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Guest columnists Andrea Donlon and Kathy Urffer: Native People’s relationship to the river should not be overlooked The view from the summit of Mt. Sugarloaf State Reservation of the Connecticut River. FILE PHOTO/CHELI MENNELLA Published: 6/27/2021 8:19:33 PM For hundreds of years the Indigenous history of the Northeast has been systematically erased. It is time to speak up to make sure that the federal government and power companies do not continue that bitter legacy. Five hydroelectric facilities on the Connecticut River are renewing their operating licenses under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Later this summer, the public will have an opportunity to weigh in on terms for these licenses that will impact more than 175 miles of the Connecticut River for the next 40-50 years. The five hydro facilities are the Wilder, Bellows Falls, and Vernon dams in Vermont and New Hampshire, and the Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Project and Turners Falls dam in Massac

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