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Tribes awarded $8.2M for Internet access
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2003 The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $20 million in broadband Internet access grants, with $8.2 million going to tribes. The Coeur d´Alene Tribe will use $2.7 million to bring wireless service to the reservation and to build a technology center. Other tribes awarded grants include the Port Gamble S´Klallam Tribe of Washington; the Tlingit and Haida Tribe of Alaska; the Navajo Nation; the San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona and the Warm Springs Tribes of Oregon. Get the Story:
Broadband coming to Coeur d’Alenes (The Idaho Statesman 6/11) Relevant Links:
Rural Utilities Service, USDA - http://www.usda.gov/rus Related Stories:
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