[1st-mile-nm] FCC Chairman Wheeler Renews FCC-Native Nations Broadband Task Force

[Richard Lowenberg]

FCC Chairman Wheeler Renews FCC-Native Nations Broadband Task Force

(continuing to include NM tribal representatives.     RL)
 
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db1028/DA-14-1558A1.pdf  
 
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler named 31 members to the FCC-Native Nations Broadband Task Force, representing 20 Tribal Nations and 11 Bureaus and Offices within the FCC.
 
The Task Force, which comprises elected and appointed leaders from federally-recognized Tribal governments or governmental entities and senior staff from across the Commission, was established in March, 2011. The Task Force is responsible for, among other things, assisting in executing the Commission’s consultation policy, eliciting input from Tribal governments, ensuring that Tribal concerns are considered in all Commission proceedings related to broadband, developing additional recommendations for promoting broadband deployment and adoption on Tribal lands, and coordinating with Tribal Nations in their respective regions. It will continue to serve as the government-to-government advisory body in furtherance of nationwide Tribal consultation priorities and broadband policy efforts with respect to Tribal Nations.
 
Chairman Wheeler named the following members to the Task Force representing Tribal Nations:
 
    Honorable Brian E. Davis, Sr.: Gila River Indian Community
    Honorable Joe Garcia: Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
    Honorable Frankie D. Hargis: Cherokee Nation
    Honorable Michell A. Hicks: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
    Honorable Jefferson Keel: Chickasaw Nation
    Honorable Susan Masten: Yurok Tribe
    Honorable William M. Micklin: Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians
    Honorable Stevey Seymour: Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
    Honorable George P. Tiger: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
    Howard W. Brown: Tulalip Tribes
    Godfrey Enjady: Mescalero Apache Tribe
    Valerie Fast Horse: Coeur d’Alene Tribe
    Crystal Hottowe: Makah Tribe
    Patrick Jackson: Hoopa Valley Tribe
    Christopher O. Luter: Forest County Potawatomi Community
    Matthew R. Rantanen: Pala Band of Mission Indians
    Dustin Stark: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
    J Scott Stewart: Tanana Chiefs Conference
    Christina St Germaine: Nez Perce Tribe
    Brian Tagaban: Navajo Nation
 

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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute          www.1st-mile.org  
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505-603-5200                 rl at 1st-mile.org
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