Todd Betts, of Warren, Pennsylvania, returned a historic petition written by the Mothers of the Seneca Nation to President Robert Odawi Porter and nation citizens in a formal presentation in front of the Seneca Legislative Council on March 12.
The petition was circulated for signatures in 1956 when the Army Corps of Engineers was developing plans to construct the Kinzua Dam – a massive structure that would flood 10,000 acres of Seneca Nation land and effect the forced removal of hundreds of Seneca residents from their homes. The Mothers of the Seneca Nation signed the petition opposing the plan, furthering the nation’s unsuccessful struggle to block the project.
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The petition was circulated for signatures in 1956 when the Army Corps of Engineers was developing plans to construct the Kinzua Dam – a massive structure that would flood 10,000 acres of Seneca Nation land and effect the forced removal of hundreds of Seneca residents from their homes. The Mothers of the Seneca Nation signed the petition opposing the plan, furthering the nation’s unsuccessful struggle to block the project.
Full Story:
http://www.infowarhorse.com/historic-document-opposing-kinzua-dam-returned-to-seneca-nation/
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