Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

June 10, 2021

Keystone XL Pipeline Ditched: One black snake is dead


Jasilyn Charger, Lakota, 25, faced sentencing for defending the water, the same day Keystone XL developers announced it was cancelled.

By Brenda Norrell

Censored News

June 10, 2021

TC Energy confirmed Wednesday that it canceled the Keystone XL pipeline. There were celebrations throughout Indian country, as the ten year fight came to an end.

On the same day, Jasilyn Charger, Cheyenne River Lakota, 25, faced court sentencing in South Dakota, after recently being arrested in defense of the water at a Keystone XL construction site.


June 8, 2021

MINNESOTA -- Water Protectors Denied Medications and Phone Calls After Arrests


Camp near the Headwaters of Mississippi Established 

New Camp to Stop Enbridge Line 3 Established, as More Than 150 Water Protectors Arrested


Statement by GINIW Collective

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UPDATE: 150+ #StopLine3 Water Protectors Arrested Denied Medications, Denied Phone Calls, Sent Throughout State in Minnesota

After a mass action shutting down a Line 3 pump station, over 150 water protectors were arrested. Arrestees have since been transferred to Aitkin County, Kandiyohi County, Douglas County, Pine County, Todd County & Becker County. The counties are part of the 16-county Northern Lights Task Force, which has received significant funding from the Enbridge Corporation. To date, sheriffs have billed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Enbridge-funded and state-overseen Public Safety Escrow Account. 


June 7, 2021

MINNESOTA -- Hundreds in lockdowns and blockades in massive direct action to Stop Enbridge Line 3

Police move in on Water Protectors at 5:25 pm today, Monday, at pump station lockdown. Screenshots by Censored News.
Police have arrested more than 100 Water Protectors. At 10 pm a group of 30 locked arms to protect those remaining locked down.

Hundreds now in blockade at Enbridge's Mississippi River Crossing near Itasca State Park in Northern Minnesota. New camp established at headwaters of Mississippi River at drill site.