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Tribes have an upcoming opportunity to secure wireless channels to dramatically increase the speed and coverage of broadband access. The federal government is giving tribes priority to bid on access within what’s known as the 2.5 GHz band spectrum. But the timeframe to submit applications is brief and some tribes are having trouble completing the complex process in time.
Guests:
Geoffrey Blackwell (Omaha/Chickasaw/Choctaw/Muscogee Creek) – chief strategy officer and general counsel for Amerind Risk former Federal Communications Commission official
Matthew Rantanen (Cree) – director of technology for the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association and director of the Tribal Digital Village Network
Edyael Casaperalta – legal counsel and policy strategist with Mural Net
Mariel Triggs – chief executive officer at MuralNet
Break 1 music: Intertribal (song) Sweetgrass (artist) Follow The Trial (album)
Break 2 music: Dance of the Coyote (song) Tony Duncan (artist) Earth Warrior (album)
