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1,000-mile walk takes Navajo on ‘Journey For Existence’

Marchers protest fracking in tribal lands.

An oil pipeline approved for development across the US state of New Mexico has prompted members of the Navajo Nation to commemorate the 150th anniversary of “The Long Walk“. Activists began marching against the 130-mile long Piñon Pipeline in January to demonstrate how their tribal lands have been “desecrated by resource extraction”. Called the “Journey For Existence“, this 1,000-mile walk aims to galvanize Navajo communities throughout the US.