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6 Indigenous Peoples' J. L. Culture & Resistance 93 (2020)
Broadband Internet Access: A Solution to Tribal Economic Development Challenges

handle is hein.journals/indipeor6 and id is 94 raw text is: BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS:
A Solution to Tribal Economic
Development Challenges
Darrah Blackwater*
Table of Contents
I.   BASIC BROADBAND BACKGROUND ........................... 94
A. What is Broadband?.................................. 94
B. Relevant Types of Broadband .......................... 95
C. Other Definitions and Abbreviations .................... 96
II.  INTRODUCTION..........................................    . 98
III.  R OADMAP. .............................................. 100
IV. CURRENT BROADBAND LEGISLATION ............................ 100
A. Legislative History of Broadband...................... 100
B. The Role of the Federal Communications Commission,
Service Providers, and Other Federal Agencies ........... 102
V.   THE PROBLEM: A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF TRIBAL CITIZENS
LACK BROADBAND ACCESS. ..................................... 104
VI. THE OBSTACLES. ............................................... 106
* Darrah Blackwater is a graduate of the James E. Rogers College of Law at the
University of Arizona, which lies on the homelands of the homelands of the Tohono
O'odham Nation and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. She is a citizen of the Navajo Nation
and studies Indigenous and telecommunications law. She is from Farmington, New
Mexico. The author gives the following acknowledgement:
I owe many thanks to those who helped this Comment come to life. I ap-
preciate the hard work that this Journal's staff has put into editing this Com-
ment. Thanks to Mariel Triggs, Debra Socia, Matt Rantanen, and Geoffrey
Blackwell for sharing your knowledge and expertise repeatedly until I could
fully digest it. Many thanks to Professors Andrew Woods and Torivio Fod-
der for reviewing pieces contributing to and born from this Comment. Most
of all, thanks to Professor Rebecca Tsosie for mentoring me through the
publishing process and believing in me.
© 2020 Darrah Blackwater. All rights reserved.
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