Technology in Indian Country, Digital Divide
2011 Headlines
Blog: Native Americans are large ethnic audience on Facebook (12/06)
Native Sun News: Rosebud Sioux man gets KOYA radio running (12/06)
CNET: Indian Country opens door to renewable energy projects (12/05)
Indianz.Com Service Note: Site going off-line this Saturday (11/11)
Turtle Talk ranks among top 20 visited law professor sites (10/25)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds hearing this Thursday (10/03)
Oglala Sioux Tribe reaches settlement to end telecom dispute (09/29)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee schedules hearings in October (09/27)
Karuk Tribe awarded $1.1M grant to improve broadband service (08/23)
Navajo Nation communities getting phone and Internet service (07/28)
Microsoft apologizes for unauthorized use of Tulalip Tribes name (07/22)
Tulalip Tribes talks to Microsoft about unauthorized use of name (07/21)
Blog: Microsoft stealing Tulalip Tribes name for social networking (07/15)
Native Sun News: Rosebud Sioux member works below surface (07/14)
Native Times: Tribes reaching out to their citizens with radio (07/12)
Ross Racine: Indian businesses need Internet for full potential (07/08)
Fast Company: LiveAndTell aims to keep Native languages alive (07/05)
Hacking group relesaes Indian officer discrimination complaint (06/29)
Native Sun News: Standing Rock Telecom gets some good news (06/29)
Child pornography investigation grew out of BIA email probe (06/22)
Column: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe grows wireless service (06/07)
RCR Wireless: Hopi Tribe works to improve telecom service (05/26)
PBS: Digital divide in Indian Country remains a 'travesty' (05/12)
Navajo Nation project will improve cellular, Internet service (05/11)
Navajo medicine man not eager to use the Internet for sales (05/10)
Editorial: Navajo Nation needs better broadband services (04/26)
Supreme Court posts audio in Jicarilla Apache trust case (04/25)
Marketplace: Broadband access lagging on reservations (04/25)
Watchdog: Minnesota tribes return $1.7M stimulus grant (04/14)
Warm Springs Tribes use stimulus funds for telecom startup (04/13)
Utilities commission takes up complaint over Crow Creek firm (04/06)
Navajo Nation creates new wireless provider on the reservation (04/05)
Interview: Valerie Fast Horse works to bridge the digital divide (04/04)
Google supports Cherokee written language in search engine (03/25)
Arizona tribes to benefit from $33.6M in federal broadband funds (03/07)
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe launches House of Seven Generations (03/07)
Cherokee Nation acquires information technology firm in Colorado (02/08)
Useful Links
- Federal Communications Commission
- FCC Tribal Initiatives
- FCC Tribal Radio Priority
- National Congress of American Indians: Telecommunications & Technology
- FCC Office of Native American Policy Annual Report
- Lifeline: Promoting Telephone Subscribership on Tribal Lands
- Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
- Thornton Media: Language Tools for Indian Country
- Cherokee Nation Font