Wind power empowers SD Indian tribe

Winds average 18 mph across the great plains of South Dakota and one Indian tribe has been a pioneer in harvesting this natural resource. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe was the first tribe to own and operate a commercial scale wind turbine in 2003.Located in south-central South Dakota on the Nebraska border, they now are in development for two large-scale wind farms - a 30 megawatt and 190 megawatt.


Indian reservations have high rates of unemployment, homelessness and poverty. Clean energy projects will help rebuild impoverished economies, create jobs and better ways of life for Americas First Nations.

Recent reports and surveys estimate the potential for renewable energy projects on Indian Tribal lands would meet the energy needs of one quarter of the entire U.S.

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