PRINCE ALBERT -- Two Saskatchewan First Nations are launching solar power initiatives to reduce pollution and energy costs. The federal government is providing Muskoday First Nation with about $315,000 for a 190 kilowatt project. Cowessess First Nation is receiving about $633,000 for a 320 kilowatt project. Muskoday will soon get electricity from the sun at its administration building, school and fire hall. The project will help create jobs for local people and is expected to reduce energy costs on the buildings by 40 per cent. Chief Herman Crain said the most important benefit is reducing greenhouse gas emissions. “You look to the future and the generations behind us, we’ve got to offer something better I think as far as something that’s sustainable, causes less harm to Mother Earth,” he said.