Biden-Harris Administration Awards $143 Million in Grants to Expand Broadband Internet Access on Tribal Lands on West Coast

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded $143,639,693.50 in funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to Tribes in California and Washington.The awards provide funds for high-speed internet infrastructure deployment projects through the Internet for All Initiative’s Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program for the Hoopa Valley Tribal Council and Yurok Telecommunications in California and the Spokane Tribe of Indians in Washington. It will connect more than 2,800 homes across the three Tribes; affording more families access to the critical connectivity necessary for learning, work, and telehealth. NTIA has now made a total of 63 awards totaling more than $601 million in funding through the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) to date.