Economic Development
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- By Chez Oxendine
- Economic Development
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Hoopa Valley Tribe
Hoopa, California
Amount: $65,140,407.72
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- Economic Development
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The Palo Alto, Calif.-based Indigenous Connectivity Institute (ICI) has received a $2.7 million, three-year grant to help Native Americans enter careers in broadband.
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- Economic Development
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A major Alaskan broadband effort has turned its first circuits online, connecting the remote Unalaska region to high speed internet amid a statewide push to bring rural and tribal communities online.
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- Economic Development
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Samish Indian Nation
Anacortes, Washington
Amount: $584,800
Project Summary: This Broadband Use and Adoption project proposes to address the current digital divide by conducting an analysis of broadband assets, digital literacy skills, and the availability of broadband equipment and devices for Samish Tribal citizens.
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- By Chez Oxendine
- Economic Development
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Bethel Native Corporation
Bethel, AK
Award Amount: $42,383,221
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- By Elyse Wild
- Economic Development
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The federally recognized Redding Rancheria Tribe has launched a new business venture aimed at protecting communities and the environment from the devastating impact of wildfires in northern California and beyond.
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- Economic Development
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The business arm of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in central Minnesota, said that it has sold its Foxtrot Marketing Group business unit to the company’s top executive.
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- By Elyse Wild
- Economic Development
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Amid concerns over proposed changes to a key federal funding program used by Native Community Development Financial Institutions, a senior Treasury executive spoke with Native CDFI executives on a live streaming broadcast on Feb. 9.
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- Economic Development
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Doyon, Limited Alaska Native Corporation
Fairbanks, Alaska
Award Amount: $50,651,548.43
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- By Elyse Wild
- Economic Development
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The Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund announced that it will postpone the rollout of its new CDFI certification application, which was supposed to launch in April 2023.