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Mashpee Wampanoag oppose Cape Wind

June 19th, 2008 8 comments

Gimme a break
From the “You’ve got to be kidding me” department:

The local Aquinnah and Mashpee Wampanoag tribes condemned an inadequate DEIS that failed to acknowledge religious and cultural tribal interests. The Aquinnah tribe reiterated its opposition to Cape Wind on Horseshoe Shoal and stated that the “clear, unobstructed view across Nantucket Sound is of paramount importance to the ‘People of the First Light,’ the Wampanoag people.” And according to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, another peer agency to MMS, the DEIS “does not appear to give any weight to the cultural concerns of the [Wampanoag] Tribe.”

And from the “You’ve REALLY got to be kidding me” department:


Members of the tribal council have made their views clear: While emphasizing support for alternative and renewable energy projects, they oppose Cape Wind Associates’ plans to build 130 turbines on Nantucket Sound. They’ve asked that alternative sites be considered.

Members of the tribal council are concerned about aboriginal fishing rights and damage to potential underwater archaeological sites.

“Historically the Sound is of great importance to the tribe,” tribal spokesman Scott Fearson said. “The tribe considers the Sound to be ancestral waters. There are a number of concerns about this project.”

The irony of this requires no further comment given the Mashpee Wampanoag’s plans to build a massive casino bingo hall in Middleboro that is being crammed down the throats of an unwilling populace with no public discussion or hearings(until the BIA one).

And as an aside – did you notice the misspelling of Scotty’s name in the second article?

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