Indigenous Protector Movement

📍 Protecting Pipestone: Community Briefing & Public Comment Workshop
Pipestone has been a sacred place for Indigenous peoples since time immemorial; a place of prayer, ceremony, and connection. Today, this sacred place faces renewed threats from the proposed Magellan pipeline reroute, and community voices are needed now more than ever to deny any permit and protect Pipestone.
Join Indigenous Protector Movement, Brave Heart Society, and Indigenous Environmental Network for an afternoon of learning, discussion, and action. We will explore the cultural, spiritual, historical, ecological, and geological significance of Pipestone, hear updates on the current permit process, and discuss why this moment is so important.
After the presentations, volunteers will be available to help community members submit comments to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission before the public comment period closes.
🗓 June 22 | 1:00–4:00 PM
📍 Minneapolis American Indian Center
Whether you're already involved or just learning about Pipestone for the first time, we invite you to join us, ask questions, and stand up for one of the most sacred places on this continent.
No pipeline. No reroute. Protect Pipestone.

URGENT Call to Action: Submit Public Comment to Protect Sacred Site, Pipestone

✍️Submit your comment today (Docket #: IP-7109/PPL-23-109): https://mn.gov/puc/get-involved/public-comments/comment-form/

Comment Period Deadlines:

June 22, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. - Initial comment period closes
July 6, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. - Reply comment period closes
July 13, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. - Supplemental comment period closes

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Tonight the Women’s Warrior Society gathers again in community, protection, healing, and sisterhood at the IPM office. ❤️🖤
Join us this evening for connection, conversation, and community care with Native women and relatives working to keep our people strong. Whether you’ve been coming for a while or this is your first time, you are welcome here.
And as always, Mukwa is holding us down with food tonight, tater tot hotdish will be served. 🍽️
Come eat, laugh, learn, organize, and build together.
📍 IPM Office
🕔 Tonight | Women’s Warrior Society
🍴 Dinner provided by Mukwa Roberts
Please remember this is a respectful, substance-free space centered around the safety and wellbeing of our community. Bring a good heart and come as you are.

Join us for a day of ceremony, community, and commitment as we gather for the official Land Transfer to Indigenous Stewardship through signing of the land donation agreement ⚡️

On May 22nd, Indigenous Protector Movement and Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church will come together to recognize a historic step toward Indigenous-led community stewardship and healing in South Minneapolis. This gathering will include ceremony, a press conference, the signing of the land donation agreement, and community fellowship.
This space will become part of a larger vision rooted in Indigenous leadership, safety, healing, organizing, and long-term community care.
We invite community members, relatives, organizers, faith leaders, media, and supporters to stand with us for this important moment.
📍 2322 Elliot Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404
📅 May 22nd, 2026
Schedule:
• 1:00 PM — Ceremony facilitated by Sharon Day
• 1:30 PM — Press Conference hosted by IPM & Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
• 2:00 PM — Signing of Land Donation Agreement
• 2:10 PM — Light refreshments and screen printing by Courtney Cochran
This is about more than property transfer. It is about relationship, responsibility, healing, and building a future where urban Indigenous communities can continue protecting and caring for one another on our own terms.

UPDATE: We are restocked on shirts going until 6 pm! 🔥 Bring your own shirt, hoodie, scarf, bag or whatever you want printed!

Come through at the Indian Center for free screen printing! T-shirt’s provided while supplies last or bring your own item to print 🔥 Here until 6 pm ⚡️