Tsim Pab Pawg Lub Zog Sovereignty nyob rau hauv Midwest

"Kev hloov pauv hluav taws xob sib npaug txhais tau tias, rau kuv, Native lub teb chaws ua txoj hauv kev."

- Robert Blake, Native Sun Community Power Development

Kev tsim kho ntawm ntau tshaj 122 lub tsheb fais fab them chaw nres tsheb tau pib, txuas Minnesota Cov Neeg Tribal cov zej zog raws txoj hauv kev loj nrog Cov Neeg nyob sib ze hauv North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, thiab Michigan. Dubbed Hluav taws xob lub teb chaws, qhov project coj los ntawm Neeg Zej Zog Lub Zog Tshav Zej Zog Tshav Ntuj yuav txuas 23 pawg neeg thoob plaws lub Upper Midwest nrog cov chargers, thaum tseem xa 16 lub tsheb fais fab, los ntawm cov tsheb thauj mus rau shuttles, rau Tribal fleets thoob plaws cheeb tsam. Npaj los kho lub neej yav tom ntej ntawm lub zog thiab kev thauj mus los rau lub xeev cov zej zog hauv paus txawm, qhov project-nrog rau lwm yam Native-coj thawj coj- sawv cev rau lub txim rau Tribal sovereignty, kev ua huab cua, thiab kev hloov mus rau kev lag luam ntsuab.

Robert Blake yog tus tsim thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Native Sun thiab tus tswv cuab ntawm Red Lake Nation. Tshaj tag nrho lwm yam, nws yog mob siab rau fostering zog sovereignty ntawm Minnesota thiab Midwest Tribal haiv neeg. Dab tsi tau pib raws li lub zeem muag pom zoo tau hloov zuj zus mus rau hauv qhov kev pib pib ua rau nyuaj rau cov qauv siv hluav taws xob zoo sib xws thiab ua rau txoj hauv kev rau lub neej tom ntej kom muaj kev ncaj ncees thiab sib npaug.

Blake tau hais tias "Kev tswj hwm hluav taws xob zoo li lub hauv paus ntawm Pawg Neeg Tswj Hwm, vim kuv xav tias nws yog qhov chaw uas tib neeg tuaj yeem tso siab rau tus kheej," Blake hais. Lub tswv yim ntawm Txoj Haujlwm Hluav Taws Xob Hauv Tebchaws yog coj cov haiv neeg ua ke los ntawm kev tawm tsam mus rau Kab 3 thiab Dakota Access pipelines, raws li ib qho kev tawm tsam los ntawm cov neeg hauv paus txawm rau fossil fuel infrastructure.

“We often talk about justice and its intersection with clean energy,” says Tenzin Dolkar, Midwest Climate & Energy Program Officer at McKnight Foundation. “Many people are beginning to think creatively about how to reimagine and rebuild a sustainable green economy. Native Sun, along with its Tribal community partnerships, is leading this innovative work, and we are thrilled to support their efforts.”

Tribal zog sovereignty is rooted in the inherent rights of Indigenous communities to lead, own, control, and manage their energy resources. This means that Tribal governments get to be the ones to determine which projects are built on their land.

Thoob plaws hauv Tebchaws Meskas, Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas tau ntev dhau los ua qhov tsis zoo hauv kev txhim kho lub zog, feem ntau yuam kom tso siab rau cov chaw sab nraud rau lub zog thiab cov peev txheej thaum ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj los ntawm cov khoom siv hluav taws xob ib txwm muaj thiab cov pov tseg nuclear. Qhov kev vam khom no tsis tau tsuas yog cuam tshuam kev lag luam thiab kev qhia txog kev ywj pheej, tab sis tau ua rau lub voj voog ntawm cov peev txheej kev txom nyem.

"Cov nqi hluav taws xob tsim kev lag luam loj loj hauv cov zej zog haiv neeg," hais tias Cody Ob Bears, tus tsim thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Indigenized Zog. “Muaj ntau qhov kev tshwj tseg muaj cov tsev nyob thoob plaws thaj chaw loj, nyob deb ntawm daim phiaj siv hluav taws xob. Raws li qhov tshwm sim, cov neeg hauv paus txawm feem ntau them nyiaj ntau dua rau lub zog dua li cov zej zog tawm ntawm kev tshwj tseg. "

Lub Department of Energy Lub Chaw Haujlwm ntawm Indian Zog muab ib daim ntawv qhia hais txog tias 16,805 Cov Tsev Neeg Hauv Tebchaws Meskas tau tsis muaj hluav taws xob-ua rau qee cov neeg muaj kev phom sij tshaj plaws hauv zej zog, Cov neeg laus thiab cov menyuam yaus, muaj kev pheej hmoo. Indigenized Energy, lub koom haum tsim muaj peev xwm ua haujlwm ncaj qha nrog Native Tribes mus nrhiav kev hloov pauv hluav taws xob, tau pib ua haujlwm hauv 2023 ntawm Northern Cheyenne Tribe thawj qhov chaw nyob hnub ci, nrog rau nws cov neeg koom tes.

