--- title: Keystone XL Pipeline Protests Bring Cowboys and Indians To Washington description: A coalition of ranchers, farmers and native tribes are staging protests against the Keystone XL pipeline on the National Mall this week with teepees, horses and a sacred fire that will burn for days canonical: https://time.com/71666/keystone-xl-pipeline-protest-washington/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-22T12:31:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T07:25:37.989Z article:section: Politics og:title: Keystone XL Pipeline Protests Bring Cowboys and Indians To Washington og:description: A coalition of ranchers, farmers and native tribes are staging protests against the Keystone XL pipeline on the National Mall this week with teepees, horses and a sacred fire that will burn for days og:url: https://time.com/71666/keystone-xl-pipeline-protest-washington/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Keystone XL Pipeline Protests Bring Cowboys and Indians To Washington twitter:description: A coalition of ranchers, farmers and native tribes are staging protests against the Keystone XL pipeline on the National Mall this week with teepees, horses and a sacred fire that will burn for days twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Cowboys And Indians Descend on Washington To Protest Pipeline > Sponsored content. 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The confederation of ranchers, farmers and members of Native American tribes kicks off the week of protest and civil disobedience Tuesday, Earth Day, with a horse ride on the Mall and the erection of a ceremonial teepee soundtracked by live music from the Indigo Girls. The week’s activities will include religious rituals and a water ceremony “that will highlight the threat [Keystone XL](http://time.com/71258/energy-secretary-ernest-moniz-dishes-about-baseball-natural-gas-russia-and-more/) poses to water sources, especially the Ogallala Aquifer, along the pipeline route,” according to organizers. Events through the week are expected to draw about 200 participants, with a much larger group of 5,000 expected for a larger march on Saturday, Politico reports. Organizers said acts of civil disobedience and arrests will be part of the spectacle but wouldn’t offer details. Protestors will not be sleeping in teepees on the Mall overnight because they did not receive the proper permits. \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/keystone-xl-reject-and-protect-protest-105880.html?hp=r1)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/71666/keystone-xl-pipeline-protest-washington/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/71666/keystone-xl-pipeline-protest-washington/"},"headline":"Cowboys And Indians Descend on Washington To Protest Pipeline","datePublished":"2014-04-22T12:31:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:25:37.989Z","description":"A coalition of ranchers, farmers and native tribes are staging protests against the Keystone XL pipeline on the National Mall this week with teepees, horses and a sacred fire that will burn for days","url":"https://time.com/71666/keystone-xl-pipeline-protest-washington/","keywords":["Environment","energy","Oil","Keystone XL","Pipeline","Gas"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/environment/","name":"Environment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/71666/keystone-xl-pipeline-protest-washington/","name":"Cowboys And Indians Descend on Washington To Protest Pipeline"}}]}] ```