The Red Lake Nation and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe both spent years fighting oil pipeline construction through their lands, with Standing Rock members and allies drawing national attention for their year-long blockade of the Dakota Access project in 2016 and 2017.
Electric Nation is the next step in the tribal nations’ fight against fossil fuel infrastructure, Native Sun Community Power Development Executive Director Robert Blake told Utility Dive.
“Our idea was to build an electric vehicle network and give our people the option to continue using fossil fuels or charge their vehicles with cleaner electricity,” he said.
