Forest County Potawatomi

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Forest County Potawatomi Renewables Program Nets EPA Top 30 Nod

Forest County Potawatomi Renewables Program Nets EPA Top 30 Nod

They squelched a mine, established air-quality monitoring and built a solar plant. Where does a tribe go from there? For the Forest County Potawatomi Community it meant going deeper. The tribe has translated traditional values into a program that uses cutting-edge technologies and sophisticated…

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Potawatomi $20 Million Feedstock-to-Energy Conversion Plant Becomes Reality

Potawatomi $20 Million Feedstock-to-Energy Conversion Plant Becomes Reality

Meeting the dual goal of environmental stewardship and sustainability, the Forest County Potawatomi Community has opened its newly constructed $20 million Renewable Energy Facility, which will convert area food waste into enough electricity to power 1,500 homes. It was the fruition of a project…

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Indian Pride: Episode 112: Tribal Government Structure

This episode of the "Indian Pride" television series, aired in 2007, chronicles the governance structures of several Native nations in an effort to show the diversity of governance systems across Indian Country. It also features an interview with then-chairman Harold "Gus" Frank of the…