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Native American tribes are tapping into alternative energy sources with great benefits to themselves and their neighbors.
By Kate Burke and Linda Sikkema
June 2007
Developing renewable energy just may be a booming industry for many tribes in Indian Country. More and more tribes are looking at clean alternative energy sources to power their homes and bring in jobs, all while respecting Mother Earth’s resources. They are tapping power from solar and geothermal sources, and from wind, biomass, hydrogen and ocean waves.
“Renewable energy has the potential to be as big—or bigger—a revenue generator for tribes as casinos are for some of them today,” says Lizana Pierce of the U.S. Department of Energy in Golden, Colo. “Currently, tribal land encompasses about 5 percent of the land in the lower 48 states and contains about 10 percent of all energy resources—conventional and renewable.”
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