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1990 Census figures show that one
of every three Native Americans live in poverty - compared to one
in eight of the general U.S. population. Per capita income for Native
Americans is $8,234, compared to the U.S. average of $14,420, and
the average unemployment rate on reservations is 14.4%, compared
to the national average of 6.35 percent. In fact, on some reservations,
between 40% and 60% of the population is unemployed. Given the disparity
between these figures and the growth of the US economy, it is imperative
that tribes have the ability to fully utilize technology to create
jobs and strong tribal economies through the development of e-commerce,
community technology centers, workforce training and certification
programs, telecommuting arrangements, and tribal "information
parks."
2002
2001 Archives
2002
- Calif.
Tribe Launches Wireless Venture, Indianz.com, 12/5/02
- Native
Corporations Withdraw FCC Bids, Indianz.com, 12/05/02
- Seneca
Company Appeals for Reservation Cell Service, The Boston
Globe, 12/02/02
- Mohegans
Join With EL Firm To Form Info Tech Company, The Day, 11/19/02
- Court
Hears FCC Auction Dispute, Indianz.com, 10/09/02 - Contains
Links to Source Documents
- FCC To Return Millions To Native Partnerships, Fairbanks Daily
News-Miner, 4/4/02
- Native
Wireless Company Seeks $550 Million Refund From FCC, Associated
Press, 1/11/02
2001 Archives
- Agreement
Would Let Alaska Native Wireless Keep Frequencies, Associated
Press, 12/12/01
- Native
Americans Stake a High-Tech Claim, Business Week, 11/26/01
- Outsourced
in America, CIO Magazine, 10/1/01
- Homegrown
Talent, CIO Magazine, 10/1/01
- IT
Nation, CIO Magazine, 10/1/01
- Two Villages Form High-Tech Information Firm, Fairbanks Daily
News-Miner, 9/10/01
- Technology Connects Aleutian Islands To Mortgage Grid, Indian
Country Today, 8/13/01
- Wyandotte
Company Awarded $100M Contract, Indianz.com, 8/17/01
- Broadband Wireless International Corporation Executes Native
American Joint Venture Agreement, Yahoo News, 7/27/01
- Government Urged To Settle Auction, Anchorage Daily News,
7/26/01
- Few Minority Firms Use E-Commerce, LA Times, 7/19/01
- Native Firms' Venture Into Wireless In Doubt: Ruling Appeals
Court Finds Spectrum Licenses Were Wrongly Auctioned, Anchorage
Daily News, 6/29/01
- Pathfinder
Aids Indian Country Entrepreneurs With Technology, Indian
Country Today, 6/13/01
- Mescalero
Apache Tribe Takes Over Telecommunications Company, Associated
Press, 3/29/01
- Native
American Net Play - On a Reservation South of Phoenix, One Woman
Heads a Small Tribal Telco Struggling To Compete In the Internet
Economy, The Industry Standard, 11/13/00
- Alaska Native Venture Is a Big Winner: Corporate Allies Win
Federal Airwave Licenses In 43 Markets, Anchorage Daily News,
1/27/01
- Tribe To Enter Telecommunications Business, Associated Press,
1/8/00
- Winnebago
Expand On Web, Indianz.com, 7/17/00
- Tulalips
Training Selves To Get Wired, Seattle Times, 6/23/00
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