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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dust in the wind" data-source="post: 123481" data-attributes="member: 215"><a href="http://www.myndnow.com/news/bismarck-news/dapl-protest-camps-being-evacuated/661323154" target="_blank">http://www.myndnow.com/news/bismarck-news/dapl-protest-camps-being-evacuated/661323154</a><a href="http://www.myndnow.com/news/bismarck-news/dapl-protest-camps-being-evacuated/661323154" target="_blank"></a> 2:15 p.m.   Some of the remaining protesters at the Dakota Access oil pipeline camp have set fire to a building that was serving as the main entrance to the area.   North Dakota Indian Affairs Director Scott Davis says protesters also have strung barbwire across the opening to the encampment.   The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers set a 2 p.m. deadline Wednesday for protesters to leave the camp that's on federal land near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. At least 150 people marched out of camp ahead of the deadline, but others have said they don't plan to leave on their own.   Nathan Phillips, a member of the Omaha Tribe in Nebraska, said he planned to move to another camp that's on private land. He says he has been in North Dakota since Thanksgiving and has "had four showers since."   ------   2 p.m.   A large group of protesters who were camped out at the Dakota Access oil pipeline were exchanging hugs and goodbyes after marching out of the camp ahead of a departure deadline set by the federal government. Many of them cried.   The group sang songs and prayed as they walked along a highway and over a bridge atop the Cannonball River. On two occasions they had to clear the road to make room for ambulances.   A bus from the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, along with four vans and a truck towing a trailer from the Standing Rock Episcopal Church, were waiting to transport the protesters. The state arranged for the bus to bring campers to a transition center in Bismarck.   Raymond King Fisher, a protester from Seattle, was one of the leaders of the march. He called it a difficult and emotional day. He ended the parade by saying, "We go in peace but this fight is not over."   ------   1:20 p.m.   Authorities say one person has been burned in fires set by protesters as a longstanding encampment near the Dakota Access oil pipeline is shut down in North Dakota.   Cecily Fong, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Emergency Services, says the extent of the unidentified female's injuries weren't known. Fong said an ambulance was being sent to the encampment.   Most of the 200 to 300 protesters who remained at the encampment walked out around 1 p.m. That was about an hour ahead of a deadline set by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the camp to close ahead of a spring flooding threat.   It wasn't known where the protesters were headed, but authorities had several buses ready to carry them to Bismarck for food, lodging and help getting home. Some protesters have vowed to camp elsewhere on private land.</blockquote>

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