We packed the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission hearing and waiting to hear whether the PUC will deny the permit to Magellan Pipeline Company to build a pipeline in Pipestone MN next to the sacred landscape of the pipestone quarries
Pipestone is sacred. It has been sacred for generations, long before the state of Minnesota existed, long before pipelines and corporations began carving up the land for profit.
On November 5th, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will hear testimony and vote on the proposed Magellan pipeline project in Pipestone, Minnesota. We are calling on our relatives, allies, and community members to show up and stand with us.
For generations, our people have traveled to Pipestone to gather the sacred stone used in our pipes and ceremonies. This is not simply another piece of land that can be bought, sold, or sacrificed for corporate interests. It is a living place of prayer, cultural responsibility, and connection to our ancestors and future generations.
We have a responsibility to protect it.
At 9:00 AM, we will gather outside the PUC building in prayer with ceremony, the IPM drum, and speakers before entering the hearing at 10:00 AM.
We need our people in that room. We need the commissioners to see that the decisions they make have consequences far beyond a permit or a pipeline route. Our sacred places are not expendable, and the continued destruction of Indigenous lands cannot be justified in the name of economic development.
Thursday, November 5, 2026
Prayer Circle: 9:00 AM
PUC Hearing: 10:00 AM
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
121 Seventh Place East, Suite 350
Saint Paul, MN 55101
We have fought to protect Pipestone before, and we will continue to fight for it. This is what it means to carry responsibility to the land and to those who will come after us.
Bring your relatives. Bring your voices. Come stand with us.
No pipeline at Pipestone. Defend the sacred.
