Hopi villages refuse utility lines to prevent corporate land takings

Evidence

Many Hopi have resisted electrification by utilities, and one-third do not allow electric power lines in their communities. The Hopi traditionals “don’t allow power lines into the villages, because [then] the utilities will have right of way” onto Hopi land, Tewa explains. Village leaders “think that if we don’t pay the bills, [the utilities will] take even more land.” — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations, 929

Categorization

• XREF: Direct living continuation of the chapter 4 federal-leader-distortion and land-loss themes; connects to Legal Systems’ doctrine-of-discovery land takings course. — connects to: Distributed solar keeps village land free of utility easements — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 931
• ADDENDUM: Complements the ‘Grafting & Growth’ trees-as-infrastructure piece in reverse: refusal of grid infrastructure as land-protection strategy.