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As crews build Line 3 through Fond du Lac Reservation, a protest camp takes shape


The founder of Camp Miigizi wants construction to stop until court cases are resolved.
9:55 am, Jan. 29, 2021
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Activists opposed to Line 3, who call themselves Water Protectors, block an entrance to a worksite where the pipeline crosses Reponen Road near Sawyer on Jan. 22. The pipeline crosses tribal lands belonging to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
When Taysha Martineau found a piece of land for sale next to Enbridge s pipeline corridor through the Fond du Lac Reservation, she raised $30,000 on GoFundMe and bought it.
Within a week, the parcel on Magney Drive became a home base for activists, who call themselves Water Protectors, opposed to Enbridge s Line 3, the 340-mile oil pipeline under construction across northern Minnesota. ....

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