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WHO WE ARE
Our name, Native Sun Community Power Development, reflects our collective power to heal, reclaim knowledge, and make decisions rooted in sovereignty, care, and self-determination. True power lives in relationships with one another, with the land, and with the generations yet to come. Native Sun Community Power Development isn't just about power in the electrical sense. It is about our collective power to heal our communities and the Earth. It is about the community having the power to make its own decisions around economic, environmental, and food justice.
OUR MISSION
Empowering Communities for a Sustainable Future
Our mission is to advance energy sovereignty, climate resilience, and economic justice for Tribal and rural communities across the region.
The principle of seven generations guides us. Every program we build, every partnership we form, is shaped by its impact on those who come after us.
Get to Know Us
Native Sun Community Power Development is a Native-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2019 and based in Minneapolis. We are committed to building collective power across Tribal Nations through energy sovereignty, climate resilience, and economic justice.
Everything we do is grounded in Anishinaabe teachings and the seven generations principle, honoring our responsibilities to those who came before us and those yet to come.
Our work supports Native communities in reclaiming control of their energy futures, advancing self-determination, and creating pathways to environmental and economic sustainability.
We train and equip our relatives for clean energy careers, help communities with electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, and educate youth using cultural knowledge and STEM principles. We partner with Tribal Nations, schools, workforce boards, and public agencies, sharing tools and strategies that enable others to replicate and adapt our work. Collective power is built through collaboration, cultural grounding, and long-term investment in community leadership.
Native Sun Policy and Advocacy Leadership
Technical Assistance to Tribes
Native Sun leads policy and advocacy efforts that put Tribal Nations at the center of clean energy and climate planning. Our work is grounded in Indigenous self-determination. We focus on shifting systems so Native communities have the authority, resources, and capacity to control their own energy futures.
We also provide technical assistance to Tribal Nations as a trusted community-based organization
