Skip to content

Nancy Beaulieu

Released
Gender:Female
Race:Native American
Era:2020s
State:Minnesota
Time Imprisoned:
1 Day
Support
Indigenous Sovereignty Environmental Activism
Nancy Beaulieu

Biography

Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) water protector and organizer charged with criminal trespass for the eight-day Fire Light ceremonial camp at the Mississippi River headwaters in June 2021, opposing Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands pipeline. White Earth Tribal Court dismissed her case in 2022, ruling the action was a lawful exercise of sovereign Indigenous treaty rights.

Cases

White Earth Tribal Court
Charges: Criminal trespass (Fire Light Camp, Line 3 resistance, June 2021)
Convicted: No
Institution State: Minnesota
Arrested: Aug 3, 2021
Incarcerated: Aug 3, 2021
Released: Aug 4, 2021