NTIA Awards More Than $40.3M in Additional Tribal Broadband Grants

NTIA awarded more than $40.3 million in additional tribal broadband connectivity program support Wednesday to nine tribal entities. The Ak-Chin Indian Community in Arizona, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians in California, Fort Independence Indian Reservation in California, Indian Township Tribal Government in Maine, Pueblo of Picuris in New Mexico, Santa Clara Pueblo of New Mexico, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in Oregon received funding for broadband deployment and digital skills training, said a news release.