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Henry Red Cloud, Descendent of Lakota treaty negotiator teaches techniques at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. (Photo by Talli Nauman)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

PINE RIDGE \u2014 Oglala Lakota tribal member Henry Red Cloud will receive an honorary doctorate degree from Washington College for his career in the pursuit of affordable and accessible renewable energy solutions, his non-profit Communications Director Richard Fox revealed Nov. 25.
\n\u201cHenry is being recognized for his work in advancing renewable energy and empowering Native American communities,\u201d Fox said. \u201cHis work demonstrates that courage and knowledge can make a difference in the face of the global challenge of climate change and inspires hope that we can preserve and protect the natural world.\u201d
\nIn keeping with that history, the college has announced that on Feb. 21, it will bestow the honorary degree, Doctor of Public Service, on the executive director of the non-profit Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center and the owner of Lakota Solar Enterprises, one of the only 100-percent native-owned renewable energy companies in the world.
\nThe award winner founded the Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center in 2008, creating a one-of-a-kind educational facility where tribal members receive solar and other green job training.
\nHere on the banks of White Clay Creek, he promotes renewable energy as a modern way to honor the old way and a return to traditional relationships with Mother Earth. He recalls a prophecy of his great-great grandfather Makhpiya Luta, Chief Red Cloud, who negotiated the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty.
\nPraying with other tribal leaders at that time, he shared a vision for the restoration of harmony and lasting peace on the war-torn Great Plains \u2014 within the passage of seven generations. Five generations later, Henry is looking at his own grandchildren as \u201cthe sacred seventh.\u201d
\n\u201cI believe that with this renewable technology, we\u2019re getting back to that,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s going to bring us together. We\u2019ll all be setting a precedent for the next seven generations,\u201d he predicted in a recently recorded message.
\nRed Cloud opened the Sacred Earth Lodge in 2013, providing a 23-bed dormitory and residential training facility to accommodate a growing demand for renewable energy instruction that he helped stoke.
\nFox describes him as \u201cdevoted to bringing social justice and economic development to Indian country,\u201d noting that he is \u201ccommitted to helping tribes on their path to energy sovereignty.\u201d
\nHe has a \u201cphilosophy of helping one family at a time,\u201d Fox said, which \u201cnot only improves lives, but it protects our planet by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and decreasing reliance on fossil fuels.\u201d
\nRed Cloud has earned a string of recognition awards for his contributions to fortifying the renewable energy market and promoting community resilience. In early 2019, he garnered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u2019s Oceti Sakowin SOLVE Fellowship, aimed at \u201cbringing independent energy to tribal camps and communities.\u201d
\nIn the previous Presidential administration, he was invited to Washington, D.C. as one of the Solar Champions of Change. He is the recipient of the 2014 Berea College Service Award, the Oglala Lakota Service Award, the American Solar Energy Society\u2019s 2013 Charles Greeley Abbot Award, and the 2012 World Energy Globe Award.
\nHis Lakota Buffalo Caretakers Cooperative received Glynwood\u2019s Harvest Award for leadership in regional food systems. His Lakota Solar Enterprises earned the 2010 Nuclear-Free Future Award and the Interstate Renewable Energy Innovation Award. The Corporation for Enterprise Development selected him as an Innovative Idea Champion in 2009.
\nWashington College, located on Maryland\u2019s Eastern Shore, chose him for an honorary degree because of a like commitment \u201cto achieving environmental sustainability and to training the next generation of environmental stewards,\u201d Fox observed.
\nThe college, chartered in 1782, was the first in the United States. Its mission, with the personal patronage of first President George Washington, was \u201cto educate responsible citizens who could lead government, start businesses, and promote peace and knowledge.\u201d
\nToday\u2019s students work to restore native grasslands, monitor migratory bird populations, and have established a perennial polyculture to produce food in the campus garden.
\nA 4,700-acre River and Field Campus is home to the Center for Environment & Society, the Eastern Shore Food Lab, and robust academic programs in environmental sciences and environmental studies, it boasts. The institution offers students access to the nation\u2019s largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay.<\/p>\n

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Henry Red Cloud, Descendent of Lakota treaty negotiator teaches techniques at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. (Photo by Talli Nauman) PINE RIDGE \u2014 Oglala Lakota tribal member Henry Red Cloud will receive an honorary doctorate degree from Washington College for his career in the pursuit of affordable and accessible renewable energy <\/p>\n

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