Red Lake Direct Action to Stop Illegal Enbridge Pipeline

[postulater]

"#RLblockade Nizhawendaamin Inaakiminaan (We Love Our Land) is a group of Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, joined by blockaders and solidarity activists. The encampment is located in Northern Minnesota near the town of Leonard. Tom Poorbear, vice president of the Ogalala Sioux Nation declared, "We fully support the Red Lake Nation and its members who are opposing the Enbridge pipeline to stop the flow and remove the illegal pipeline from their land." The occupation of the Red Lake Ceded Land began Thursday, February 28. Similar action camps around the United States have been fighting the fossil fuel industry to stop the destruction of sacred lands. Red Lake tribal members demand the immediate shutdown of the flow through the pipes and intend to remain on the land until their demand is met. "I imagine everyone involved in the planetwide resistance to fossil fuel is watching them with thanks," said Bill McKibben founder of 350.org and leader of the recent Forward on Climate Rally. Chief Bill Erasmus of the Dene First Nation stated, "We fully support and are inspired by the Red Lake members and their resistance as it is stated in the Mother Earth Accord; affirming our responsibility to protect and preserve for our descendents, the inherent sovereign rights of our indigenous nations, the rights of property owners, and all inherent human rights." Most band members were unaware of Enbridge's illegal activity until the encampment started. "When I was informed about the illegal trespassing of the company Enbridge on my homeland, I knew there was something I could do. I started calling as many Red Lakers as I could to try and make them aware," said Angie Palacio who initiated the encampment with the support of the Indigenous Environmental Network."

[snappyturtle]

1. I'm familiar with the Red Lake area. I am sickened by this Enbridge pipeline. Do you

know where it connects on either end outside of the Band's territory?


edit: Do you have a link so I can learn more? Thanks.

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. I don't know if this link will add any information to the OP subject but here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12526131

[snappyturtle]

7. Thanks....in my morning "fuzziness" I thanked myself! I appreciate your efforts and

your link opened my eyes!

[snappyturtle]

3. Thank you...this is quite helpful! nt

[postulater]

4. Here's where I found it.

I use Facebook to look at some groups concerned with mining in Wisconsin and the surrounding territory.

http://www.facebook.com/EnbridgeBlockade

[kmlisle]

5. The account says near Leonard MN

This would be north of the Mississippi Headwaters and Red Lke Res looks to be North of Leonard (population 41). It is remote and beautiful full of Bogs and swamps, nesting area for a good part of the US warbler population, mosquito heaven in the Summer and very vulnerable to an oil spill. Here is a link to a map
https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=leonard+mn&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x52b86b3032e28b01:0xaed69aa22476b87d,Leonard,+MN&gl=us&ei=0hdDUdyLMIme2wWQnIHgBQ&ved=0CK8BELYD

[snappyturtle]

6. Thank you. In reading this morning I learned some destressing facts. According

to info contained in the orig. link sent to me most of the 41 residents of Leonard work for Enbridge. I also was so surprised to learn of all the pipelines of Enbridge and its' subsidiaries throughout northern MN that run to Superior, WI and branch south all the way to Griffith, IN (town I also know that lies just miles south of Lake Michigan.)

There's even another branch running from northern MN to Minneapolis! AND, more all over the midwest down to Lousiana. What a mess.

If you minimize the map you sent me and then drag it down you will discover a HUGE lake, Upper and Lower Red Lake. This is one of, if not the top, the largest lakes in the state of MN. We're talking enormous waterways that seem to have been laced and encircled by these pipelines in the 1950's! Also read of numerous leaks and failures of the pipeline.

Saddened to read a couple tribes have taken millions to grant easement. Leech Lake Band really surprised me although they may have needed the money....as it may have been before the casino in Walker, MN was built. I don't know. Sad.

[talkingmime]

8. Excellent way to handle it.