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Canada: Mohawks Blockade Oil Freight Trains from Crossing Their Land

HeadlineDec 02, 2016

In Canada, members of the Mohawk Nation have begun blockading freight trains carrying oil by rail from crossing their territory, which lies along the St. Lawrence River near Montreal. They say the blockade is in solidarity with Standing Rock.

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