Tribes say Sandpiper violates treaty rights

摘要

Enbridge’s 225,000 b/d Sandpiper crude pipeline project is facing an unexpected impediment along the Minnesota leg of its 600-mile path: wild rice. Native American groups say that the proposed route of Sandpiper, which crosses grasslands in Minnesota on its way from North Dakota to Wisconsin, violates their treaty rights to fish, hunt and gather crops, in particular, wild rice.