According to Shannon Berger-Hammon of Families for Peaceful Protest, the organization behind the Oregon rally, the Thanksgiving is "meant to highlight peace and thanks and community and to celebrate indigenous nations, and the indigenous nations are suffering right now."
Earlier this day, some 300 people gathered in the North Dakota city of Mandan, some 50 miles from the main protest camp. The protesters reportedly blocked traffic at one intersection and nearby streets, deploying tables with pumpkins and a pig head and passing out food to attendees.
At least one protester has been arrested, according to local police. More than 520 protesters have been arrested since August, as protests against Dakota Access pipeline intensified by the end of the year.
