Broadband Advocacy

National Congress of American Indians
66th Annual Convention & Tradeshow
Palm Springs, CA

National Congress of American Indians 2009

Telecommunications Sub-Committee Agenda
Tuesday October 13, and Wednesday October 14, 2009
Moderating: Geoffrey Blackwell, Corporate Director, Chickasaw Nation Industries

From Left:
Greg Smith, Partner, Smith and Brown-Yazzie Counsel to the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
Sacred Sites Preservation and Tower Siting Issues in the Broadband Stimulus Funding Process

John Crigler, Senior Partner, Garvey Schubert Barer Establishing a Tribal Priority in Broadcast Spectrum Licensing at the FCC, and the Importance a Tribal Priority in Broadband Regulatory Arenas Counsel to Native Public Media and several Tribal broadcasters

Matthew R. Rantanen, Director of Technology Tribal Digital Village, Southern California Tribal Chairman's Association Lessons Learned in Applying for Broadband Funding in the First Round of BIP and BTOP Notice of Funds Availability

Susie Allen, Co-Chair for Telecommunications National Tribal Telecommunications Association Update

Eric Liang Jensen, Policy Counsel
National Tribal Telecommunications Association Update

Broadband Advocacy

National Broadband Plan

The Federal Communications Commission released its National Broadband Plan, called “Connecting America.” One of its goals is to bring broadband service to Indian Country. The 360 page plan, described as a work in progress, includes a number of specific recommendations on deployment, adoption, access, competition and digital literacy which were submitted in joint comments by Native Public Media, the National Congress of American Indians, the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association’s Tribal Digital Village, and New America Foundation.

FCC National Broadband Plan...

NPM Tribal Broadband Portal...

National Broadband Plan Action Agenda...

Broadband Action Agenda

The BROADBAND ACTION AGENDA lists more than 60 key actions, proceedings, and initiatives the Commission intends to undertake over the next year and beyond to implement the recommendations of the National Broadband Plan.

FCC Public Notice #5: Comments on Broadband Deployment and Adoption on Tribal Lands Joint Reply Comments Attachments

December 9, 2009

FCC Public Notice #5: Comments on Broadband Deployment and Adoption on Tribal Lands Joint Reply Comments Attachments for Public Notice #5

FCC Public Notice #5: Comments on Broadband Deployment and Adoption on Tribal Lands JOINT REPLY COMMENTS

FCC Public Notice #5: Comments on Broadband Deployment and Adoption on Tribal Lands JOINT REPLY COMMENTS OF NATIVE PUBLIC MEDIA AND THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS.

Native Public Media (“NPM”) and the National Congress of American Indians (“NCAI”) submitted these Joint Reply Comments in response to the Public Notice released September 23, 2009 (“Public Notice #5”). In these Joint Reply Comments, NPM and NCAI
formally submitted the new study of broadband deployment in Indian Country, entitled New Media,
Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country and also respond to several sets of comments filed in response to Public Notice #5.

FCC Public Notice #5: Comments on Broadband Deployment and Adoption on Tribal Lands

November 9, 2009

FCC Public Notice #5: Comments on Broadband Deployment and Adoption on Tribal Lands JOINT COMMENTS OF NATIVE PUBLIC MEDIA AND THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS: BROADBAND FOR TRIBAL NATION BUILDING.

Native Public Media ("NPM") and the National Congress of American Indians (“NCAI”) filed these comments in response to the FCC’s Public Notice #5, seeking comment on the nature of deployment and adoption of broadband on Tribal Lands as part of the National Broadband Plan (“NBP”). Public Notice #5 cites the prior joint comments of NPM and NCAI in this proceeding which highlighted the lack of data concerning broadband deployment, and the need for further analysis.

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