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Saul Elbein

Saul Elbein is a freelance journalist currently living on the road in South America. His work has appeared in the New Republic, the New York Times Magazine, This American Life, and the Texas Observer.

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Red Cloud’s Revolution: Oglalla Sioux Freeing Themselves From Fossil Fuel

“People don’t like being on the grid here,” Red Cloud says, “because they’ve been coexisting with the earth – the sun, the wind – for most of their history.”

Saul Elbein · Feb 21, 2018

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