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MyTribeTV to stream White House tribal meet (10/14)
MyTribeTV, an Indian-owned business in Seattle, Washington, will provide online coverage of the first-ever White House Tribal Nations Conference on November 5. The event will be streamed at tribalsummit.mytribetv.com. MyTribeTV is the exclusive provider for the event. The White House...
Blackfeet Nation launches technology firm (10/09)
The Blackfeet Nation of Montana has started an information technology and professional business services firm with hopes of tapping into government contracting. Chief Mountain Technologies is seeking certification as a disadvantaged business through the Small Business Administration. That should help...
Sho-Ban festival goes virtual for first time (10/06)
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Idaho invited a technology company to the reservation to document the 46th annual Shoshone-Bannock Festival. Regal 360 produced a "virtual" tour of the event, which took place in August. The feature includes images that can be...
ITBC to use $175K grant for e-commerce site (10/01)
The InterTribal Bison Cooperative of South Dakota will use a $175,000 federal grant to develop an e-commerce site. The site will sell bison and bison-related products. It will take about a year to develop, said executive director Jim Stone. The...
Cherokee Nation partners with technology firm (09/30)
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma has acquired a stake in an information technology company in Colorado. Information Technology Experts will become a part of Cherokee Nation Businesses, the tribe's economic development arm. Financial terms were not disclosed. ITX provides full-service...
Federal Diary: Secretary Salazar on Facebook (09/30)
"After his confirmation as Interior secretary, Ken Salazar was dismayed at his inability to send an e-mail to all of his 67,000 employees, or to hear anything back from them. "It was very frustrating," Salazar said Tuesday. "Our whole information...
Firm seeks to expand Navajo Internet service (09/17)
A company in Farmington, New Mexico, wants to expand Internet service on the Navajo Nation. Action Intelex is proposing to install satellite towers at Navajo Nation chapter houses. The towers would provide service to chapter houses and to homes within...
North Dakota tribe starts broadcast system (08/11)
With the help of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota is developing a broadcasting system. The tribe completed the first phase of the system and will broadcast council...
Native language software available for iPhone (08/07)
Thornton Media Inc. has developed software to help people learn Native languages on the iPhone, the iPod Touch and the Nintendo DSi. A version available on the iTunes Store features the Cherokee language. But the program can be customized...
Former DOI official defends security of network (07/24)
A former Interior Department official said he is confident the Bureau of Indian Affairs is safe from Internet attacks despite a report that quoted him otherwise. Mike Howell was the chief information officer at the department when the Inspector General...
Ojibwe woman found guilty of music sharing (06/19)
Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe of Minnesota, was ordered to pay $1.9 million for illegally sharing music on the Internet. Thomas-Rasset, a mother of two who works for her tribe, was found guilty...
Feature: Bringing Internet to the Navajo Nation (05/26)
"Long before anyone talked of federal stimulus money for rural broadband deployments, there was Sacred Wind Communications--a small incumbent local exchange carrier in New Mexico that has found and continues to look for innovative ways to connect the thousands of...
Navajo Nation Council bans cell phones while driving (04/23)
The Navajo Nation Council passed a bill to bar the use of cell phones while driving. Drivers will have to use a headset with their cell phone or face a fine. Sending text messages while driving won't be allowed either....
Kempthorne let Internet report 'die a quiet death' (04/03)
Former Interior secretary Dirk Kempthorne let a critical report about Internet security at the Interior Department "die a quiet death," a former employee said. Kempthorne created a panel to address concerns that the department's computer systems were vulnerable to hackers...
Native radio summit set for April 1 in Portland (03/17)
Representatives of more than 60 Native radio stations are expected to attend the ninth annual Native Radio Summit takes place April 1 in Portland, Oregon. The summit, hosted by Native Public Media, reaches out to the 33 Native radio stations...
Pala Band wins FCC approval for radio station (02/19)
The Pala Band of Mission Indians plans to set up a radio station on its reservation in southern California. The tribe won a license from the Federal Communications Commission to start the station. It will broadcast noncommercial, educational and emergency...
Coeur d'Alene Tribe launches RezKast video site (02/17)
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho recently launched RezKast, a Native version of the popular video-sharing site YouTube. RezKast features videos from about 200 active posters, said Valerie Fast Horse, the tribe's director of information technology. The offerings are comedic,...
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