Sage Development Authority

SAGE Development Authority is a federally chartered Section 17 Corporation created by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as a public power authority. The establishment of reservations in some of the most desolate locations in the U.S, compounded by broken treaty after broken treaty, has made it so that many of the people on Standing Rock endure the effects of forced government dependency for basic human needs. We experience the hardship of a 70% unemployment rate and a 40% poverty rate. In the aftermath of our fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline (#NoDAPL), we renewed and deepened our commitment to self-determination through institution building and renewable energy development. This effort, which had been a priority for the Tribe for many years, is now being realized through the creation of the SAGE Development Authority. In this effort, we will justly transition from fossil fuel dependence and exploitation to self-determination and sustainability. Anpetu Wi will be the single largest revenue source for Standing Rock, estimated to nearly double (2x) our community’s annual revenue — on its own. And we plan to devote these funds to further economic development, reinvesting them into future SAGE projects and Standing Rock as a whole.