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Catawba Nation to open technology center (09/12)
The Catawba Nation of South Carolina is opening a technology center at its longhouse on the reservation. The center will help tribal members earn their GEDs. It will also provide work-skills training and small business assistance. The center is being...
Column: Tribe in Brazil taps into power of Internet (09/02)
"Deep in the Brazilian Amazon, the indigenous Surui tribe made its first contact with the modern world barely four decades ago; electricity came to their tribal lands just last year. Yet the tattooed tribespeople, some still living in thatched...
Jodi Rave: BIA finally fully connected to Internet (09/01)
"Howard Bemer didn't think he'd survive life without e-mail after a federal judge disconnected the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Internet. “I thought it was like the end of the world,” said Bemer, now superintendent of the BIA's Fort...
Project seeks radio on White Earth Reservation (08/14)
The White Earth Land Recovery Project is coordinating an effort to establish the first Indian radio station in Minnesota. Niijii Broadcast Corporation has been tentatively selected for a Federal Communications Commission license. Supporters hope to start on the Internet later...
Navajo Nation fears loss of Internet service (08/01)
The Navajo Nation is lobbying Congress to prevent the loss of Internet service on the tri-state reservation. Most of the tribe's 110 chapters, along with some government programs, receive Internet service from a Utah company called Universal Service Administration Co....
Editorial: Find solution for Navajo Internet service (07/25)
"The hits keep coming for the Navajo Nation government and, unfortunately, it's the Navajo people who are taking the direct blows. Since April, the Navajo have had a question mark hanging over their heads when it comes to Internet service,...
Navajo Nation averts Internet shutdown for now (07/22)
Communities on the Navajo Nation will keep their Internet service, at least until August 1. Most of the tribe's 110 chapters receive service through OnSat Network Communications Inc., a Utah company. But OnSat has lost $2.1 million in federal funding...
Rosebud college to promote computer careers (07/09)
Sinte Gleska University, a tribal college on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, has joined a partnership to encourage Indian students to enter the computer field. SGU, the University of South Dakota and the EROS Data Center at the...
Remote tribe in Amazon teams up with Google (07/03)
A remote tribe in the Amazon is using Google technology to protect its land from illegal miners and loggers. The Surui Tribe is using video cameras, GPS devices and the Internet to track encroachments on their 600,000-acre reservation. The...
After six-plus years, BIA website finally online (05/27)
After more than six years, the Bureau of Indian Affairs website is back online. The BIA lost Internet connectivity in December 2001 after a court investigator found vulnerabilities that put billions of dollars of Indian trust funds at risk. Most...
BIA to be fully online in a couple of months (05/21)
The Interior Department will be completely connected to the Internet in a couple of months, a top official told Federal Computer Week. Interior will connect the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office of Special Trustee, the Office of Historical Trust...
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