Seven years ago, Yakama Nation leaders learned of a plan to tunnel through some of their ancestral land for a green energy development. It would damage a sacred site called Pushpum, a privately owned ridgeline overlooking the Columbia River in Washington, where the nation holds treaty rights to gather traditional foods. Tribal officials knew they had to stop the project. But the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission offered what they considered an impossible choice: disclose confidential knowledge, or waive the right to consult on whether and how the site is developed. In some cases, the government takes significant steps to protect tribal confidentiality. But that didn’t happen with the Pushpum proposal. Tribal leaders repeatedly objected, telling the agency that if a tribal nation deems a place sacred, they shouldn’t have to break confidentiality to prove it — a position supported by state agency leaders and at least one other federal agency. Nonetheless, FERC decided to move the project forward without consultation. 📝 Read our full story, co-published in partnership with High Country News, here: https://propub.li/45Yj9sP
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