Federal government to pay North Dakota $28M for Dakota Access Pipeline protests

By: Mary Steurer

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: June 11, 2026

Words: 1,016

Last Updated: 7 hours, 55 minutes ago

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North Dakota will receive roughly $28 million from the federal government in compensation for costs the state incurred during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests as part of a settlement announced Thursday.

The amount is the same as was awarded to North Dakota in 2025 by U.S. District Court Judge Dan Traynor.

The lawsuit, filed in 2019, concerned demonstrations against the construction of the crude oil pipeline, also known as DAPL, that took place …

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