"Lub cib fim rau Pawg Neeg niaj hnub no tau mus txog qib uas tsis tau pom dua, nrog rau txhua pab pawg neeg siv cov txheej txheem tshwj xeeb kom ua tiav Pawg Neeg lub zog tswj hwm."

- Daniel Wiggins Jr., MTERA

Native Sun thiab Indigenized Energy yog ib feem ntawm lub zog loj ntawm cov koom haum tsim cov hauv kev rau Tribal lub zog tswj hwm thoob plaws Tebchaws Meskas. Indigenized Energy, ib feem ntawm Northern Plains Tribal Coalition muaj 14 pawg neeg thoob plaws Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, thiab Montana, tau txais $135.6 lab hauv cov nyiaj pab ua tau los ntawm tsoom fwv teb chaws Inflation Reduction Act Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund's $7 billion Hnub Ci rau Txhua Tus qhov kev pab cuam. "Qhov no yog ib qho khoom plig ib zaug hauv ib tiam uas yuav pib hloov pauv li cas Pawg Neeg tau txais lub zog tswj hwm," Ob tug Bears qhia. "Kev hloov pauv los ntawm kev siv hluav taws xob mus rau cov tshuab hluav taws xob rov ua dua tshiab yuav yog cov cuab yeej cuab tam uas peb tau tso tseg rau peb tiam tom ntej."

Lub Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association (MTERA), ib pab pawg txhawb nqa Midwest Tribes los tswj pab pawg neeg lub zog los ntawm kev sib koom ua ke, kuj yog muab lub hnub ci rau tag nrho cov nyiaj txiag, uas yuav tso cai rau lawv mus siv Tribally-muaj hnub ci hla 35 pawg neeg zej zog hauv Michigan, Minnesota, thiab Wisconsin.

"Txawm hais tias nws yog los ntawm kev siv lub zog huv los yog tswj cov khoom siv hluav taws xob hauv lawv thaj av, Pawg Neeg tab tom kawm, npaj, tsim, thiab siv cov tswv yim nyob ib puag ncig cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb hauv lub tebchaws Indian," hais tias Daniel Wiggins Jr., tus thawj coj ntawm MTERA.

Rau ntau pawg neeg, muaj cov neeg koom tes uas tuaj yeem muab lub peev xwm ntxiv tau yog qhov tseem ceeb rau kev ua kom muaj zog loj ua haujlwm tau. Ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm MTERA thiab Native Sun txoj haujlwm tau ua raws li kev sib txuas ntawm Pawg Neeg thiab lwm pab pawg lossis tuam txhab. "Txoj cai txwv tsis pub siv hluav taws xob, xeev, kev pabcuam pej xeem, thiab txawm tias Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas cov kab ke, cov cai, thiab cov cai" yog qee qhov kev nyuaj rau kev taug kev, raws li Wiggins Jr., nrog rau cov kev txwv ntawm daim phiaj lossis kev sib kis hauv txhua pawg neeg thaj chaw.

Indigenized Zog thiab ua tus khub thaum nqa cov phiaj xwm hluav taws xob txuas ntxiv mus rau Pawg Neeg Zej Zog. "Peb taug kev nrog lawv ntawm lawv txoj kev dawb ceev mus rau kev tswj hwm lub zog," Ob tug Bears hais. “Cov pab pawg tuav tswj tag nrho cov txheej txheem. Peb pab lawv npaj thiab xa tej yaam num. Peb pab tsim kev txawj ntse thiab kev paub uas yuav kav ntev. Thiab peb txhawb cov zej zog los tsim lawv tus kheej kev lag luam ntsuab thiab kev daws teeb meem huv zog. Nws yuav siv sijhawm ntau thiab siv zog ua haujlwm li no, tab sis nws yog hom kev txhawb nqa uas Pawg Neeg xav tau thiab tsim nyog. "

Indigenized Energy, Native Sun, thiab MTERA txoj haujlwm ua ke nrog Pab Pawg Pab Pawg tseem tau piav qhia txog qhov xav tau ntawm kev sib koom ua ke zoo dua thiab kev sib tham pab pawg neeg thoob plaws tsoomfwv cov koomhaum, tsoomfwv hauv lub xeev, thiab cov haujlwm ntiag tug hauv kev siv cov phiaj xwm hluav taws xob thiab tsim cov kab sib kis uas cuam tshuam ncaj qha rau pawg neeg zej zog.

