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Scenes from the Water Is Life: Stop Line 3 concert

Winona LaDuke, Bon Iver, and many more gathered for in Duluth for the protest concert.

By Photos by Chuck Olsen

11:11 AM CDT on August 19, 2021

Water protectors at the Water Is Life concert in Duluth

Water protectors

|Chuck Olsen

Water protectors and supportive musicians came together at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth yesterday to protest the proposed Line 3 pipeline expansion. Here's an idea of what the Water Is Life concert and art festival looked like.

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