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Cape Wind Deal Offers Tribes Millions

May 1, 2010

Author: Patrick Cassidy

Source: Cape Cod Times

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100501/NEWS/5010321

The federal and state government upped the ante this week in betting that Cape Wind is a winner.

When U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm Wednesday he more than doubled a multimillion dollar financial mitigation offer for local Indian tribes...

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Cape Wind Deal Offers Tribes Millions

May 1, 2010

Author: Patrick Cassidy

Source: Cape Cod Times

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100501/NEWS/5010321

The federal and state government upped the ante this week in betting that Cape Wind is a winner.

When U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm Wednesday he more than doubled a multimillion dollar financial mitigation offer for local Indian tribes...

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Salazar Weighs Two Imperatives In Cape Wind Energy Proposal

February 10, 2010

Author: Gale Courey Toensing

Source: Indian Country Today

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/home/content/83644112.html

In the end, the Obama administration’s decision to approve or deny a massive wind turbine project in Nantucket Sound will hinge on the value it places on respecting an irreplaceable and immovable American Indian sacred site weighed against the worth and importance of a privately-owned renewable energy plant that...

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Wind Farm Creates Tempest for Tribes' Religious Liberty

January 22, 2010

Author: Rob Bernstein

Source: First Amendment Center

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/analysis.aspx?id=22525

Two American Indian tribes scored a rare and possibly temporary victory this month when the National Park Service agreed to designate Nantucket Sound, where a major wind farm is set to be installed, as eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

The designation...

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9-Year Battle Over Wind Farm Project Off Nantucket Hits New Snag

January 5, 2010

Author: Doug Stanglin

Source: USA TODAY

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/01/9-year-battle-over-wind-farm-project-off-nantucket-hits-new-snag/1

The Obama administration is stepping into the nine-year battle over a proposed wind farm off Nantucket after the National Park Service declared the area as eligible for listing as a historic site...

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2 Tribes Object to Cape Wind Turbines

October 26, 2009

Author: Beth Daley

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2009/10/26/2_tribes_object_to_cape_wind_turbines/

Native American rituals and beliefs have emerged as a surprising last-minute obstacle to federal approval of the nation’s first offshore wind farm, threatening to significantly delay the Cape Wind project.

Two Massachusetts tribes say the 130 proposed...

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