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Yakamas say development is damaging sacred cultural sites
Frustration emerged on the face of Yakama elder Johnson Meninick as he walked along a dirt access road in the Windy Flats wind farm project just south of town.
The road, intended to make way for another series of wind turbines in the 88-turbine project, follows a ridge overlooking the Columbia River Gorge and is flanked by dozens of rock cairns -- historical footprints of his ancestors -- and colorful wildflowers and rare medicinal plants.
May 17, 2009
by Phil Ferolito
in Yakima Herald-Republic
GOLDENDALE, Wash. -- Frustration emerged on the face of Yakama elder Johnson Meninick as he walked along a dirt access road in the Windy Flats wind farm project just south of town.
The road, intended to make way for another series of wind turbines in the 88-turbine project, follows a ridge overlooking the Columbia River Gorge and is flanked by dozens of rock cairns -- historical footprints of his ancestors -- and colorful wildflowers and rare medicinal plants.
Developers say they are using caution not to disturb any of the ancient rock piles that commonly mark traditional hunting and food gathering grounds... [continue via Web link]
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