The campus of United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) has a collection of three large solar arrays over the UTTC Skills Center. This building has been the training hub for professional trades such as carpentry, welding, automotive, commercial vehicle driving, heavy equipment operation, and sustainable agriculture. Most recently, renewable energy, like the solar modules hovering over the building, mark the new energy future--and UTTC is leading the way in North Dakota, having more solar installations than any other college in the state. Starting as a conversation among friends, the dream grew to become a powerful partnership between educators and professionals, forming an expanding circle that includes UTTC, local tribal nations, Lightspring Solar, and Indigenous-led nonprofits like Indigenized Energy and Sage Development Authority. Over the past five years, the partnership has collaborated on numerous impactful projects on campus and in tribal communities. The partners have co-authored several major proposals and secured over $6.5 million for solar implementation and training activities, worked with other organizations to provide formal solar apprenticeships, and established a collaboration founded on trust.