How Giving Legal Rights to an Indigenous Food Could Stop a Pipeline
In 2018, Frank Bibeau, a member of and attorney for the White Earth band of Anishinaabe—the largest of the six federally recognized Indigenous reservations that make up the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe—had an idea. By that point, for the better part of a decade, Bibeau had been part of organizing efforts to stop the construction of Line 3.
April 1, 2023 | Source: Mother Jones | by Eamon Whalen
The White Earth Band of Anishinaabe gave wild rice legal rights in 2018. Now they’re suing the state in tribal court to stop Line 3 on its behalf.
In 2018, Frank Bibeau, a member of and attorney for the White Earth band of Anishinaabe—the largest of the six federally recognized Indigenous reservations that make up the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe—had an idea.