PG&E Apologizes to Ariz. Indian Tribe

[NVMojo]

NEEDLES, Calif. (AP) - Pacific Gas & Electric apologized for desecrating the sacred site of an American Indian tribe when it built a $15 million water treatment plant, and it pledged to remove it as soon as another can be built.

California's biggest utility "regrets the spiritual consequences to the tribe" of building the plant at Topock Maze in the Mojave Desert west of the Arizona border, PG&E Chief Executive Thomas King said during a ceremony Thursday.

The apology was required under an agreement with the 1,100-member Fort Mojave tribe, which dropped a lawsuit against the utility and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control.

Topock Maze near Needles is claimed by the tribe as part of its heritage. The pattern of pebble berms and furrows forms a series of lines that tribal ancients are believed to have used either as a place of purification or as a pathway for spirits to the afterlife.

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[sebastianj333]

1. They don't regret.......

SHIT....they have no knowledge of anything other than profit margin...
What a bunch of pricks...

[xchrom]

2. as it should be.

there has to be recognition of first nations belief systems and some deference given to them.

we wouldn't build a business on top of st patricks cathedral -- there's no reason to do it to first nations people.

[Judi Lynn]

3. They probably realized the bad publicity could be more costly in the long run,

than building at another site, after all.

In the meantime, an apology would help repair the public image, or the concerned Native Americans would have never heard from them again, no doubt.