Cultural survey by tribes for Enbridge pipeline could be largest effort of its kind

Cultural survey by tribes along route of Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline could be largest of its kind.
By Mike Hughlett Star Tribune JULY 28, 2018 — 9:57PM


Enbridge’s hotly contested new oil pipeline is slated to cross land claimed by indigenous people for thousands of years.

But not before Indian tribes have completed an archaeological survey of the pipeline route, the largest effort of its kind in Minnesota and maybe the country.

Surveyors, hailing from several Upper Midwest tribes, may have already found the remnants of a long lost tribal village. They are documenting everything from traditional wild ricing spots to buried artifacts.

“We’re helping to preserve what’s ours,” Rob King, a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and an electrician by trade, said as he used a screen to sift dirt at an archaeological dig. “If we find something, we make an impact.”

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