Lawsuit alleges solar projects would harm sacred Native American sites
Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 01:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Native American group and its allies sue to stop six solar facilities from being built in the Southern California desert, arguing that they would impact treasured geoglyphs, burial sites and relics.Stepping gingerly across a small mesa of manganese-stained stones, Alfredo Acosta Figueroa explained how the giant image of the creator etched into the earth guides the souls of mothers and children west toward Old Woman Mountain.