Elders of the Quechan Nation say they weren't properly consulted about a solar power project on federal land in southern California.

Tribal members attended meetings with the Interior Department and developer Tessera Solar North America. They aired their concerns but they said no one listened.

“We went to the meetings, and at the end of the meetings or at any time, I said no. I didn't hear anyone say go ahead and do it. No one said it,” Preston J. Arrow-Weed of Pipa A'Koots, a tribal elders' group, told The Yuma Sun.

As part of the project, Tessera will install 28,60 solar dishes across 6,360 acres of public land. As part of the project, San Diego Gas & Electric plans to lease some of the power.

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