Economic Development
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- By Chez Oxendine
- 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.
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- By Chez Oxendine
- Economic Development
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Shinnecock Nation
Southampton, New York
Award Amount: $8,197,449.36
Project Summary: The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber directly connecting 301 unserved Native American households and 60 near-territory households, government buildings, and anchor institutions providing 536 Native American-enrolled members with broadband at a base level of 50/10 Mbps and a top level of 1000/1000 Mbps services.
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- By Chez Oxendine
- Economic Development
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Yurok Tribe
Klamath, California
Award Amount: $61,661,365.50
Project Summary: The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install middle fiber and last-mile wireless connecting 921 unserved Native American households on the Yurok Reservation and Yurok Ancestral Lands with fixed wireless to the home with 100 Mbps/25 Mbps service.
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- By Chez Oxendine
- Economic Development
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Osage Nation
Pine Ridge, Oklahoma
Award Amount: $49,679,250.00
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- By Chez Oxendine
- Economic Development
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Quinault tribal member Tyson Johnston doesn’t just want a seat at the table for his tribe — he wants a hand in building it.
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- By Chez Oxendine
- Economic Development
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Cherokee Nation
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Award Amount: $33,946,876.75
Project Summary: The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber and wireless technology directly connecting 5,899 unserved Native American households with 100/20 Mbps wireless service.
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- By Elyse Wild
- Economic Development
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Native fintech start-up Totem Technologies has landed its first tribal partnership.
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- By Elyse Wild
- Economic Development
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As economic development surges across Indian Country, personal finances lag as Native communities continue to experience some of the highest rates of poverty in the nation. Several programs are driving efforts to change the tides by instilling financial literacy in Native youth to sustain economic prosperity in Indian Country for the next seven generations.
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- By Tribal Business News Staff
- Economic Development
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The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska (ITKN) will receive state funds for a broadband project amid a historic surge of support for broadband across the Indian Country.