Standing Rock’s Wind Farm to Prioritize People, Land, and Nature Over Profit - UNICORN RIOT

Standing Rock Reservation - The tribe that led the fight against Energy Transfer Partner’s Dakota Access Pipeline is expanding its commitment as a leader in addressing climate change with the creation of a public power authority to develop a 235-megawatt (MW) wind farm. Anpetu Wi - which means “breaking of a new day” in Lakota - […]

To date, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has raised nearly $2 million from nine different philanthropic foundations for pre-development work. Beginning in 2016 with the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline, the project has been committed to stemming the effects of climate change, recently securing a $100,000 grant from NDN Collective, a Rapid City, South Dakota-based advocacy and funding group.