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The Fort Randall hydropower dam in South Dakota flooded thousands of acres of Native American land when it was built in 1952. Harry Weddington, USACE/Wikipedia

Native American voices are finally factoring into energy projects – a hydropower ruling is a victory for environmental justice on tribal lands

Emily Benton Hite, Saint Louis University and Denielle Perry, Northern Arizona University

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently ruled that it won’t approve energy projects on Native lands without tribal consent. But many more applications are pending.

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