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Midwest Region (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan)

April 30, 2024
Envisioning an Equitable, Inclusive, Connected America

TBCP Award

The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin began the environmental review work for its $25.6 million broadband infrastructure deployment project. When complete, the project will directly connect more than 2,300 unserved Tribal households and 19 community anchor institutions. The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians also held a public unveiling of its Tribal-owned Internet Service Provider (ISP), Eighth Fire Communications.

The Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin (the Tribe), completed their Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) grant activities, which include providing reliable Internet to the Tribe’s large solar arrays. This allows the Tribe to collect data from their solar power in real time, supporting the Tribe’s economic and workforce development capacity in addition to improving the Tribe’s resilience through increased telework capabilities.

Events

TBCP staff assisted in the coordination of Michigan’s Tribal consultations, in Lansing, between the state and the Tribal governments that share continuous borders to ensure Tribal priorities are heard by the state’s broadband office.

$94 million

23 awards totaling more than $94 million

12,000 Tribal Homes

These awards will connect more than 12,000 Tribal homes.

100 Tribal Community Anchor Institutions

These awards will connect more than 100 Tribal community anchor institutions.

TBCP Awards will benefit the following Tribal governments in this region:
Sokaogon Chippewa
Community, Wisconsin		Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan		Oneida Indian NationRed Cliff Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin		Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota
(Six Component reservations:
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake);
Fond du Lac Band;
Grand Portage Band;
Leech Lake Band;
Mille Lacs Band;
White Earth Band)		St. Croix Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin		Lac Courte Oreilles Band
of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin
White Earth Band
of Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe		Lac du Flambeau Band
of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of
the Lac du Flambeau
Reservation of Wisconsin		Match-E-Be-Nash-
She-Wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians
of Michigan		Nottawaseppi
Huron Band
of the Potawatomi		Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin		Grand Traverse Band
of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan		Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
of Chippewa Indians, Michigan
Bad River Band
of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians
of Michigan		Menominee Indian Tribe
of Wisconsin		Stockbridge
Munsee Community,
Wisconsin		Lower Sioux 
Indian Community in
the State of Minnesota		Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan		Sac and Fox Tribe of
the Mississippi in Iowa		Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Michigan
 
Topics
ACCESS BROADBAND Reports
Office
Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (OICG)
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