Debby Tewa
“I can identify with the people I'm helping. Many live the way I
grew up, and I fully appreciate their excitement in having
electricity and light at night.”
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
Debby Tewa is a Hopi woman based in settler Arizona and Hopi territory. As a child, she grew up on a Hopi Reservation without electricity or access to water. She first experienced these amenities only after moving elsewhere. Tewa later became a solar technician and brought electricity back to the homes of over 300 Hopi and Diné families. She organizes to bring renewable energy to Indigenous people and similar communities, globally.
Debby Tewa is a Hopi woman based in settler Arizona and Hopi territory. As a child, she grew up on a Hopi Reservation without electricity or access to water. She first experienced these amenities only after moving elsewhere. Tewa later became a solar technician and brought electricity back to the homes of over 300 Hopi and Diné families. She organizes to bring renewable energy to Indigenous people and similar communities, globally.
BORN
Contemporary
Contemporary
DESCENT
Native American (Hopi)- Arizona
Native American (Hopi)- Arizona
DISCIPLINE
Planne r/ Landscape / Solar Technician