Thank you for your interest in the Treaty People Walk for Water. In this time of awakening, many people are recognizing their treaty responsibilities to both Mother Earth and the Native People of this land. Non-Native People, Native People, U.S. citizens, and anyone who benefits by living on this land -- we all have responsibilities to uphold treaties. The land now known as Minnesota is the ancestral home of the Anishinaabe, Dakota, and Ho-Chunk people. Through a nation-to-nation process, Native People and the United States entered into multiple treaties between 1805 and 1867. We all must work to fulfill our treaty responsibilities.

Participating in this walk is a commitment to Honor Our Treaties, honor the ecosystems that we live with, and say that we cannot continue to violate these ecosystems with fossil fuel infrastructure. We cannot let Enbridge continue to damage sacred waterways and wild rice beds by building the Line 3 pipeline through treaty land. We are led by Anishinaabe leaders who face immediate threats of disruption from the pipeline and whose traditional ways are deeply connected to the water, “Nibi.” We are walking to #Honorthetreaties, and to #StopLine3.

Starting on August 7th at Coffee Pot Landing on White Earth, we will walk for two weeks to the Capitol Building in St. Paul, ending on August 25th. With Treaty teachings, song, prayer, and solidarity with those on the frontlines against Line 3, we commit to living up to our treaty responsibilities, walking between 11-20 miles a day from one stop to another.

This Google Form serves to sign up for different aspects of support. Please read through and submit your responses to participate! Contact Julia Fritz-Endres juliafe@mnipl.org and Eliza Macy elizahmacy@gmail.com for questions!