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Indigenized Energy: Empowering Tribes with Solar Solutions

11/28/2025

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Cody Two Bears, a Sioux tribe member from North Dakota, founded Indigenized Energy to install solar farms for tribal nations and address poverty and lack of electricity on reservations.
The initiative was inspired by the Standing Rock protests in 2016.
Indigenized Energy also provides training for tribal members to install solar systems.
The effort aims to expand economic opportunities, create jobs, and promote energy sovereignty for tribes.

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Story summary

Cody Two Bears, a Sioux tribe member from North Dakota, founded Indigenized Energy to install solar farms for tribal nations and address poverty and lack of electricity on reservations.
The initiative was inspired by the Standing Rock protests in 2016.
Indigenized Energy also provides training for tribal members to install solar systems.
The effort aims to expand economic opportunities, create jobs, and promote energy sovereignty for tribes.