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New York Times last week reported on the Rosebud Sioux’s efforts to construct a wind farm on tribal land. The Owl Feather War Bonnet wind farm is a 30-megawatt project that could power about 12,000 homes and bring about $5 million to the tribe over 20 years.
Way to go!!! It's time the Indian Nation stepped up to new forms of energy!! It is our future, a way for clean energy to become our new power source of electricity. More tribes need to do this.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy reading the American Indian report and like the breadth of coverage that it supplies. I wish that it would provide more depth and analysis on the different issues that it posts about however. I feel that there is a lack of an American Indian voice in the blogosphere. This void could be filled if a reputable organization like the Falmouth Institute would publish more in depth analysis and opinion on the news articles that it publishes. The creation of a wind farm on the Rosebud reservation provides an important opportunity for discourse. It is an important opportunity because it is one an example of Native people engaging in a successful economic enterprise that is not tied to gaming and because energy production from Indian reservations is one of the most important issues that tribes will face in the upcoming years. I feel if there had been just a little bit of analysis or opinion written by someone at the Falmouth Institute about this important development on the Rosebud reservation that it would have inspired more then two comments on the article. I want to comment on the previous comment though and add that I agree with her and it makes me happy to see another Native person interested in perhaps the most important issue that tribes will have to grapple with in the upcoming years. I hope that you will take my comment for the need for more discourse as a constructive one.
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