NATIVE AMERICAN PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Johnny is the volunteer Special Solar Projects Director for Red Cloud Renewable (RCR). He helps the non-profit organization strengthen and expand solar infrastructure across the Northern Plains by building the training capacity of the Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center (RCREC) on the Pine Ridge Reservation in SD. 

  • Lula Red Cloud, Matriarch of the Red Cloud family and Chief Henry Red Cloud accepting congratulations
  • Chief Henry Red Cloud and his wife Gloria Red Cloud
  • Chief Henry Red Cloud
  • Chief Henry Red Cloud and Chief Spotted Tail

FROM NATIVE AMERICAN PROJECTS

PAST PROJECTS

Elwha Tribe – Olympic Peninsula, WA
Decision-Maker Training

Hopi Nation – First Village Arizona
Solar awareness and technical training

Yurok Tribe – Oregon/California
Micro-hydro, solar awareness, and technical training

Zuni Tribe – New Mexico
Solar awareness and technical training

Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center (RCREC)

Johnny supervising the installation of a solar water pumping system.

With the assistance of Trees, Water and People, the Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center, which opened in 2008, offers several training sessions annually for Native American participants from a variety of tribes. Some become solar technicians on their respective reservations.

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