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The federal government is giving states another opportunity to fund broadband service for unserved locations omitted from earlier deployment plans, potentially including homes and businesses on tribal lands.
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The National Native American Human Resources Association Foundation has launched a scholarship and professional development program to support Native professionals pursuing careers in human resources and leadership.
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The Quinault Indian Nation has begun construction on Washington’s first subsea cable landing station built in more than 25 years, with Amazon Web Services as its first customer.
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Native professionals moved into new leadership roles across tribal enterprises, Native-serving organizations and higher education in August, while others received recognition for their work in business, journalism and their communities.
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The Tulalip Tribes is partnering with a private equity firm on a bid for a Seattle NBA expansion franchise and proposed arena and entertainment district on tribal-owned land near Marysville, Wash.
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The Poarch Creek Indians have begun the first phase of a four-part road improvement project backed by $24 million in federal funding, starting construction more than two years after the grant was awarded.
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The Administration for Native Americans has opened applications for two new grant programs that replace one of the federal government’s longest-running tribal economic development initiatives.
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The Intertribal Timber Council and Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit Sustainable Northwest received a five-year, $1.7 million grant to help tribal nations turn small trees, brush and low-grade logs into financeable wood products and biomass projects.
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The Havasupai Tribe has begun construction on a $7 million broadband project that will extend communications infrastructure across the Havasupai Reservation, from the rim of the Grand Canyon to Supai Village and tourism sites farther down the canyon.
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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has extended the deadline for two tribal broadband grant programs to Nov. 17, giving tribal governments and Native organizations 60 additional days to apply for federal funding.