Ronda Rousey attends Standing Rock protest against pipeline

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UFC star Ronda Rousey visited the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota last week to bring protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline project “fresh fruit, veggies, bread, tents and a wood-burning stove,” according to TMZ Sports.
It was her fellow Olympic judo athlete, Pauline Macias, who shared an image of the pair at the protest site.
“I had one of the best road trips of my life with @rondarousey to deliver supplies to the protesters at Standing Rock! This was such an incredible experience, and I can’t thank my friend enough for allowing me to be a part of it!” Marcia wrote on her post.
The Standing Rock Sioux, who sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that approved the Dakota Access Pipeline, claimed the project would threaten their “environmental and economic well-being, and would damage and destroy sites of great historic, religious and cultural significance.”
The tribe also feared the pipeline could contaminate its water supply under the Missouri River and has protested—along with others in objection to the project—at the construction site.
Proponents of the project have claimed that the pipeline is the most cost-efficient and environmentally responsible means of transporting crude oil.
Former President Barack Obama had blocked the project from continuing late in his second term.  On tuesday, President Donald Trump revived the project.
Rousey quietly brought supplies to those protesting.
Rousey was arguably the most dominant MMA fighter in the world.  During her peak,  she defended her UFC bantamweight title six times, ending most of those fights with her signature armbar.

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