PINE RIDGE - “With the availability of broadband monies, the tribe has decided to put together their own high speed internet program for Pine Ridge Reservation,” said Kim Claussen in response to the on again, off again dance with Golden West and their ‘Fiber to the home’ program, “we received a million grant from NTIA and have applied to Reconnect for a million grant; we are also submitting a million dollar proposal to build a central program office in Pine Ridge and data centers in Red Shirt and Kyle.” During the tribal council’s April regular meeting on...

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