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Report Spotlights Deplorable State of Broadband in Indian Country

Published by Falmouth Institute
December 1, 2009

American Indian ReportBroadband penetration in Indian Country is estimated at less than 10 percent, according to a report by Native Public Media and the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative.

The report, titled New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country: Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses and released on Nov. 19, includes a survey of Native American technology use normed against other national surveys as well as case studies of six successful projects, efforts to close the digital divide on tribal lands.

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White House Tribal Leaders Summit November 5th in Washington, D.C.

President Obama - Meets with Tribal Leaders 11-5-09 November 5, 2009

President Obama will meet with tribal leaders in Washington, D.C. November 5th, 2009. President Obama committed to an annual meeting with tribal leaders during his 2008 campaign. Each federally recognized tribe was invited to send one representative to the conference, which is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. eastern time.

 

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When We Experience Freedom

When We Experience Freedom
An Interview with Loris Ann Taylor by Jenny Toomey
 
Loris Ann Taylor & Jenny Toomey
Published: Fall 2007
 

Changing media policy has affected and will continue to shape how art is made and distributed, whose voices are heard, and who has access to those voices. To take an angle on this multifaceted subject, we invited two articulate media experts into a conversation about their work—work that has profound implications for artists and for social justice activists. Jenny Toomey, executive director of the Future of Music Coalition, interviews Loris Taylor, executive director of Native Public Media. They envision realignments that can extend freedom and self-determination to groups that traditionally have been left out of media.

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Native public media expands network services

By Staff reports
Story Published: Dec 1, 2008
Indian Country Today

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Native Public Media announced Nov. 20 the expansion of its network services program naming Peggy Berryhill, Muscogee Creek, to a new position, director of media architecture and services, and Camille Lacapa, Hopi-Tewa, to network services manager according to Loris Ann Taylor, executive director.

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Why Spectrum Matters for Native Americans
Submitted by Loris Ann Taylor
Tags: Infrastructure, Native American, Policy

lorisIn a modern society, it is difficult to comprehend life anymore without access to spectrum based opportunities. Broadband has changed that. For Native America, spectrum based policy is no longer just about hardware (infrastructure) and connectivity, it is about a transforming technology that is driving radically new innovations and changing the way we live.

Today, medicine, government, education, and business have been transformed by voice, video and data. New services are reaching not only more people but across communities ranging from small tribal villages to large urban metropolitan centers, from our youth to our elders, and across different economic populations from the poor to the rich. Affordable access to spectrum based opportunities has opened doors to new economic activity, educational opportunities, telemedicine, government services and personal interaction with new virtual communities around the globe.

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Ethnic Media Answer Obama's Call for 'Remaking America'

New America Media, News Feature, NAM Editors, Posted: Jan 20, 2009

Editor's Note: In his inaugural speech, Pres. Barack Obama gave a sober but optimistic account of the challenges facing the United States as he takes office as the 44th president. He declared, "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking America." NAM editors asked ethnic media journalists around the country about their views of Obama’s speech and his call to “remake America.”

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