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On this episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, Christopher Mitchell is joined by Matthew Rantanen, Director of Technology for the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association along with Maren Machles, ILSR Senior Researcher and Multimedia Producer to talk about the first iteration of the Tribal Wireless Bootcamp, which took place from June 30 through July 4.
The Bootcamp, which was made possible with a grant from the Internet Society, was aimed at sharing skills and experiences with tribes that are at differing stages of deploying networks from the recently dispersed 2.5 GHz spectrum licenses by the FCC. The goal was to walk away with knowledge, a network of cohorts and support, along with ideas about how to further build sustainable, resilient networks back in their communities.
The group discusses the Bootcamp’s inception, only months prior and the meaningful lessons and solutions that many attendees were able to walk away with. The tribes and tribal networks that attended and/or participated were Acorn Wireless (Hoopa Valley Tribe), Kawaika Hanu Internet (Pueblo of Laguna), Nation of Hawaii, Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, and the Yurok Connect Internet (Yurok Tribe). The bootcamp was sponsored by the Internet Society with support from ILSR, American Indian Policy Institute, TreeTop Networks, Althea Networks, The Point, X-Lab, MoHuman, ISOC DC Chapter, TDVNet, MRR Design, and Triforce Strategies.
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