On August 9, 1961, President John F. Kennedy wrote to the Seneca Nation of Indians to reject their calls for halting construction of the Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania. Kennedy acknowledged the “very deep sentiments” over the Seneca Nation’s loss of nearly 10,000 acres within their Allegheny Reservation, “lands,” he observed, “which […]
Author Archives: Daniel Kopin
Daniel Kopin is a recent graduate from the University of Vermont. With experience as a research assistant in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and the Grossman School of Business, Daniel is interested in the nexus of energy, law, and society. He also co-founded and ran Headwaters Magazine, UVM's first student-run environmental publication.