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The challenge of bringing the benefits of broadband to very small, extremely remote villages is exemplified by the experience of serving indigenous rural populations in Alaska. This requires not just access, but adoption, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Dr. Hudson describes the history of provisioning access to these areas, and suggests a strategy of integrating investments from NTIA and RUS programs as a model for promoting broadband "digital diversity" to similar populations.

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The challenge of bringing the benefits of broadband to very small, extremely remote villages is exemplified by the experience of serving indigenous rural populations in Alaska. This requires not just access, but adoption, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Dr. Hudson describes the history of provisioning access to these areas, and suggests a strategy of integrating investments from NTIA and RUS programs as a model for promoting broadband "digital diversity" to similar populations.

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This article compares funding and other broadband policies for rural and Indigenous regions in Canada and in the United States. It also includes examples of Indigenous engagement in the policy and regulatory processes in both countries. This research brings to light instances of policy diffusion between Canada and the United States, and demonstrates how Indigenous groups can contribute to more inclusive forms of telecommunications policy development. The article concludes with lessons from the Canadian and U.S. policy and regulatory experiences that could be relevant for broadband policy development in other countries with rural and Indigenous regions.

Executive summary; goals and recommendations; rural America in the global economy; state telecommunications players and policies; rural development players -- state and local initiatives; local perspectives on telecommunications and development -- four community studies; rural telecommunications and economic development in Washington state -- a case study; telecommunications and rural development -- quantitative analyses; building electronic byways -- goals and recommendations.

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Marginalized groups such as Indigenous communities and residents of remote and rural areas face daunting challenges as they attempt to influence regulatory decisionmaking. Can these under-resourced groups hope to have their voices heard in regulatory proceedings, in the face of well-funded corporate interests? Applying a participatory research method to regulatory hearings regarding telecommunications services in Canada's far north, the authors argue that they can, and identify specific strategies and tactics that they can employ when doing so.

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Marginalized groups such as Indigenous communities and residents of remote and rural areas face daunting challenges as they attempt to influence regulatory decisionmaking. Can these under-resourced groups hope to have their voices heard in regulatory proceedings, in the face of well-funded corporate interests? Applying a participatory research method to regulatory hearings regarding telecommunications services in Canada's far north, the authors argue that they can, and identify specific strategies and tactics that they can employ when doing so.

Shaping digital inclusion policy and practice to meet community-defined goals requires more than access to digital devices and connectivity; it must also enable their effective design and use in situated local settings. For the Nation of Hawai'i, a Kānaka Maoli (Hawai'ian) sovereignty organization with a land base in Pu'uhonua o Waimānalo on the island of Oahu, these activities are closely associated with broader goals of Nation-building and sovereignty. Recognizing there are many different approaches to sovereignty among diverse Kānaka Maoli, in this paper we document how the Nation of Hawai'i is conceptualizing the ongoing evolution of their community networking project. We suggest that the Pu'uhonua o Waimānalo initiative reflects one Indigenous organization's efforts to frame community networks as a means to generate a "sovereignty mindset" among members of the Nation, as well as share resources and experience among local community members and with other communities in Hawai'i and beyond.