Justin Keezer

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Native American
Era:2020s
State:Minnesota
Support
Indigenous Sovereignty Environmental Activism
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Biography

Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) water protector charged with criminal trespass for the June 2021 Fire Light ceremonial camp opposing Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands pipeline. White Earth Tribal Court dismissed his case in 2022, holding that Anishinaabe people retain sovereign treaty rights including the right to hold ceremony and protect the water.

Case

White Earth Tribal Court
Charges: Criminal trespass (Fire Light Camp, Line 3 resistance, June 2021)
Sentence: Verdict as recorded: No — dismissed 2022 on Indigenous sovereignty grounds
Convicted: No — charges dismissed
Institution State: Minnesota

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