{"id":11382,"date":"2021-01-17T11:39:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T16:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/hundreds-rally-against-minnesota-pipeline\/"},"modified":"2021-01-17T11:39:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T16:39:21","slug":"hundreds-rally-against-minnesota-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/hundreds-rally-against-minnesota-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds rally against Minnesota pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Opponents of the Enbridge Line 3 Replacement pipeline expansion project, who call themselves water protectors, march from their permanent camp to the construction path. (Photo by Justine Anderson)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

PALISADE, Minn. \u2014 Hundreds gathered near the banks of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota on Jan. 9 to oppose the construction of Enbridge\u2019s Line 3 Replacement oil pipeline. The construction route extends from Canada\u2019s Alberta tar-sands oilfields to Superior, Wisc., cutting across wetlands here.
\n\u201cToday is to pray and to raise awareness. Our governor isn\u2019t doing anything to stop this, so we keep coming here,\u201d said Sarah LittleRedfeather, Anishinaabe and graphic designer for Honor the Earth\u2019s Stop Line 3 campaign.
\nShe said allowing an oil pipeline to be built underneath the Mississippi \u2013 and 22 other rivers \u2013 is too great a risk to the water, surrounding ecosystems, and to her people\u2019s way of life.
\n\u201cThis would be like ripping out the heart of the Anishinaabe people,\u201d LittleRedfeather said. \u201cTo us, that water is life. It\u2019s a being and a spirit. This is considered 330 miles of pristine waters. There\u2019s water up here you can still drink.\u201d
\nShe talked about the importance of Mahnomen (wild rice) and her concerns about how the pipeline will impact traditional ricing practices.
\n\u201cA big part of this fight is about Mahnomen,\u201d she said. \u201cMahnomen is one of the first foods we eat and one of the last foods we eat.\u201d
\nOthers at Saturday\u2019s rally also were focused on protecting wild rice in the area. Giiwedin Howard, member of the Leech Lake Reservation and biochemistry student at the University of Minnesota, brought wild rice to the rally from home.
\n\u201cIf the oil spills \u2013 and it\u2019s going to spill \u2013 it\u2019s going to pollute all the waters,\u201d Howard said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been wild ricing for thousands of years and we want to do it for thousands more. This is a direct threat to us.\u201d
\nHe said his dad has been harvesting wild rice for the past three years, and he remembers fondly being taught to parch rice at his high school in Leech Lake.
\n\u201cWe\u2019d put on moccasins and dance on them,\u201d he said. \u201cI remember doing that and learning the significance of it all.\u201d
\nIn addition to concerns about local impacts, a primary point of opposition for many are the global effects of such a major fossil fuel project. Many feel this is a major step in the wrong direction, towards fossil fuel expansion, despite Canadian company Enbridge\u2019s use of the word \u201cReplacement\u201d in the project title.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not a replacement project, it\u2019s an expansion project,\u201d said Yarrow, who spoke on condition of not releasing a last name. He\u2019s been staying at the water protector camp set up near the site of the pipeline construction for several weeks.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s the largest proposed fossil fuel infrastructure project in the world right now,\u201d said Yarrow. \u201cIt will move half a million barrels of tar-sands crude oil per day, a very energy intensive oil to extract. It pollutes a lot of fresh water in the process, too.\u201d He added that most of the fuel is not going to the United States market, and he feels this project is not necessary for energy independence.
\n\u201cWe have enough energy infrastructure to power our transition away from fossil fuels and we don\u2019t need more of the same,\u201d he said.
\nAfter a march from the camp to the pipeline route and several traditional healing dances, protestors caravanned to a pipeline construction site, where they blocked traffic on U.S. Highway 169. Eight people were arrested, seven on possible charges of gross misdemeanor trespass on critical infrastructure and an eighth for failing to leave an unlawful assembly.
\nOn Dec. 24, 2020, two Ojibwe bands and two environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in federal court, claiming they did not perform an adequate environmental review of the project and that it violates treaties.<\/p>\n

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Opponents of the Enbridge Line 3 Replacement pipeline expansion project, who call themselves water protectors, march from their permanent camp to the construction path. (Photo by Justine Anderson) PALISADE, Minn. \u2014 Hundreds gathered near the banks of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota on Jan. 9 to oppose the construction <\/p>\n

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