We did it guys! All of us checking in at Standing Rock on Facebook has finally paid off!
In all seriousness, the countless people who were harassed, tear gassed, arrested, beaten, etc. and the hundreds of military veterans who joined the fight in the face of nonstop violence have to be acknowledged here. They're the real drivers of this change, internet slacktivism notwithstanding.
(I personally found it really distasteful for people to say they "checked in" at this war zone and didn't experience a scratch, but that's how we show solidarity in the digital age, I guess.)
