RENEWABLE ENERGY IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Options for Tribal Governments
Dean B. Suagee
America's tribal lands enjoy abundant renewable energy resources. Development of these resources can meet several needs, including rural electrification, economic development, and compatibility with a deeply held commitment to balance relationships among human beings and the natural world. While renewable energy development can gain from appropriate federal and state action, there remain many measures that tribes can undertake for themselves.
Mr. Suagee is Director of the First Nations Environmental Law Program, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT 05068. Mr. Suagee is a member of the Cherokee Nation and of the District of Columbia Bar. He received his J.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1976 and L.L.M. from American University in 1989. He can be contacted after July 1 at dsuagee@vermontlaw.edu.
The author thanks John Busch, Margaret Cook, Roby Roberts, Steven Sargent, Adam Serchuk, Michael Willis and Jean Wilson for their comments on drafts of this paper. The ideas expressed are his, and do not necessarily reflect positions of REPP, the REPP Board of Directors, or the paper's reviewers.