Intertribal Council on Utility Policy

The Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, or Intertribal COUP, is a Native American nonprofit organization founded in 1994.[1] It focuses on energy, telecommunications, and environmental issues affecting member tribes in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming.

The fifteen tribal nations represented in COUP are:

Intertribal COUP owns a major stake in a company that markets carbon offsets and renewable energy credits and funds projects such as wind farms on Indian reservations.

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  1. ^ Abate, Randall; Kronk, Elizabeth Ann (2013). Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Search for Legal Remedies. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-78100-180-6.