While the protests drew international attention and were said to be "reshaping the national conversation for any environmental project that would cross the Native American land", there was limited mainstream media coverage of the events in the United States until early September.
As protestas captaron a atención internacional e foron consideradas unha "remodelación das conversas nacionais para calquera proxecto ambiental que cruzase a terra dos nativos americanos", pero a cobertura destes acontecementos nos principais medios de comunicación dos Estados Unidos foi limitada até comezos de setembro.