 2016, in Bismarck, N.D.

An exodus of Dakota Access pipeline protesters moves south on Highway 1806 as a line of law enforcement slowly push the protest effort from the Front Line Camp to the Oceti Wakoni overflow camp a few miles down the road in Morton County, N.D., on Oct. 27, 2016.

Protesters in the left foreground shield their faces as a line of law enforcement officers holding large canisters with pepper spray shout orders to move back during a standoff in Morton County, N.D.

A burned-out truck sits on Highway 1806 near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Oct. 28, 2016, near the spot where protesters of the Dakota Access pipeline were evicted from private property a day earlier. Authorities say protesters burned several pieces of construction equipment and other vehicles during a confrontation with law enforcement.

The burned hulks of heavy trucks sit on Highway 1806 near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Oct. 28, 2016, near the spot where protesters of the Dakota Access pipeline were evicted from private property a day earlier.

Demonstrators stand next to burning tires as armed soldiers and law enforcement officers assemble to force Dakota Access pipeline protesters off private land where they had camped to block construction on Oct. 27, 2016.

Dakota Access pipeline protesters confront law enforcement Oct. 27, 2016, near Cannon Ball, N.D.