The Five Farms: Stories from American Families
A new public radio series called THE FIVE FARMS makes the connection for listeners between the food on their tables and the families who work to produce it.
Podcast Feature
Who is an Indian?
Producer: Brian Bull
We Shall Remain television episode: Wounded Knee
During the 1973 occupation of the Wounded Knee Reservation, urbanized Indians from across the country flocked to Wounded Knee, and after mingling with the more traditional Lakota there, left with a new sense of "Indian identity."
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We have 321 guests onlineNOFA announced: Applications Due August 14, 2009
The much-anticipated joint Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the broadband stimulus programs of NTIA (the Broadband Opportunities Program or BTOP) and the RUS (the Broadband Initiatives Program or BIP) was made available this afternoon. You can find it at this link:
http://broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov/files/BB%20NOFA%20FINAL%20with%20disclaimer_1.pdf
The NOFA is a long, dense document that bears careful review and considered analysis.
Today's NOFA announces that $4 billion of the $7.2 billion provided by the Recovery Act will be awarded by RUS and NTIA under this NOFA (roughly 55% of Recovery Act funds for broadband), with $2.4 billion for BIP projects and $1.6 billion for BTOP projects. See pages 23-25 of the NOFA for the allocation of funds within BTOP and BIP. The application deadline for these funds is August 14, 2009, but applications can be filed as soon as July 14, 2009. The application form will be available on July 7th at this link:http://broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov/download_app.htm
In addition, NITA and RUS have announced workshops on these grant programs during July at locations across the country. The first workshop is set for July 7th in the Washington, DC area. A list of the workshops, dates and registration information can be found at this link: https://www.badgeguys.com/reg/2009/julyworkshops2009/register.aspx
In the meantime, we'd encourage you to review the NOFA and we will post links to analysis and resources as they become available.
BTW, if you haven't filled out our broadband survey, here's the link. Your information will help NPM inform policy and decision makers about broadband usage among Native people; 177 people from 56 Tribes have already filled it out. We'd like to reach as many Native Americans as possible by August 15th, 2009. Thank you for participating. To learn more and to fill out the survey....
Spectrum Issues in Indian Country
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Meeting Indian Country’s Communications Needs Native Public Media and Colorado Law School Address Spectrum Issues in Indian Country Native Public Media and the University of Colorado School of Law’s Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic propose changes in federal spectrum policy to address the needs of Native Americans in a new Paper entitled Spectrum Access in Indian Country. “Spectrum, like land and water, is a finite resource that is vital and critical to the nation-building efforts of Indian Tribes,” says Loris Taylor (Hopi), Executive Director of Native Public Media. “Ubiquitous broadband access is essential to communications, health care, education, political engagement and economic stimulation on tribal homelands. In an increasingly digitalized world, we cannot afford to live without it.” |
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