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When a shortage of medical masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 swept the country in early September, the Cherokee Nation decided to apply a portion of its CARES Act funding to start manufacturing its own personal protective equipment.
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FORT YATES, N.D. — The Standing Rock Sioux should have fixed wireless broadband access across its North Dakota reservation by the end of next month.
That’s according to Standing Rock Telecom General Manager Fred McLaughlin, whose organization tapped Richardson, Texas-based BEC Technologies to install routers to access midband internet across the Standing Rock Reservation.
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SpaceX Starlink, an upcoming satellite-beaming internet service, has begun its testing to offer high-speed internet to remote tribal areas in the U.S. where broadband is notoriously spotty, throttled and expensive.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Minnesota-based Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) on Monday bought a stake in a national engineering firm, a move to diversify the tribal economy from its traditional ventures in the gaming and hospitality industries.
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HELENA, Mont. — Conservationist and Aaniiih tribal member Misty Kuhl has taken over as the head of Montana’s Department of Indian Affairs under the new administration of Republican Governor Greg Gianforte.
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DOWAGIAC, Mich. — Seven Generations Group, a tribally owned professional services portfolio of companies owned by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, is rebranding as it launches a new firm and brings another company under its umbrella.