Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
This is the third event in the Center for Indian Country Development’s (CICD’s) 2023 webinar series: Cultivating Native Economies in the 21st Century. The series provides tribal leaders, policymakers, and practitioners with information they can use to strengthen and expand Indian Country economic prosperity.
Internet access connects communities to economic opportunity and vital services. Research from CICD has found that tribal areas have inadequate access to high-speed Internet, known as broadband. Today, new funding and partnership possibilities are opening opportunities for tribes to improve their communities’ digital infrastructure. Seizing these opportunities requires accurate, comprehensive data on the state of broadband across Indian Country.
Our October 16 webinar featured research on the tribal digital divide and information on modern broadband policies and programs. Tribal broadband practitioners and federal policymakers discussed data challenges as well as opportunities for tribal governments to advance their service networks. Presenters and panelists also explored the connection between tribes’ ability to make decisions about their digital infrastructure and tribal sovereignty.
The event is held in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and the American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University.
More information including speakers' bios may be found here:
minneapolisfed.org/events/2023/nuts-bolts-and-cables-opportunities-in-tribal-broadband
This is the third event in the Center for Indian Country Development’s (CICD’s) 2023 webinar series: Cultivating Native Economies in the 21st Century. The series provides tribal leaders, policymakers, and practitioners with information they can use to strengthen and expand Indian Country economic prosperity.
Internet access connects communities to economic opportunity and vital services. Research from CICD has found that tribal areas have inadequate access to high-speed Internet, known as broadband. Today, new funding and partnership possibilities are opening opportunities for tribes to improve their communities’ digital infrastructure. Seizing these opportunities requires accurate, comprehensive data on the state of broadband across Indian Country.
Our October 16 webinar featured research on the tribal digital divide and information on modern broadband policies and programs. Tribal broadband practitioners and federal policymakers discussed data challenges as well as opportunities for tribal governments to advance their service networks. Presenters and panelists also explored the connection between tribes’ ability to make decisions about their digital infrastructure and tribal sovereignty.
The event is held in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and the American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University.
More information including speakers' bios may be found here:
minneapolisfed.org/events/2023/nuts-bolts-and-cables-opportunities-in-tribal-broadband
