A New Hydropower Deal Will Provide Clean Energy to NYC. Here's How a Canadian First Nation Made It Happen
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“In November 2019, the late Grand Chief Joseph Tokwiro Norton sent New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio a letter”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm or refute the claim about Grand Chief Joseph Tokwiro Norton's letter
“The Champlain Hudson Power Express—a 339-mile-long mostly subaqueous transmission line that would deliver 1,250 megawatts of Canadian hydropower to Manhattan—crossed stolen Mohawk land”
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— No evidence in archive to verify the project's land crossing claims
“The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke will co-own up to 49% of the Canadian segment”
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— No evidence in archive about Indigenous ownership percentages of the Canadian segment
“The line will deliver up to 20% of New York City’s power”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm power delivery percentages
“The Hertel substation sits on territory subject to an Indian land claim Canada has acknowledged”
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— No evidence in archive about the Hertel substation's land claim status
“Hydro-Québec CEO Sophie Brochu stated, 'Because we’re going through their house'”
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— No evidence in archive to verify Sophie Brochu's statement about the substation
“A 2025 Fasken report states there are at least 175 major energy projects in Canada with some form of Indigenous ownership”
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— No evidence in archive about the 2025 Fasken report's claims
“Quebec’s legislature passed a new law in 2023 allowing a First Nation to co-own infrastructure with a Crown Corporation”
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— No evidence in archive about Quebec's 2023 legislation
“The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation (2005) that the Oneida could not reclaim sovereignty over ancestral lands”
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— No evidence in archive about the Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation ruling details
“The Champlain Hudson Power Express will be owned by one side of the border, with the other side not sharing in its ownership”
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— No evidence in archive about ownership structure of the Champlain Hudson Power Express