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‘A better tomorrow’: Blackfeet, CSKT receive $74.8M for internet infrastructure
October 12, 2022 /
Dozens of people crowded into the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council chambers for an announcement regarding what the vice-chairman said would mark a “whole new beginning for our people.”
Margaret Gutierrez, acting deputy chief of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, revealed that the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and Blackfeet Nation would receive a total of $74.8 million for high-speed internet service, which will be available to users for little to no cost.
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