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Connecting for the Future:
Issues in Tribal Telecommunications and Information Technology
More than 50 people attended
"Connecting for the Future: Issues in Tribal Telecommunications
and Information Technology," a breakout session held during
NCAI's 59th Annual Session in San Diego, Calfornia. This four-hour
interactive forum, which was spread over two days, provided the
opportunity to learn directly from tribes and their project partners
about successful community-based efforts to deploy basic and advanced
telecommunications and information technology within their communities.
The first session, held Tuesday, November 12, was
moderated by Joseph
Brown Thunder, principal and founder of Nativeres.
Topics covered included Community-Based Telecommunications
and Information Technology Planning and Improving
Phone Subscribership.
The second session, held Wednesday, November 13,
was moderated by Geoffrey
Blackwell, Attorney Advisor and Liaison to Tribal Governments
for the Federal Communications
Commission in the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau.
Topics covered included Creating Tribal Telco's
and Building Successful Partnerships.
In addition to facilitating the panels, Mr. Blackwell
provided attendees with materials outlining the FCC's Indian Country
activities and was available during both breakout sessions to answer
participant questions. You can download the FCC brochures here:
Community-Based
Telecommunications and Information Technology Planning (Back
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Madonna Peltier Yawakie, President and CEO, Turtle
Island Communications, Inc.
Cheryl Johnson, Tribal Telephone Outreach Coordinator,
Affiliated
Tribes of Northwest Indians Economic Development Corp.
Improving Phone Subscribership (Back
to Top)
Pamela Gallant, Director of Low-Income Programs, Universal
Service Administrative Company
Tracey Rascon, Tribal Telephone Outreach Coordinator,
Affiliated
Tribes of Northwest Indians Economic Development Corp.
Robin Fohrenkam, Chairman of the Board, Gila
River Telecommunications, Inc.
Creating Tribal Teleco's (Back
to Top)
J.D. Williams, General Manager, Cheyenne
River Telephone Authority
Belinda Nelson, General Manager, Gila
River Telecommunications, Inc.
Building Successful Partnerships
(Back to Top)
Craig Campbell and Randy Ross, American
Distance Education Consortium
John McCoy, Governmental Affairs Director, Tulalip
Tribes
Dwight Lomayesva, Southern
California Tribal Chairman's Association
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