Native Sun Community Power Development

🌟 Miigwech to everyone who joined us at the 2nd Annual Freedom to Drive EV and Renewable Energy showcase! Your support made it a day full of inspiration and connections. 😍

Congrats to our electric bike raffle winners, Del Sorenson and Dan Wiedel! 🚲✨

We want your feedback to improve future events! Complete our quick survey for a chance to win a A $100 virtual gift card for our Native Sun Community Power Development merchandise gift shop.
- One of three $200 gift certificates, each valid for purchases at Minnesota Ebikes —drawing on June 21st! 🌞

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Miigwech for being part of this journey! 🙌🌍💡
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🌅 Aaniin gakina awiiya – Hello everyone!
Our Fond du Lac Resource Management Division is hiring a full time Energy Projects Manager and this position will shape the long term energy future of our Tribal Nation.

This is a high impact role that supports our Band’s sovereignty, sustainability, and self determined energy systems. If you or someone you know is passionate about building a strong future for our homelands, this is an incredible opportunity.

⚡ What this position helps lead
• Energy project evaluation — guiding cost saving, energy efficient decisions during design, construction, and remodeling
• Energy programming — developing and managing energy initiatives, including grant work
• Technical review — ensuring mechanical, electrical, HVAC, and architectural plans meet standards and support community needs
• Energy savings strategies — identifying opportunities that strengthen the Band’s long term energy resilience

📅 Application Deadline: June 9, 2026

🔗 Apply Here https://tinyurl.com/FDLEnergyProjectsMgr

Use the link to view the full job description and submit an application. Fond du Lac Human Resources is available for any questions.

📣Miigwech for helping us spread the word and supporting the future of Energy for our Tribal Nation. ()

“Our DNA is still connected to the Buffalo.”🦬🌎

An Indigenous-led buffalo education and food sovereignty initiative on Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation is gaining national attention after dramatically improving student attendance and reading performance in local schools.

The program, supported by groups including the Buffalo Youth Nation Project and the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative, combines buffalo restoration, cultural teachings, traditional harvest practices, and Indigenous food systems directly into student learning.

Organizers say the initiative is guided by a simple but powerful belief:

“Our DNA is still connected to buffalo.”

At Wyoming Indian Elementary School, attendance reportedly surged during the rollout of buffalo-centered programming, while reading comprehension scores significantly improved.

Students participate in hands-on cultural learning that includes buffalo harvest education, land-based teachings, storytelling, conservation work, and traditional ecological knowledge.

The initiative also established “food lodges” that provide Native families with fresh foods and buffalo meat in a community-centered model designed around dignity and cultural connection.

Beyond education, the broader Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative is helping restore buffalo populations, native grasslands, and Indigenous stewardship practices across the reservation.

Many Native educators and community leaders say the project demonstrates how reconnecting Indigenous youth to culture, food, language, and land can directly strengthen wellness, identity, and academic success.

Do you think more schools should include Indigenous cultural teachings and traditional food systems in education programs?



Sources:
• Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative
• Buffalo Nations Food Systems Initiative
• Buffalo Youth Nation Project
• Native News Online

Native Sun Community Power Development in partnership with the Red Lake Nation, Plug In America, & the Seven Clans Casino is hosting an Electric Vehicle and Renewable Energy Showcase on May 28th at the Red Lake Seven Clans Casino from 4-8pm.

Come and enjoy an exciting event showcasing the newest Electriv Vehicle Technology and a variety of models! There will be a raffle to win an E-bike, along with light complimentary beverages and snacks and more!

Transportation will also be provided from select pick up/ drop off points.

See you there!!

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“I'm a tribal member of the Red Lake Nation, so being able to be a part of this and to be able to help make this dream a reality, I'm just so ecstatic,” Solar Bear owner Robert Blake said. “This is just an incredible moment right now.”

Blake is also executive director of the nonprofit Native Sun Community Power Development. It’s involved with workforce development for the project, as well as some of the planning and preparation. He said the Makwa Solar Array will benefit the community in more ways than one.

“The proceeds from the sale of this power is going to go back into community programming,” he said. “So, that's what's really going to be exciting about this.”

Minnesota tribal nations continue steps toward energy independence Two Minnesota tribes recently announced big solar array projects aimed to help them establish energy independence.

Today, we come together to honor the brave warriors who never made it home. On Memorial Day, our hearts are with the men and women who gave everything in service to us. We keep them and their loved ones in our thoughts, praying to the Creator for comfort, strength, and peace.

Native Sun Community Power Development and our communities are sincerely grateful to these courageous heroes for their sacrifices and the protection they provided for us all.

Never forgotten. Always honored.
“Giminwendan wiinawaa gaa-giishkaadiziwaad.”
(We remember the sacrifice they made.)

The image is of the Color Guard.