"Peb txhawb cov zej zog los tsim lawv tus kheej kev lag luam ntsuab thiab kev daws teeb meem huv zog. Nws yuav siv sijhawm ntau thiab siv zog ua haujlwm li no, tab sis nws yog hom kev txhawb nqa uas Pawg Neeg xav tau thiab tsim nyog. "

- Cody Ob Bears, Indigenized Zog

Sarah LaVallie, tus kws tshaj lij txoj cai lij choj thiab tus kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas ntawm Native Sun, ntseeg tias kev txhim kho cov neeg ua haujlwm yog qhov tseem ceeb hauv kev ua kom pom lub zeem muag ntawm Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas lub zog tswj hwm: "Kev cob qhia yog ib feem loj. Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb heev rau cov tub txawg tub txawg. Kuv muaj peev xwm muaj cov neeg uas ntseeg kuv, ntseeg kuv lub zeem muag, thiab muaj peev xwm pab kuv taug kev hauv qhov chaw no. "

Native Sun tab tom ntsaws cov tswv cuab hauv pawg neeg xws li Marshall White ntawm Minneapolis rau hauv cov cib fim zoo li cov Fais fab Up Program los ntawm Xcel Energy thiab Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, los muab kev cob qhia thiab kev kawm rau cov neeg ua haujlwm. Tom qab White kawm tiav los ntawm Power Up Program, sawv ntawm pem hauv ntej ntawm ib thaj chaw ntawm lub hnub ci vaj huam sib luag, nws hais tias, “Kuv zoo siab heev rau kuv tus kheej. Kuv xav tias ua tiav heev. Thiab kuv xav tias tam sim no kuv tau ua qhov no, Kuv tuaj yeem ua lwm yam uas kuv xav tau. Kuv vam tias ntau cov neeg Native American tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawm txoj haujlwm. "

"Native Sun tau yog ib tus neeg koom tes tseem ceeb ua haujlwm nrog Pab Pawg Pab Pawg los pab lawv txhim kho cov txuj ci uas lawv xav tau los koom nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm huv huv," qhia Sarah Hernandez, Vibrant & Equitable Communities Program Officer ntawm McKnight Foundation. "Robert thiab nws pab neeg mob siab rau txhua tus neeg uas lawv cov kev pabcuam txhawb nqa, coj lawv txoj hauv kev mus rau kev them nyiaj zoo, kev txhawb nqa tsev neeg txoj haujlwm nyob rau hauv lub zog tauj dua tshiab."

Raws li Wiggins Jr. pom nws, "Lub cib fim rau Pawg Neeg niaj hnub no tau mus txog qib uas tsis tau pom dua, nrog rau txhua Pawg Neeg tau coj txoj hauv kev tshwj xeeb kom ua tiav Pawg Neeg lub zog tswj hwm." Xyoo 2023, Minnesota tau dhau los ua txoj cai hauv lub tebchaws thawj zaug Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Zog Zog-ib qhov project Blake stewarded txij thaum pib mus rau lub xeev txoj cai rau yuav luag tsib xyoos. Pawg Thawj Coj yog ib pab pawg ntawm Pawg Thawj Coj thiab cov kws paub txog hluav taws xob ua haujlwm ua ke txhawm rau txhim kho kev tswj hwm lub zog, ua tus qauv muaj zog ntawm tsoomfwv lub xeev tuaj yeem ua tiav ntawm kev hloov pauv hloov hluav taws xob nrog Native coj noj coj ua ntawm lub rooj.

Los ntawm kev tswj hwm lawv cov peev txheej hluav taws xob, Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas tau ua kom ntseeg tau tias kev txhim kho lub zog sib haum nrog cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev coj noj coj ua thiab kev nyiam hauv zej zog. Blake piv rau Midwest EV project rau kev rov xav txog txoj kev lag luam rov qab, txoj kev them nyiaj emulating cov keeb kwm txoj hauv kev Pab Pawg siv los txuas nrog ib leeg. Tsuas yog niaj hnub no "cov tshuaj zoo," hais tias Blake, yog lub sijhawm nyiaj txiag ntawm kev lag luam ntsuab - nchuav cov peev txheej tsim los ntawm cov neeg Natives rov qab rau hauv cov zej zog Native. Blake vam tias yuav coj txoj haujlwm EV them txoj hauv kev thoob plaws tebchaws, txuas rau Tribal cov zej zog thoob plaws lub tebchaws.

Blake tau hais tias "Hauv Tebchaws Meskas, peb saib yuav ua li cas cov kev ua uas peb tab tom ua niaj hnub no yuav cuam tshuam rau xya tiam tom ntej," "Yog li ntawd yog qhov kuv cia siab tias Native Sun tuaj yeem ua tau-los ntawm txoj cai, los ntawm cov haujlwm ua qauv qhia, thiab tom qab ntawd los ntawm qhov project EV no. Txhawm rau txhim kho thiab txhawb nqa lub zog sovereignty. "

Txog Tus Sau: Lauren Boritzke Smith yog tus tsim ntawm Heartseed Creative, muab kev sib txuas lus thiab tsim kev pabcuam los tsim kev cuam tshuam rau kev nyab xeeb kev kub ntxhov.