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Winds of Change: 25 Native STEM Enterprises To Watch

Winds of Change: 25 Native STEM Enterprises To Watch

When Madonna Yawakie grew up on the Turtle Mountain Reservation in northern North Dakota, phone calls were expensive. Calls to the tribal headquarters, just 14 miles away, were considered long distance. Her parents’ typical monthly phone bill was $300. When she...
Winds of Change: Telecommunications Closing the Gap

Winds of Change: Telecommunications Closing the Gap

Madonna Peltier Yawakie, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, founded Turtle Island Communications (TICOM) in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota in 2001 with the aim of offering telecommunications consulting to tribes. She was joined in the business the next year by her husband...
MNIBA: Telecommunications on Tribal Lands

MNIBA: Telecommunications on Tribal Lands

Telecommunications on Tribal Lands: Transitioning from Consumer to Regulator and Service Provider Tribal Lands and Infrastructure Infrastructure development on tribal land continues to lag behind the rest of the country. The remoteness of most reservations leads to...