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The event celebrated a recent victory for Native Americans
and environmentalists in which the federal government ruled
against a pipeline project near the Standing Rock Sioux
reservation in North Dakota.
Native American groups, activists, celebrities and U.S. armed
forces had protested against the $3.8 billion oil project,
saying said construction would damage sacred lands and any leaks
could pollute the water supply.
"We haven't won many arguments, those of us who have been in the
environmental movement and human rights movement for many
years," Tyler said. "I think Standing Rock really was the first
gain ...and we have to make sure that we can now build on it."
(Reporting By Reuters Television)
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