Proponents of wind power in the region say the Great Plains a broad area of lands that stretches from the Canadian border to southern Texas grasslands has the potential to be the "Saudi Arabia of wind power".
Indian reservations and tribal lands in the region host an astonishing 300 gigawatts of wind power potential.
While that is a massive chunk of the total installed electrical generation capacity in the US, the pace of wind power projects getting off the draft board has been painfully slow in Indian Country.
