Indigenous Environmental Network

Founded in 1990 the Indigenous Environmental Network is a North American network of Indigenous Peoples fighting for environmental justice & healthy communities.

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For Lakota people, our stories have "...institutionalized The čhaŋnúŋpa as our primary tool for connection to creation and creator..." Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island rely on Pipestone for their own spiritual practices. The Magellan pipeline from ONEOK not only threatens our sacred quarries, but our very relationship to Creator. The project is taking public comments NOW, make sure your concerns are heard! Email your comments to [email protected], (DOCKET 23-109)

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Speaking on Native Roots Radio, Mark Tilson brings attention to the Magellan Pipeline by ONEOK, which is threatening the National Pipestone Monument; a unique and Sacred formation which has been 1 billion years in the making. The project is taking public comments NOW, make sure your concerns are heard! Email your comments to [email protected], (DOCKET 23-109)

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Join us tomorrow as we host a webinar that goes over the important steps needed to stop the Magellan Pipeline!!

Thursday, June 11th
3:00pm PST 5:00pm CST 6:00pm EST

Register Here: https://t.co/pwlv5EnIAb

Deny the Magellan Pipeline permit!

#DefendtheSacred #LandBack

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Join us as we address growing threats to the inherent rights of Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, and Afro-Descendants.

This is including nation-state efforts to undermine those rights and block self-organization.

#DefendtheSacred

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This World Oceans Day, we are calling out the growing biodiversity credit markets offering large sums of money to communities for protection of their bays, beaches, and ocean relatives; then they pull the veil revealing the money isn't for conservation, it's an "investment." The Oceans and relatives which Indigenous Peoples have a longstanding relationship with are not commodities you can just dump money into. Especially not while profiting from other extractive industries at the same time. We have to assert our rights as Indigenous Peoples in defense of lands, waters, and relatives for the future generations and their relationship to the Ocean. #WorldOceansDay

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We have cared for this land since time immemorial. Our knowledge, our sovereignty, and our leadership are the climate solution the world needs.

Protecting our rights protects Mother Earth and on this #WorldEnvironmentDay, we call on the world to stand with us.

#LandBack #DefendTheSacred

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This Pride Month, we honor our Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ relatives, carriers of sacred knowledge and protectors of land, life, and justice. Rooted in resistance their love and liberation uplift every movement!
#PrideMonth #TwoSpirit #LGBTQIA+

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The deadline is approaching of June 1st, please share to assist ones who are threatened or adversely affected by mining.

Visit https://t.co/6JOUEvx5Oj

If you have any questions, contact Keep it in the Ground Mining Organizer, Talia Boyd [email protected]

#DefendtheSacred

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Deny the Magellan Pipeline permit! Support the NO BUILD alternative!

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) NOW OPENED a public comment period, after rescinding the permit to approve a pipeline under 1 mile for the Pipestone National Monument.

The Magellan OneOK company violated PUC orders by refusing to work with the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council! They chose their own non Native contractor to get this done as quickly as possible.

Faith Spotted Eagle of the Brave Heart Society said, “The survey submitted by Magellan OneOk is incomplete, inaccurate, and unacceptable!”

Why this Matters

Many tribes use the sacred pipe in our ceremonies. It is our connection to our past and a tool to connect to all of creation, it is how we build our future.

Dr. Alexis Archambault, Hydrologist with the Brave Heart Society, spoke to the significance of the surrounding hydrology and geology of the Pipestone landscape, “This specific pipestone (catlinite) is found nowhere else in the world. It took over a billion years for this unique geologic formation and sacred landscape to form.”

Echoing that urgency, ecologist Elijah Small with the Brave Heart Society warned, "There is no scientifically valid way to remove petroleum from pipestone. You wouldn't drill under the Vatican. You wouldn't flood Arlington Cemetery. You wouldn't drill under the Holy Land. But they are doing that to us right now."

“They are threatening our lives, our existence, by threatening pipestone. I am one of those willing to lay my life down for them," proclaimed President Pete Lengkeek of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe.

The public comment period is open NOW. Initial comments are due June 22 at 4:30pm CDT.

Suggested comment:
“I oppose the Magellan Pipeline reroute permit. I support the No Build alternative. We need to protect the Pipestone National Monument and the sacred quarries. The current cultural survey is incomplete and unacceptable. Deny this permit."

Submit Comments

Online: https://t.co/U2T9PRYQ7L
Email: [email protected]
U.S. Mail: Consumer Affairs Office: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
121 7th Place East, Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55101

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May 22nd should be important to everyone as biodiversity loss affects every nation and every person on the planet. Ancestral Knowledge is a key driver for a cleaner future with Indigenous leadership at the table as our lands hold 80% of the world's remaining biodiversity. #DefendtheSacred

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This #WorldBeeDay lets take a moment for the pollinators. They work behind the scenes of every meal, every meadow, every medicine. Protect the bees!

#WorldBeeDay #DefendTheSacred

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Indigenous Peoples are not obstacles to climate action, we are its most essential partners. "Without the guarantee of our inherent rights, the transition will be built on extractivism", "impacting our way of life and the ecosystems we have protected for thousands of years."

#DefendtheSacred #TAFF2026

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Colonial systems treat Mother Earth the same way they treat Indigenous women, as something to exploit. We’re calling out what needs to be the focus now (agriculture & violence towards women), as we know Indigenous women are the backbone of society, communities and global food sovereignty.

#DefendtheSacred #UNPFII2026

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“You want our pictures, not our voices, you want our stories, but not our struggles.” Indigenous delegates delivered a straight forward stance at the International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, rejecting tokenism and demanding that true solidarity, not optics become the foundation of any just transition.

#DefendtheSacred #TAFF2026

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Speaking from the frontlines of the climate crisis, Tuvalu’s delegation delivered a sobering message in Santa Marta, Colombia. Small island nations are being left to “swim outside the ark” while powerful countries delay action they already know is necessary.

The time for deliberation has passed, the time to act is now.

#DefendtheSacred #TAFF2026

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MINING MINI-GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Is your community threatened or adversely affected by mining? Are you in the U.S. and/or Canada? Apply for the Indigenous Environmental Network and Western Mining Action Network's mining mini-grant today!

$4,000 grants support legal and technical expertise, communications, mobilization, travel, gatherings, and more!

The application deadline is June 1, 2026! For more information and to apply, visit https://t.co/SGS0Avu9sZ

If you have any questions, contact Keep it in the Ground Mining Organizer, Talia Boyd [email protected]