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Indian tribes stand their sacred ground near solar energy sites

A cross marks the site where ancient human remains were found near the transmission line corridor for the $1-billion Genesis solar project 200 miles east of Los Angeles.

A cross marks the site where ancient human remains were found near the transmission line corridor for the $1-billion Genesis solar project 200 miles east of Los Angeles.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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After human remains were unearthed near the $1-billion Genesis project 200 miles east of L.A., the Colorado River Indian Tribes are demanding that the Obama administration slow down on solar plants in the Mojave Desert. See full story

Taking a stand

Fort Mojave Indian Tribe leaders Nora McDowell, left, and Linda Otero are working with the Colorado River Indian Tribes in opposition to the Genesis project. Southern California Edison’s transmission line corridor has “disrupted the peace of our ancestors and our relationship with the land. There is no mitigation for such a loss,” Otero said.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

In a rush to build

“Mother Nature decided to show them what they missed in those surveys and said, ‘Stop,’ ” said Sylvia “Cindy” Homer, vice chairwoman of the Colorado River Indian Tribes.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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