For centuries native Americans have been stripped off their land, persecuted, killed, and locked away in reservations. Most of the time these reservations are located in areas that otherwise offer little in the way of opportunities: No raw materials, far outside civilization, and often not even usable for farming. But now the land is arousing new desires.
Although nearly 8% of wind energy potential in the U.S. is on tribal lands, there have been few industrial-scale wind energy projects there, as these projects are often hampered by complex regulatory frameworks and issues related to stakeholder consultation and participation, tribal ...