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On 14 November 2016 the video reproduced above began circulating, in which a woman claimed that suspicious aircraft or crop dusters were observed spraying chemical agents in an act of chemical warfare against the indigenous people of Standing Rock.The woman, who gave her name as Candida Rodriguez Kingbird, urged users not to share the video on Facebook (and to send it via email instead), suggesting prior efforts had been suppressed. On 1 December 2016, Standing Rock spokesperson Dallas Goldtooth addressed a number of rumors in an early-morning post to social media: Goldtooth's updates from the ground were considered trustworthy by many offsite supporters of the demonstrations, and it is difficult to imagine any incentive for him to lie about the putative poisoning of Standing Rock protesters. In August 2016, we confirmed with North Dakota Department of Emergency Services officer Cecily Fong that routine aerial surveillance of camps had been going on to ensure the safety of protesters. No additional evidence or accounts supported the claim that the government used crop dusters to spray chemicals over or around the camps at Standing Rock.
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