Jun 29, 2018   SOURCE: BusinessWire

Fond du Lac Band Statement on Public Utilities Commission Ruling on Enbridge Line 3 Replacement Project

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa issued the following statement in response to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Ruling on Enbridge Pipeline Line 3 Replacement Project on June 28, 2018:

“The Fond du Lac Band is prepared to appeal this decision and we will evaluate our options as we receive the full written decision from the Commission. In the meantime, our employees will continue their critical work surveying for tribal cultural properties that must be protected along the route of the pipeline expansion proposed by Enbridge.

A broad coalition of Tribal and other voices have come together to oppose this project because of the uniquely potent threats it poses to natural resources critical to both Indians and non-Indians in Northern Minnesota. It is imperative that we not allow places like Big Sandy Lake, the Moosehorn River, and the Fond du Lac State Forest to be sacrificed so that a Canadian oil company can profit. The 1854 Ceded Territory is one of the last great places left on this Earth, and the Band will stand with our neighbors and continue to defend the Ojibwe homeland against all the threats it may face.”

About The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa:

The Fond du Lac Band is one of seven Chippewa Indian Bands in the state of Minnesota. The Fond du Lac Reservation was established by the La Pointe Treaty of 1854. Archaeologists, however, maintain that ancestors of the present-day Chippewa (Ojibwe) have resided in the Great Lakes area since 800 A.D. Today, the Band includes over 4,200 members. The Ojibwe name for the Fond du Lac Reservation is "Nagaajiwanaang", which means "where the water stops".