Technology in Indian Country, Digital Divide
2012 Headlines
TechCrunch: Google adds Cherokee language support in gmail (11/20)
Navajo Nation investigates accident involving telecom firm (11/15)
Navajo Nation Council offers Internet streaming of fall session (11/06)
NPR: Mohawk character comes to life in Assassins video game (11/06)
8th Circuit tells Mille Lacs woman to pay in music sharing suit (09/11)
Byron Dorgan: FCC's proposal poses a threat to Indian Country (08/09)
Siletz Tribes work to preserve language for future generations (08/06)
Man who posted videos of Native women on YouTube is charged (08/01)
Mescalero Apache Nation wins decision on telecommunications (07/18)
Blog: Tribes team up with scientists to address climate change (07/17)
Native Sun News: Lakota student earns space camp scholarship (07/16)
DNA study points to at least three major groups of Indian people (07/12)
Turtle Mountain Band is first customer of subprime data company (07/05)
Native Sun News: Native Media Summit takes place in New Mexico (07/02)
San Carlos Apache Tribe moves forward with radio station plans (06/28)
Native Sun News: National Geographic will feature Oglala stories (06/15)
Witness list for House hearing on universal service fund at FCC (06/07)
Witness list for Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on USF (06/05)
Senate and House hearings on universal service fund and tribes (06/04)
Study finds a link between Indian families and Jewish ancestor (05/30)
HuffPo: Navajo Nation still struggling with the digital divide (04/23)
Native Sun News: Lakota teams in robotics competition (04/13)
Allison Saur: Using tribal heritage to build online community (03/13)
Students from Makah Tribe are finalists in science competition (03/02)
KUOW: Tribes turning to technology to preserve language (02/24)
Forest County Potawatomi Tribe to open $36M data center (01/27)
Pala Band reaches out to community with KOPA radio station (01/23)
Site aims to keep Alutiiq language alive for new generations (01/13)
Law Article: FCC streamlines procedure for FM in Indian Country (01/05)
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