After openly protesting on a range of issues from politics to social issues, the Latina actress is praising fellow actress Shailene Woodley for her recent efforts.

On Monday, around 200 people gathered in North Dakota for a peaceful protest against the DAPL.

The Divergent star and 26 other activists were arrested during a protest against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota on Monday (10Oct16).

The protests have drawn thousands of people to the area where Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners is trying to wrap up construction on the $3.8 billion, 1,200-mile pipeline from North Dakota to IL.

She was one of around 100 demonstrators who staged the peaceful protest in Sioux County on the site of the pipeline, which will transport crude oil from North Dakota to IL.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday filed its response to the tribe's lawsuit challenging the corps for approving permits at 200 water crossings.

Until then, we're sure to see Woodley out there again as she continues to fight for Native American rights and the Dakota Access Pipeline. The $3.8 billion, 1,200-mile pipeline from North Dakota to IL is otherwise largely complete.

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Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and four other USA senators on Thursday called on President Barack Obama to order a comprehensive environmental review of a pipeline project that has stirred widespread opposition from Native Americans and environmental activists.

Woodley, 24, will appear in court on October 24 charged with criminal trespass and engaging in a riot.

That day, 27 people near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation were arrested for what the local sheriff called a "riot", according to The Bismarck Tribune. Two of those people were arrested after chaining themselves to construction equipment.

"I'm being arrested. Because I was trespassing, like everyone else". "We are a nation of rule and law, you follow those laws or you get arrested".

Archambault says Obama has the power "to change the fate" of 17 million people who stand to lose clean water, but the chairman does not specify what type of action.

Of the protesters on-site in North Dakota, 123 have been arrested since mid-August, including Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and actress Shailene Woodley, AP reported.