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In Indian Country, Data Centers Come With a Familiar Threat of Colonialism. These Organizers Are Fighting Back.

motherjones.comApril 7, 2026 at 03:49 PM76 views
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Heavily misleading through unverified core claims, activist source stacking, loaded colonialist framing, and omission of federal promotion of tribal economic benefits from data centers.

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Relies almost exclusively on anti-data center activists from Honor the Earth and local opponents, while truncating or burying pro-development voices like the DOE.

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Progressive anti-extraction indigenous advocate

Presents data centers as neo-colonial exploitation from the viewpoint of environmental activists framing Big Tech as imperialists threatening Native lands.

This article deceives by stacking biased activist sources and emotive colonialist rhetoric to demonize data centers, omitting verified economic benefits and federal tribal support.

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Decolonial Data Defenders

Progressive anti-extraction indigenous advocate

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