Today the FCC announced plans to expand high-speed internet to 455,334 homes in the United States. To do this the FCC will spend $4.9 billion as it helps cover the cost of the roll-out of high-speed internet.
“With this commitment to broadband on Tribal lands over the next decade, carriers get the predictable support they need to close a digital divide that, for too long, has disproportionately separated Native Americans from digital opportunity,” said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. “And taxpayers, who fund this support through a fee on their phone bills, are getting more bang for their buck through this efficient, accountable program.”
According to the FCC, this money will come from the Universal Service Fund. The Universal Service Fund is a system of subsidies intended to promote access to phone services in underserved areas in the US. Now it is being used to promote internet services in rural America.
This is only the start of the FCC plans to push rural internet. According to the FCC, they will continue to push for the rollout of high-speed internet to more than 20 million Americans.
Part of this push will bring high-speed internet to 44,243 homes and businesses on Tribal Lands nationwide. Here are the Tribal Lands that will be getting funds from the FCC:
| STATE | Tribe / Reservation | Total Locations |
| Arizona | Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Reservation | 2 |
| Arizona | