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A New Hydropower Deal Will Provide Clean Energy to NYC. Here's How a Canadian First Nation Made It Happen

· 1175 words · By Petala Ironcloud
open_in_new Read the original article: https://time.com/article/2026/03/23/first-nations-hydropower-new-york-city/

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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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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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Multiple web search results explicitly state that in November 2019, the late Grand Chief Joseph Tokwiro Norton sent a letter to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio regarding the Champlain Hudson Power Express. The sources are independent news/information aggregators reporting on the same event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Indspire Awards, until 2012 the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, are annual awards presented by Indspire in Canada. The awards are intended to celebrate and encourage excellence in the Abo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indspire_Awards
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke (Mohawk: Kahnawákeró:non) are a Mohawk First Nation located in Mohawk Nation Territory composing part of Quebec, Canada. In 2024 the band had a registered population of 11,787 me…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawks_of_Kahnawà:ke
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Tekwiro Norton (29 August 1949 – 14 August 2020) was a Canadian politician and tribe chief of the Mohawks of Kahnawá:ke.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Norton_(politician)
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“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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Wikipedia entries confirm the existence of the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) as a planned high-voltage direct current (HVDC) underwater and underground power cable project linking Quebec to Astoria, Queens, NYC. While the evidence confirms the project's nature and scale (339-mile, 1,250 megawatts), the specific claim regarding it crossing 'stolen Mohawk land' is presented as a narrative element within the search results but is not directly confirmed or refuted by the provided Wikipedia snippets, though the context strongly implies this historical claim is central to the discussion. However, the core technical details (339-mile, 1,250 MW, linking Quebec to NYC) are verified by the Wikipedia source.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) is a planned high-voltage direct current (HVDC) underwater and underground power cable project linking the Quebec area to the New York City neighborhood of As…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Hudson_Power_Express
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Consolidated Edison, Inc., commonly known as Con Edison (stylized as conEdison) or ConEd, is an energy company based in New York City. It is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Edison
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A submarine power cable is a transmission cable for carrying electric power below the surface of the water. These are called "submarine" because they usually carry electric power beneath salt water (a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_power_cable
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“The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke will co-own up to 49% of the Canadian segment”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that when the Champlain Hudson Power Express comes online, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke will co-own up to 49% of the Canadian segment.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke (Mohawk: Kahnawákeró:non) are a Mohawk First Nation located in Mohawk Nation Territory composing part of Quebec, Canada. In 2024 the band had a registered population of 11,787 me…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawks_of_Kahnawà:ke
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kahnawake Mohawk Territory (French: Territoire Mohawk de Kahnawake, pronounced [ɡahnaˈwâːɡe] in the Mohawk language, Kahnawáˀkye in Tuscarora) is a First Nations reserve on the south shore of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahnawake
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mohawk, also known by their own name, Kanien'kehá:ka (lit. 'People of the Flint'), are an Indigenous people of North America and the easternmost nation of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_people
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“The line will deliver up to 20% of New York City’s power”
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One web search result mentions that the line 'will deliver up to 20% of New York City's power.' Since no other independent sources corroborate this specific percentage, it cannot be marked as corroborated. It is derived from a single contextually relevant source.
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“The Hertel substation sits on territory subject to an Indian land claim Canada has acknowledged”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was gathered regarding the location of the Hertel substation or any acknowledgment of an Indian land claim by Canada concerning that specific territory.
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“Hydro-Québec CEO Sophie Brochu stated, 'Because we’re going through their house'”
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No evidence was gathered regarding a statement made by Hydro-Québec CEO Sophie Brochu about going through the Mohawks' house.
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“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 was gathered regarding a 2025 Fasken report detailing 175 major energy projects with Indigenous ownership.
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“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 was gathered regarding Quebec's legislature passing a new law in 2023 allowing First Nations co-ownership of infrastructure with a Crown Corporation.
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“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 was gathered regarding the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation (2005) concerning the doctrine of laches.
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“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 was gathered regarding the ownership structure of the Champlain Hudson Power Express being split by border ownership.
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