Awarded Grants

COVID-19 Response

COVID-19 Response

The purpose is to provide broadband to the people of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Tribal government, Oklahoma citizens and businesses. Tribal citizens will benefit from access to knowledge, education, healthcare, job opportunities and government services. E-Business opportunities will encourage economic development for businesses in the Tribe’s service area.

The O’yo’p’ On Wheels Program will create a part time position to service 8 outlying communities on the Blackfeet Reservation with regular scheduled food deliveries. We will utilize our existing client data-base to reach families in these communities. A consistent delivery schedule will increase participation in our overall food program

MBCI intends to better utilize our existing fiber-optic infrastructure and gain control of all available 2.5 GHz spectrum to increase access to broadband in all 8 tribal communities to allow first responders, essential government employees, health care providers, and students to be able to function despite COVID19 quarantine policies.

Food systems resources currently exist on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, but a collaborative and structured community project to leverage these resources and pursue market opportunities does not currently exist. We will establish a community-wide food systems project to leverage existing resources and reduce economic leakage from the current system.

Nez Perce Tribe has been highly successful in bringing broadband to the Reservation as a utility service thought he Tribal Government. The 2.5 GHz opportunity gives us the ability to provide increased bandwidth that wouldn't otherwise be available in our current fixed wireless infrastructure.

The project will support tribal efforts to claim and control broadband spectrum assets and to offer wireless broadband access for our community further building on fiber optic broadband initiative

This project will increase local access to fresh, healthy foods, including traditional Swinomish foods by creating and retaining Swinomish food programming and markets. It will utilize and leverage existing social and natural assets for education, marketing, and outreach of these foods and associated physical and cultural health benefits.

This project will leverage partnerships with Tribal farmers and fisherman and Tribal members to increase access to and control of their food system, create economic opportunities for producers/fisherman, improve health outcomes, and create a model for Washington Tribes to increase access to traditional and culturally significant foods.