/ CBC / Julien Gignac
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Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation's solar farm now generating electricity

Old Crow, Yukon, Canada

There will be something noticeably different in Old Crow, Yukon in a few months. The hum of diesel engines will be gone, as the community's solar farm is now generating power. "The symbolism in shutting down those generators will be, we're becoming more sustainable and we're becoming more self-sufficient like our ancestors were," said Brandon Kyikavichik, the First Nation's heritage interpreter.


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