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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.
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The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is providing $150 million in debt financing to Minneapolis-based Niron Magnetics to support construction of the company’s first full-scale manufacturing plant in Sartell, Minn., putting the Dakota tribal government on both sides of the company’s capital structure as an investor and lender.
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Leadership changes across Indian Country this week include appointments in Native housing, tribal gaming, cultural sovereignty, law, public policy and economic development.
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With less than a month remaining before applications close, tribal leaders are encouraging Native nations to pursue $75 million reserved exclusively for tribes through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program.
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The Cherokee Nation has become the latest tribal nation to ban hyperscale data center development on tribal lands, issuing the prohibition last Wednesday after receiving a report from the principal chief’s data center task force.
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Leadership changes across Indian Country this month include appointments in Native finance, economic development, Tribal health, education and legal services. Organizations announced new executives, board leaders and senior staff as they expand programs, strengthen advocacy efforts and guide community-focused initiatives.
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The Hoopa Valley Tribe has opened a tribally owned data center that will serve as the hub for the tribe’s expanding broadband network in Northern California.
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Mno-Bmadsen, the non-gaming investment enterprise of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan and Indiana, has acquired the remaining 46% stake in manufacturing holding company Mno-DREK LLC, completing an eight-year plan to take full ownership of the business.