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This is the Tohono O'odham Tribal Land...
This is the Tohono O'odham Tribal Land...
and right in the middle of it, is a politically imposed boundary separating this historically expansive tribal community.
According to the Tribal Electricity Access and Reliability Report by the Department of Energy, Indian Country is a historically underdeveloped and disadvantaged area that has a lot of “untapped energy resources”. Many tribal communities suffer from higher-than-average electricity reliability issues and generally pay more than average for the service. This means that there is both a need and an interest in implementing renewable energy sources on tribal lands to help increase economic growth and provide jobs for tribal members.
The ECCS could bring both economic prosperity and a source of renewable energy to border Tribal Lands, provided that the Tohono O'odham Tribal Nation and the DHS allow both the construction of the structure and the installation of an ECCS along the border on their lands.
The Tohono O’odham Tribal Nation, have opposed the placement of the enhanced border separation structure across their tribal lands because it physically separates tribal lands and isolates the northern community from the southern community located within Mexico
But, allowing the construction of the enhanced border security structure would not only cut border security costs, but also provide the structure required by the ECCS to allow the nation to partake of this new clean energy resource.
But what if...
But what if...
What if the proposed border separation structure dividing Tohono O'odham Tribal Land could be turned into more than just a separation structure? The ECCS transforms the primary purpose of this structure by adding power production, which in turn improves relations between both sides of the structure. Providing these new shared energy resources creates new employment opportunities and environmental and economic benefits to both nations.
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