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Indigenous Peoples
Over 800 Water Protectors Have Been Arrested Since Line 3 Pipeline Was Approved
Some Water Protectors see direct action as one of the few tactics that produces quick results.
US Founders Demonized Indigenous People While Coopting Their Political Practices
Genocide against Indigenous people is ongoing – through mass violence, cultural erasure and stolen land.
Native Youth Lead Return of 10 Children’s Remains From Carlisle Indian School
Over 140 years ago, Carlisle was the first government boarding school located outside of reservation land.
Canada’s Indigenous Genocide Is Ongoing
The mass graves at former Indian residential school sites are not the whole story. Colonial violence is far from over.
Police Escalate Line 3 Standoffs at Indigenous, Water Protector-Led Treaty Sites
Red Lake tribal monitor Sasha Beaulieu says it’s not the tribe’s Water Protectors who are trespassing; it’s Enbridge.
Line 3 Water Protectors Launch Occupation at Mississippi River Pipeline Easement
Indigenous leaders and allies have launched a treaty encampment at a pipeline easement site on Mississippi River.
Native Water Protectors Test Treaty Rights Strategy as Line 3 Fight Escalates
The White Earth Band is asserting jurisdiction over 1855 Treaty territories -- including Line 3 trespass violations.
Water Protectors Converge on Minnesota for Massive Demonstrations Against Line 3
Indigenous leaders have decried the Line 3 expansion as a brazen violation of treaty rights that endangers sacred land.
“Rutherford Falls” Confronts Everyday Colonialism
Representation is not revolutionary, but it can break open new possibilities.
Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Battle Heats Up in Michigan
Enbridge has ignored orders by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to cease the flow of oil to Line 5.