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New wave of anti-protest laws may infringe on religious freedoms for Indigenous people

  • Written by Rosalyn R. LaPier, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, The University of Montana
New wave of anti-protest laws may infringe on religious freedoms for Indigenous peopleMore than 30 U.S. states have passed laws intended to stop protests like the one against the Line 3 pipeline.Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images

Over four days in June 2021, thousands of protesters attended the Treaty People Gathering in opposition to Line 3, a crude oil pipeline slated to be built across traditional homelands of the Ojibwe peoples in...

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