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Native nations historically have lagged in access to high-speed internet, because of the cost and incomplete broadband coverage data, among other barriers. The inequity became even more apparent during the
Hopi Telecommunications received two federal grants — one from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program and the other from the Rural Utilities Service — to provide fiber directly to homes. But the project, which began in September, won’t be finished until sometime in 2025.
Native nations historically have lagged in access to high-speed internet. Now some, including tribes in California, are taking the matter into their own hands by building their own networks to provide high-speed internet.
Some Native nations, such as the Hopi in Arizona, are building their own networks to provide high-speed internet and tapping into a recent increase in state and federal funding to
On the Hopi Reservation’s more than 1.5 million acres of desert landscape in northeast Arizona, most residents live in villages atop arid mesas.