GUEST OPINION. In rural northeast Oklahoma, the heart of the Cherokee Nation, a transformation is underway. The tribe has launched an $80 million project to build 15 new cell towers to fill gaps in broadband access across the 7,000-square-mile Cherok.
Native nations historically have lagged in access to high-speed internet. Now some, including tribes in California, are taking the matter into their own hands by building their own networks to provide high-speed internet.
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Some Native nations, such as the Hopi in Arizona, are building their own networks to provide high-speed internet and tapping into a recent increase in state and federal funding to