Economic Development
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- By Chez Oxendine
- 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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- 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.
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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
- Type: Default
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Osage Nation
Pine Ridge, Oklahoma
Award Amount: $49,679,250.00