The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office awarded Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians $175,000 under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to conduct a broadband infrastructure study for its Southern Reservation located near Coachella, California. The study will assess the feasibility and costs associated with deploying broadband infrastructure to the reservation from May 2023 to May 2025. The Indian Economic Development program...
The Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe received a $114,840 Formula Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the agency's Training, Investigations, and Special Purpose Activities of Federally-Recognized Indian Tribes Consistent With the Clean Air Act (CAA), Tribal Sovereignty and the Protection and Management of Air Quality program. The objective of this one-year project ending September 30, 2022 is to help build the Tribe's capacity to assess air quality conditions and...
The Big Pine Paiute Tribe received a $149,995 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs on August 16, 2021 to develop a Tribal Water Resilience Management Plan. The two-year grant is funded through the Tribal Climate Resilience program (CFDA 15.156), which provides support to tribal governments and trust land managers to understand potential climate change impacts and vulnerabilities. Specifically, the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley will use...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah through the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302). The grant will support short term planning activities from May 2021 through December 2022. Through this award, the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah will create a regional economic development plan to stimulate and guide economic development efforts in Cedar City, Utah. As part of...
The Lone Pine Paiute Shoshone tribe received a $133,903 Formula Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the "Training, Investigations, and Special Purpose Activities of Federally-Recognized Indian Tribes Consistent With the Clean Air Act (CAA), Tribal Sovereignty and the Protection and Management of Air Quality" program (CFDA 66.038). The grant will fund the tribe's efforts to build capacity for assessing air quality conditions and developing strategies to...
The Pueblo of Laguna received a $174,770 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032). The funding will support the Pueblo in expanding upon existing feasibility studies and business plans to finalize development of an Internet service provider entity. Specifically, the grant will allow the Pueblo to further review its strategic broadband deployment feasibility study and...
The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (LBST) was awarded a $131,300 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development program (CFDA 15.032) to assess the risks, rewards, and roadmap for establishing a telecommunications enterprise to serve the Lower Brule Reservation in South Dakota. Through this two-year award ending in May 2025, LBST will study 10-11 objectives including comprehensive mapping of telecom assets in and surrounding the...
The Bishop Paiute Tribe was awarded a $12,614,820 Project Grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (CFDA 11.029) to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband network. The funding will enable the tribe to provide high-speed internet access, up to 1000 Mbps symmetrical, to 134 unserved tribal households, 8 unserved tribal businesses, and 1 tribal anchor institution. Additionally, the fiber network will address...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office awarded Middletown Rancheria Band Of Pomo Indians Of California $130,000 under the Indian Economic Development (CFDA 15.032) federal grant program. The funding supports an engineering feasibility study and broadband partnership project to develop the Tribe's own broadband network on its tribal lands near Middletown, CA. Currently, the Tribe receives unreliable broadband service from its sole provider, which cannot meet the...
The Lummi Indian Business Council, also known as the Lummi Tribe of Lummi Reservation, will use a $104,835 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs to expand broadband infrastructure and internet services across the Lummi Reservation. Funded through the Indian Economic Development program administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs under Assistance Listing Number 15.032, the grant will support the Tribe's goal of establishing a tribally-owned internet...