Biden-Harris Administration Announces $4.5 Million in Internet for All Grants to Tribal Lands

 The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded grants totaling $4.5 million to 9 Tribes as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). These grants will help reduce monthly Internet service costs, plan for future Internet infrastructure investments, upgrade network equipment, and purchase devices.

• Native Village of Chenega (a/k/a Chanega), AK;
• Karuk Tribe, CA;
• Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation, CA;
• Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, CA;
• Santee Sioux Nation, NE;
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, NC;
• Fort Sill Apache Tribe, OK;
• Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, OR;
• Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, TX.

In the next few months, NTIA will release a second Notice of Funding Opportunity for an additional round of funding from the TBCP program.