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The Potawatomi Business Development Corporation (PBDC) has named Kip Ritchie its chief executive officer.
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It’s a different world out there for broadband advocate Matthew Rantanen. Pre-COVID, work on getting Indian Country online moved slowly — one $100,000 tower a time, he told Tribal Business News.
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The Cherokee Nation has launched a new company called Cherokee Film to consolidate its film industry endeavors and create an ecosystem for film and media production.
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Allyson Mitchell tried to make time for each of the four-dozen attendees at the most recent Tribal Broadband Bootcamp (TBB) earlier this month on the Saint Regis Mohawk reservation in upstate New York and southern Canada.
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Southern Ute Tribe
Location: Ignacio, Colo.
Award Amount: $43,704,180.59
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The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said last week it awarded grants totaling $3.4 million to seven Tribal entities.
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The Montana Department of Commerce said it awarded $240,000 in grants to the Blackfeet Tribe and the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana to support economic development projects in their communities.
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Gila River Indian Community
Location: Sacaton, Arizona
Award Amount: $4.4 million
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Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
Location: Marksville, La.
Award Amount: $2.5 million
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Money alone won't solve Indian Country's broadband issues. Even with unprecedented funding levels and heightened federal interest in bridging the digital divide in Indian Country, implementing sustainable solutions remains problematic.