The Northern Cheyenne Tribe Reclaims Sovereignty Through Solar Energy and Buffalo Restoration

The Northern Cheyenne Tribe Reclaims Sovereignty Through Solar Energy and Buffalo Restoration

Brandon Small’s pickup squeezes down a narrow dirt road lined with trees and bushes as we drive down the hillside towards the buffalo. We’re on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in southeastern Montana, a landscape full of yellow grasses and hillsides lined with small pine trees. Small runs the buffalo restoration program here on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Here on the reservation, where food and energy sovereignty are inextricably linked…

Reclaiming Sovereignty: The Northern Cheyenne Tribe’s Buffalo Restoration and Solar Energy Efforts

Ilana Newman discusses how the Northern Cheyenne Tribe has reclaimed sovereignty through buffalo restoration and solar energy.