Articles written by David P Ball

David P Ball, Indian Country Today|Apr 5, 2013

More than a month after members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa set up camp atop four oil pipelines to protest Enbridge Inc.’s alleged lack of easements across their tribal territory, they say the company’s main answer so far has been to buzz their encampment with low-flying prop planes and choppers. But that is only making them more determined. "We’re going to escalate the situation," said Marty Cobenais, Red Lake Ojibwe, pipeline organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network. After...