- Case
- Nation is located on the East End of Long Island, surrounded by the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County.
- In desperate need of broadband due to COVID-19 and unable to access any resources they needed to survive
- tribal government cannot fully participate in the business of serving and protecting the Nation
- children of the Shinnecock Nation are impeded from continuing their education
- Funding/ Support
- 2021: Shinnecock Indian Nation received a federal grant of more than $9 million as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to help American Indian tribes affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Strategies for success
- Prior proper planning with funding
- created a committee to study tribal needs and to determine how best to spend federal grant
- provide ability to help build up tribal technology, governmental and emergency infrastructure
- early projects being contemplated include wider broadband connectivity on the reservation, tribal government infrastructure and security, and continued funding for assistance programs
- Pre-planning ensures that funding does not get wrongly placed within other projects without enough to finish the project and fits the required needs to all members of the tribe
- Prior proper planning with funding
Key Themes: Revenue – Economy
Issues: Resources – Business
Strategies: Building Committees – Building Infrastructure
Forms of Access: Community – Government and local offices
Reference: https://www.newsday.com/business/coronavirus/shinnecock-nation-federal-grant-1.50268355