NTIA Awards Nearly $1M More in Tribal Broadband Grants
NTIA awarded nearly $1 million in grants to the Yavapai-Apache Nation in Arizona and Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin as part of its tribal broadband connectivity program, said a news release Wednesday. The Yavapai-Apache…
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Nation got $500,000, the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians $442,734, to do planning studies that will help determine the best ways to expand broadband services to their members, said NTIA. The awards "reaffirm this administration’s commitment to ensuring that tribal communities ... have the resources they need to thrive in the 21st century," said Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Five grants totaling $2.4 million have been awarded through the program (see 2111170049). Additional awards will be announced on a rolling basis.