American Indian groups opposed to Cape Wind

HYANNIS, Mass. – Several national organizations have joined local groups opposing the Cape Wind project on the grounds that the proposed location would have “unavoidable cultural, religious, and archaeological impacts” to several Massachusetts American Indian tribes.
The United South and Eastern Tribes last month called upon the U.S. Department of Interior to halt any further action on Cape Wind, claiming that the project “will forever change the physical integrity of the sacred site.” The Aquinnah and Mashpee Wampanoag tribes have protested the project, saying it would desecrate their religious freedoms as a sovereign nation spiritually connected to Nantucket Sound. •