Tribal Energy Innovators Fellowship

The Tribal Energy Innovators Fellowship designated for federally-recognized tribal members who are interested, invested, or engaged in work which supports renewable energy infrastructure and tribal energy capacity building in tribal communities.

The TEI is a year-long (January 2020 – December 2020) fellowship that will provide $10,000 grants and other resources to selected fellows that will support the development of innovative ideas and the use of problem-solving processes that lead to sustainable renewable energy solutions for a tribal community.

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For more information, please download the slide deck from the 11/1/19 Tribal Energy Innovators Webinar.

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Congratulations to our 2020 TEI Fellowship Awardees!

Rachael LaFriniere

Turtle Mountain Chippewa

Fellowship Goal: To develop a solar power source for cooking, lighting, and audio at a native garden.

Oglala Lakota

Fellowship Goal: Develop a tribal owned and tribal focused O&M solar business.

Cheyenne River Lakota

Fellowship Goal: To develop “desktop” studies and framework that will help inform renewable energy planning and implementation in a way that tribes/tribal staff understand.

Dine’

Fellowship Goal: To develop solar curriculum and training that will provide education for three Navajo Chapters on the Navajo Reservation who are located near mining/power plant sites.

Blackfeet

Fellowship Goal: To develop a smart grid lab at Northwest Indian College that will incorporate renewable energy curriculum into the new AA engineering degree program.

Tribal Energy Innovators Fellowship

Congratulations to our 2020 TEI Fellowship Awardees!

Rachael LaFriniere

Cheyenne PoorBear

Vaughn Vargas

Demetrius Johnson

Stephanie Bostwick, Ph.D