Wampanoag

I have seen in the press recently that President Obama has pledged to give the Native Americans some slack. I hope this is one result of promise.

BRIEFLY

Beach in Mashpee, Mass.

Officials side with tribes on wind farm

WASHINGTON — Federal officials have agreed to a re­quest by two Indian tribes for special protections for Nan­tucket Sound, a move that could delay construction of a pro­posed offshore wind farm off Cape Cod.

The National Park Service on Monday said Nantucket Sound is eligible for listing in the Na­tional Register of Historic Places due to its significance as a traditional cultural property.

The Mashpee and Aquinnah Wampanoag tribes say the des­ignation, which would come with new regulations for activi­ty on the sound, is needed to preserve the tribe’s sacred ritu­als, which include a clear view of the sunrise across waters where the turbines for the Cape Wind project would be built.

Plans to build 130 wind tur­bines across a 25-square-mile swath of federal waters about five miles from the Cape Cod coast have generated a long­running public fight.

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The sun begins to rise over Nantucket Sound as seen from Pop­ponesset