"The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians may pursue legal action against Duke Energy after learning about the utility company's plans to put an electric substation near Kituwah mound, the tribe's most sacred site.  In November, Duke began bulldozing part of a mountainside tract near the Hyatt Creek/Ela exit off the Smoky Mountain Expressway between Cherokee and Bryson City to prepare for construction of the substation. The mountainside is considered by the Cherokee to be a part of the greater Kituwah mothertown, which was once the tribe's spiritual and political center. Should the project move forward, it would mar a viewshed integral to the tribe's cultural identity. "

(Smoky Mountain News 02/10/10)

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