Minnesota US (19 JULY 2021) Read the full article Seven Water Protectors Protesting Line 3 Pipeline Arrested at the Shell River
“Today women and other water protectors from across multiple communities in Minnesota sat together at the Shell River, near Park Rapids, Minnesota, in peaceful prayer to oppose the construction of Line 3,” the group Honor the Earth said on Instagram. “These women represent many others who stand in solidarity with the protection of water across Anishinaabe treaty lands.”
Honor the Earth executive director Winona LaDuke, one of the Indigenous women leading the fight against Line 3, was among those arrested and zip-tied by officers. According to the group, more than 500 people have been arrested for protesting the Canadian energy company’s effort to replace an old pipeline with lower capacity.
Last Thursday, about 200 people—including LaDuke and actor Marisa Tomei—gathered at the Shell River for a “Women for the Rivers” event.
“A society that permits violence on water and violence on women is a society we stand to change,” LaDuke said ahead of the gathering last week. “Together on Thursday we will practice treaty rights and rally at the Shell River, where the Enbridge corporation is preparing to drill for the dangerous Line 3 tar sands pipeline—just one of 22 river crossings Line 3 will cross, including the Mississippi River twice! As Enbridge builds Line 3 through Anishinaabe treaty land, we continue to stand strong in our resistance.”
