Seneca Nation of Indians Kinzua Press Release
Update: President Porter Speech on Hydroelectric License [thanks to A.E.]
An excerpt from the press release:
The Seneca Nation ofIndians applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to operate the Seneca Pumped Storage Project at the Kinzua Dam site, President Robert Odawi Porter announced today.
The pumped storage hydropower project generates 450 megawatts of electricity, which corporate interests have sold and profited from for 40 years without compensating the Nation.The hydropower project relies on and every day uses Seneca Nation land and water.
“Filing for the license to operate the Seneca Pumped Storage Project is an especially profound opportunity and a significant moment in time for the Seneca Nation, given the historic injustice that was imposed on our people with the building of the Kinzua Dam,” said PresidentPorter. “The flooding of our lands more than 45 years ago resulted in large-scale, forcible removal of families, destruction of homes and loss of significant lands to which we were spiritually tied. For these reasons, we are entitled to obtain the license because of the historic injustice committed against us,” he said.
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Please note that the public website for the Seneca Nation of Indians relicensing documentation is at: http://www.senecaproject.com/Index.html