Opponents of the Line 3 oil pipeline say the Biden administration has shirked its environmental responsibility by failing to halt the controversial project.
(WASHINGTON) Construction of an oil pipeline deep in America's heartland has become one of the most contentious environmental battles in the country. The tho
The Fond du Lac Band chose to allow Enbridge to follow its existing route through the reservation. There is no perfect outcome here, tribal council Chairman Kevin Dupuis Sr. told Minnesota Public News at the time. All remaining options threaten the environment for all and livelihood of the Indigenous people of Minnesota.
When the Fond du Lac leadership agreed to allow Enbridge to use the existing route, they also agreed not to publicly oppose the project. And that has left Martineau worried that her opposition to Line 3 effectively pits her against the tribe s Reservation Business Committee, the governing body of the Fond du Lac Band.
FOND du LAC INDIAN RESERVATION, Minn. (AP) â About a month ago, Taysha Martineau walked out of the protest camp she built in a small patch of woods near her home on the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation and knelt in the middle of the road.
Elders from her community surrounded her, scolding, telling her to leave.
âGo!â they shouted. âWe want you out of here! Donât do this to us!â
For several weeks, Martineau had been welcoming activists to the plot of land she had dubbed Camp Migizi â which means âeagleâ in the Ojibwe language â to take part in the yearslong fight against the Line 3 oil pipeline, a 380-mile replacement project that Enbridge Energy began building across northern Minnesota in December.
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