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The Osage Nation will leverage federal funding and local partnerships to bring internet to its Oklahoma reservation through a new tribally-owned broadband department overseeing a swathe of new infrastructure.
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The past two years have been historic for Indian Country, with unprecedented levels of federal funding, Native representation and Tribal consultation from the Biden administration and a Democratic-controlled Congress.
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When Mary Jane Oatman was seven years old, her grandparents were arrested for growing marijuana on the Nez Pierce Reservation in central Idaho, where the family lived.
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TAHOLAH, Wash. — Toptana Technologies is building out its board of directors to help guide the development of the only Indigenous-owned cable landing station and backhaul network provider on the West Coast.
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UNALAKLEET, Alaska — The Inuit village of Unalakleet endured a massive storm in September 2022, with torrential rains and high winds pummeling the town that sits 147 miles away from Nome, the nearest community, as flooding reached 11 feet and many residents lost power.
Importantly, Unalakleet’s new internet connection, which is crucial for communicating between emergency teams and first responders, stayed online.
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A new collaborative wants to restore natural fire patterns and improve watershed resilience in the Rio Chama region of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.
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The First Nations Trade Mission concluded its second portion in recent weeks as Indigenous delegates from Australia toured sites in Alaska, Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, La. in a whirlwind of conferences, business deals and trade discussions.
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WASHINGTON — The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration has awarded nine new grants under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, totaling $40.3 million.
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WASHINGTON — The American Business Sustainability Network has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of the Interior to support tribal-led economic development.
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To help inform better policymaking for Native communities on a national scale, the Center for Indian Country Development at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis realized it needed to take action.