Alternative Energy
Native Power
The Ultimate Native Power Wind Turbine on Blackfeet Reservation Photo credit: DOE
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Native Power
Years ago, when I was just beginning to explore Alternative Energy,
although at that time we called it something else,
I traveled to several State Recognized Reservations in
New England, with the idea of showing my Brothers a way
out of the dead end poverty that plagues our people.
Sioux Spirit Lake Wind Turbines
Photo credit: DOE
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I was hoping to help these Native Elders understand the benefits
of working with Alternative Energy on their Reservations.
My efforts were pretty much in vain, as their thinking at that time,
was that it was easier to get Federally Recognized and try to
bring in a Casino, than to pursue some unknown, new kind of energy.
Something that has stuck in my mind all of these years is the fact
that not one of these Tribes has yet become Federally Recognized.
Jicarilla Apache Solar Panels Photo credit: DOE
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After this complete and total rejection,
I pretty much gave up on the idea.
If I could not convince my Elders,
there was really no where else to go.
For the better part of the last hundred years, Native People
have had to endure the unspeakable and dangerous
conditions resulting from the Governments impact
on our Tribal lands in their pursuit of
Coal, Uranium and Nuclear Power.
This story has more information:
But now, we as a People are rejecting the past
and demanding a better tomorrow for our children.
Today, Reservations in many parts of the Country,
from California to Maine, are exploring or already
using all kinds of Alternative Energy.
Our Native lands now have the potential to produce an
important amount of power for our people and for
the rest of the Country, this time, hopefully, we
will be making the decisions on how and where.
The Tribes that are now involved in this are all Federally Recognized.
My wish, my hope, is that the State Recognized Tribes
could and would also get on the Alternative Energy Train.
Below are some of those who are now on board
and heading straight into the future.
Places to learn more:
This web site is as close as it gets to "truth in reporting" and
exposes those who continuously fail to protect Mother Earth.
Department of Energy
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
Indian Country
Native Wind
Seed Magazine
The mammoth one size does not fit all Government Agency
White Earth Reservation
World Watch Institute
For further information about any
of these and other energy saving ideas,
please contact me.
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sachemuncas at centurylink.net
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