Yurok Tribe In 2021, the Yurok Tribe founded the Yurok Telecommunications Corporation, which folds in the previous work of Yurok Connect, the Wireless Internet Service Provider launched in 2013 by the Yurok tribe IT department.…

Nation of Hawai‘i The Waimānalo Community Network is a resident-built and community-run broadband network established in 2019, with the help of the  Internet Society. Community members worked with Hawaiian Telecom to connect to nearby fiber,…

Coeur d’Alene Tribe Red Spectrum was established in 2004, first as a wireless network and then as a fiber network, and serves over 1600 households on the Coeur d’Alene in Northern Idaho. The network was…

Nez Perce Tribe The Nez Perce Tribe operates a fixed wireless and Fiber-to-the-Home network that serves between 1500 and 2000 customers. Nez Perce’s broadband networks began as efforts to better connect government offices, deploying fiber…

Gila River Indian Community Gila River Telecommunications Inc. (GTRI) is one of ten tribal telecoms. Established in 1988 after purchasing infrastructure from US West, GRTI offers voice and broadband services to the Gila River Indian…

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority (CRSTTA) was the first tribally owned telephone company, founded in 1958. The tribe moved from aerial party lines to single party buried copper service…

Hoopa Valley Tribe Acorn Wireless is the Wireless Internet Service Provider owned and operated by the Hoopa Valley Public Utilities District (HVPUD) that was launched in 2020 with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security…

Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Ojibwe The Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe has been planning and building their FTTH network for several years, working with the Blandin Foundation in Minnesota and pursuing…