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Spurred by Covid-19, Colville Tribes Expand Free Wireless Service in Washington State
Posted by Karl Bode Last year, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington State were one of 327 Native Nations to receive wireless spectrum as part of the FCC’s Rural Tribal Window program. Since then,…
Building Connections and Capacity in Indian Country at the First Tribal Wireless Bootcamp
Posted by Christopher Mitchell Earlier this summer, a small group of people gathered in the southern California desert for the first Tribal Wireless Bootcamp. Organized by a loose collection of people with a long history of…
Dive Deeper into Native Nations Networks with These Stories
Posted by Ry Marcattilio-McCracken Last week we published a new case study report on four Native Nations (the Coeur d’Alene, the Nez Perce, the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe, and the St. Regis Mohawk) who set out…
The DIGITAL Reservations Act: A Practical Answer to Tribal Connectivity Today
Posted by Ry Marcattilio-McCracken Yesterday, Congresswoman Deb Haaland and Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced the DIGITAL Reservations Act, a bill which ends the current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) practice of selling wireless spectrum rights on the lands of…
Rural Tribal Priority Window Now Open; Advice from MuralNet – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 393
Posted by Lisa Gonzalez On February 3rd, 2020, the FCC opened the 2.5 GHz Rural Tribal Priority Window, a six month period in which federally recognized Tribes or Alaska Native Villages have the opportunity to apply…