Ohio Indian tribe says commercial windfarm poses threats to ancient burial mound
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - An Indian tribe says plans to build a commercial wind farm in western Ohio pose a threat to an ancient burial mound and the state should put a barrier around it to keep it from being disturbed.
The Piqua Shawnee Tribe asked that the mound be protected in a motion it filed with the Ohio Power Siting Board regarding EverPower Wind Holdings Inc.'s proposal to build the 70-turbine farm near Urbana.
Gene Park, an elder of the Alabama-based Shawnees and an agent for the tribe in Ohio, said Monday there are six Indian mounds in the Urbana area that were constructed thousands of years ago by the Shawnee's ancestors.
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The Piqua Shawnee Tribe asked that the mound be protected in a motion it filed with the Ohio Power Siting Board regarding EverPower Wind Holdings Inc.'s proposal to build the 70-turbine farm near Urbana.
Gene Park, an elder of the Alabama-based Shawnees and an agent for the tribe in Ohio, said Monday there are six Indian mounds in the Urbana area that were constructed thousands of years ago by the Shawnee's ancestors.