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Explainer
Explainer: BEAD Challenge Process: AZ BEAD Program Update
On March 1, 2024, the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) initiated Arizona’s challenge process as required by the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (BEAD). The…
Explainer
Policy Explainer: Digital Equity Act Programs Update
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law or BIL) created several new programs to expand broadband access. The BIL established the Broadband…
Broadband
Overview: Tribal Eligibility in the Digital Equity Act Grant Programs
Despite many advancements in broadband connectivity over the past three years, Native American communities still lack critical internet infrastructure development to…
Call to Action
Notice of Funding: Tribal Transit Program Grant
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a FY 2024 Public Transportation on Indian Reservations (Tribal Transit) Program (TTP) grant. The funds will be awarded…
Call to Action
Call To Action: Upcoming DEA Grant Program Topical Webinars for Native Entities
The Digital Equity Act Grant Programs (DEA) provide funding for Digital Equity work like digital skills training, access to affordable devices, and content development for…
Policy Solution
POLICY ALERT: Indian Country Fights To Protect ICWA: Haaland v. Brackeen to be heard by SCOTUS on November 9, 2022
POLICY ALERT: Indian Country Fights To Protect ICWA: Haaland v. Brackeen to be heard by SCOTUS on November 9, 2022 Subject Matter On November 9, 2022, the Supreme Court of…
Call to Action
Tribal Library E-Rate Advocacy Program Resources
On October 29, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shared at the general assembly for the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Convention that the…
Policy Solution
The White House & Tribal Nations: A 2022 Summary
The Biden-Harris Administration completed another year in which it continued its work to strengthen the nation-to-nation relationship between Tribal Nations and the…
Call to Action
Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants applications opening February 2025
On December 17, 2024, the Department of Energy Grid Deployment Office announced an amendment to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) – Preventing Outages and Enhancing the…
Call to Action
Call to Action: National Spectrum Strategy Tribal Consultations
Tribal Nations have long advocated for their sovereign interests in natural resources like land and water. Tribes have also advocated for their sovereign interest in the air…
Call to Action
Letter to the President From Tribal Organizations: Tribal Funding Is a Legal Obligation, Not Discretionary Spending
On Sunday, Feb. 2, a coalition of 23 Tribal organizations and intertribal councils representing the majority of sovereign American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Nations…
Call to Action
Call to Action: ONAP and WTB Seek Comment on Tribal Nation and Native Hawaiian Access to Spectrum and Related Data
Spectrum is an essential natural resource because it is finite and has economic and public use, purpose, and benefit. Similar to other natural resources such as water, timber…