CANNON BALL, ND - The Rev. Jesse Jackson is supporting protesters in southern North Dakota who are opposing the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
The civil rights activist flew into Bismarck on Wednesday and traveled to the protest site near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
Jackson says he's supporting both the tribe and the rights of indigenous people. He says he came "to pray together, protest together and if necessary go to jail together.''
Protests supporting the tribe's opposition to the pipeline have been ongoing for months, with more than 260 people arrested. Opponents hope to block completion of the 1,172-mile, $3.8 billion pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois that they fear could harm cultural sites and drinking water for the Standing Rock Reservation.
Developer Energy Transfer Partners says the pipeline will be safe.