Township orders developers to search for Native graves before building supercomputer site
Los Alamos National Labs and the Department of Energy are collaborating on the project
The Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees has passed a cease and desist ordinance that forces developers of a new supercomputer project in Michigan to survey the land before they break ground to ensure that it’s not a Native American burial site.
University of Michigan representatives told MLive/Ann Arbor News that the area will be assessed to determine if there are any human remains underground. The supercomputer project is a collaboration between Los Alamos National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy.
The township, which sits southeast of Ann Arbor, is not a tribal nation or entity. The cease and desist notice demands the university do historical and archival research, an archaeological survey and a geophysical investigation before construction begins on the supercomputer project.
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