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title: "Water Walk : Anishinaabe Resistance Against Energy East"
date: 2015-06-02T12:43:15Z
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# Water Walk

### Anishinaabe Resistance Against Energy East

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### **Over the course of one week, dozens of Anishinaabe walkers marched along the Energy East pipeline route to oppose the project and protect the water.**

The Water Walk, organized by Grassroots Indigenous Water Defence, covered 125 km along the route of the Energy East pipeline — the largest tar sands pipeline ever proposed which would cross Treaty 3 territory to carry 1.1 million barrels per day of oil to the east coast of Canada, endangering dozens of waterways. Over two dozen walkers started at the Eagle Lake Pow-Wow in Northwestern Ontario, and ended at Shoal Lake in Eastern Manitoba, joined by supporters and allies. The Indigenous grassroots resistance to the Energy East pipeline in Treaty 3 is only the beginning of the growing opposition to the project.

#### News Coverage

- - [“Energy East pipeline opposed by Anishinaabe Water walkers,” CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/energy-east-pipeline-opposed-by-anishinaabe-water-walkers-1.3179107?cmp=rss)
    - [“Treaty 3 members walking Energy East pipeline,” Thunder Bay News Watch](https://www.tbnewswatch.com/News/373924/Treaty_3_members_walk_pipeline_path_in_protest)
    - [“Anishinaabe Walkers set to journey from Eagle Lake to Shoal Lake, Treaty 3,” Intercontinental Cry](https://intercontinentalcry.org/anishinaabe-water-walkers-set-to-journey-from-eagle-lake-to-shoal-lake-treaty-3-28503/)
    - [“Group walks through Kenora in opposition of Energy East,” Kenora Daily Miner and News ](https://www.kenoradailyminerandnews.com/2015/08/06/group-walks-through-kenora-in-opposition-of-energy-east)
    - [“Anishinaabe Water Walk just the first steps towards stopping Energy East,” Idle No More](https://www.idlenomore.ca/anishinaabe_water_walk_just_the_first_steps_towards_stopping_energy_east)
    - [“La protection de l’eau et le respect des traités: une marche Anishinaabe s’opposant à Énergie Est,” Ricochet](https://ricochet.media/fr/543/la-protection-de-leau-et-le-respect-des-traites-une-marche-anishinaabe-contre-energie-est)

##### Clayton Thomas-Muller, 350.org’s Indigenous Extreme Energy Campaigner, was there doing a video series from the action.



> [](https://www.facebook.com/ClaytonThomasMuller/videos/10153413851570708/)
> 
> Vlog from start of Anicinaabe Water Walk #Treaty3 #Nopipelines #HonourTheTreaties
> 
> Posted by [Clayton Thomas-Muller](https://www.facebook.com/ClaytonThomasMuller) on Monday, August 3, 2015







> [](https://www.facebook.com/ClaytonThomasMuller/videos/10153423945635708/)
> 
> 2nd Vlog from Grassroots Indigenous Water Defence's Sacred #WaterWalk please donate generously to support grass roots resistance to #TarSands expansion including the #TransCanada #EnergyEast Pipeline by visiting here: https://anishinaabewaterwalk.causevox.com
> 
> Posted by [Clayton Thomas-Muller](https://www.facebook.com/ClaytonThomasMuller) on Friday, August 7, 2015







> [](https://www.facebook.com/ClaytonThomasMuller/videos/10153425430390708/)
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> Vlog 3 Walkers about to arrive at Shoal Lake First Nation….Hoka Hey!!!! #Nopipelines #HonourTheTreaties #WaterWalk donate now!!! https://anishinaabewaterwalk.causevox.com
> 
> Posted by [Clayton Thomas-Muller](https://www.facebook.com/ClaytonThomasMuller) on Saturday, August 8, 2015





### SoundCloud Interview with Fawn Wapioke

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