The project, which would store enough energy to power the city of Seattle for up to 12 hours, would help the region transition to clean power, proponents said.
GOLDENDALE, Wash. — Looking at the windswept bluffs of the eastern Columbia River Gorge, Jeremy Takala can’t help but reflect on his people’s connection to the land.
“The Columbia River, as my aunt would say, is the veins of Mother Earth,” said Takala, an elected member of the Yakama Nation tribal council. “It’s like us. The blood of who we are and the blood of Mother Earth flows here.”
Citizens of Yakama Nation, made up of 14
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