Actress praises Malia Obama for attending event in protest of Dakota Access Pipeline

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Actress Shailene Woodley told Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman she recently saw former first daughter Malia Obama at a Sundance Film Festival event protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.

“It was amazing to see Malia,” Woodley shared. “I saw her last night when we did the event with Chairman Dave Archambault. And it was incredible to see her there.”

The 25-year-old actress has been an outspoken activist against the pipeline’s construction. She’s stood with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and was even arrested during a demonstration back in October. Woodley said she was

“Also, to witness a human being and a woman coming into her own outside of her family and outside of the attachments that this country has on her – but someone who’s willing to participate in democracy because she chooses to,” Woodley gushed. “Because she recognizes, regardless of her last name, that if she doesn’t participate in democracy, there will be no world for her future children.”

While the government halted the pipeline in December after massive protests against the project swept across the nation, it has been revived by the Trump administration as of Tuesday.