A 2017 appellate court decision determined the construction of the wind farm constituted mining and therefore a lease from the Osage Nation’s Minerals Council was required. “The developers ...

An Italy-based wind farm company will have to remove more than 80 wind turbines from Osage Nation land, after a judge ruled the tower construction violates the tribe’s mineral rights.

The Osage Nation has maintained that the wind farm’s continued presence violates its sovereignty even though tribal members are among those whose power it generates. Enel has argued that removal ...