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Capacity Building

Where Are They Now? With Dr. Colin Ben, Cohort 1

  /  Kristen Talbert

The American Indian Policy Institute’s Indigenous Leadership Academy (ILA) is currently running its second cohort! Sign up here to follow along and…

ILA  Leadership  NDNLed  Indian Country

Analysis

Where are they now? With Mikah Carlos, ILA Cohort 1

  /  Kristen Talbert

The American Indian Policy Institute’s Indigenous Leadership Academy (ILA) is currently running its second cohort! Sign up here to follow along and…

Governance  ILA  Leadership  NDNLed  Sovereignty

Indian Country Summary of Responses to Oklahoma v. Castro

  /  Sadie Vermillion

On June 29, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) delivered a decision that reverberated throughout all of Indian Country. In the…

Governance  Legislation  Sovereignty  Indian Country

Capacity Building

We Were Here First: Indigenous Leadership Guidance from Geoff Blackwell

  /  Sadie Vermillion

On the winter evening of February 25, 2022, Indigenous leaders from throughout Arizona sat down in front of their devices to commence module five of…

ILA  Leadership  NDNLed  Indian Country

FCC Adopts Final Rule for the Affordable Connectivity Program

  /  Sadie Vermillion

On January 21, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopting the…

Broadband  Digital Divide  Indian Country

The FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program

  /  EJ John

Program OverviewThe Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB) is now the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The ACP replaced the EBB on December…

Broadband  Legislation  Digital Divide  Indian Country

Capacity Building

ILA: Mentorship Matters

  /  Kristen Talbert

The Indigenous Leadership Academy (ILA)  is excited to announce the hiring of Dr. Denise Bates, PhD as the ILA Curriculum Writer! You can read…

ILA  Leadership  NDNLed  Resilience  Indian Country

A Weekend at Tribal Wireless Bootcamp

  /  H. Trostle

   Image Credit: Christopher Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, for the…

Broadband  Digital Divide  Indian Country

AIPI Responds to the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative

  /  Emily McDonnell

This week AIPI staff attended NCAI’s 2021 Mid Year Conference, where Secretary Deb Haaland announced the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.…

Boarding Schools