Meanwhile, pipeline developers continue to ignore the sovereign rights of various Indigenous Nations whose homelands they are desecrating. To date, hundreds of Indigenous leaders, Water Protectors and allies have been violently accosted, removed and arrested in their efforts to put a stop to the destructive Line 3 Enbridge project. “But art on Indigenous issues needs to come from Indigenous communities.” “Indigenous art is often glorified and taken advantage of by non-Indigenous organizations,” says Cy Wagoner (Diné), NDN Collective Creative Resistance Coordinator and longtime artist. So far, roughly 6,000 newspapers made their way to over 400 groups and activists spanning multiple states across the U.S.Ī digital Defund Line 3 Art Kit was also made available, containing the art and art actions stemming from 10 different artists from across the climate justice movement who contributed their work to this project, including Isaac Murdoch, Christi Belcourt, Killjoy Mall, Dio Cramer, Moira Villiard, Jackie Fawn, Sadie Red Wing, Asa Wright, Averian Chee and Crystal Clarity. In preparation for participation in a wheatpasting action for the #DefundLine3 Arts Visibility Week of Action, individuals could request a #DefundLine3 Newspaper from NDN Collective and Stop the Money Pipeline organizers. Nationwide wheatpasting action occurs with some 6,000 Defund Line 3 newspapers making their way to over 400 groups and activists. NDN Collective Collabs with Artists to Defund the Line 3 Pipelineīy Brandi Douglas | Originally published by NDN CollectiveĪrtists create and call others to join the fight to stop Line 3.
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