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in an effort to boost the renewable engery profile of the US, the Goverment is pushing and shoving solar energy projects through the system faster and faster with little regard to other considerations.
it seems some of the "prime" sites for solar energy are near or on top of historical/sacred Indian sites
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/27/na...olar-projects/
one tribal leader said this
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it seems some of the "prime" sites for solar energy are near or on top of historical/sacred Indian sites
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/27/na...olar-projects/
one tribal leader said this
"They seem to want to do it at the price of destroying our history," said Arrow-weed. "It's an assault. They've already wiped out a lot of things and now they want to wipe out the desert and any evidence of our past."
Dave Singleton with the California Native American Heritage Commission, which advises local, state and federal agencies on issues involving indigenous communities, said he's heard from at least 10 tribes in the Colorado River area concerned about various renewable projects. The problem is in part cultural: while a site may not be registered as historic, some tribal leaders say they know it's sacred because of oral history accounts.
"The tribes are saying you've consulted us, we've identified sites and you're saying it doesn't matter," Singleton said. "There's a rising anger that they're being treated with disrespect."
"The tribes are saying you've consulted us, we've identified sites and you're saying it doesn't matter," Singleton said. "There's a rising anger that they're being treated with disrespect."
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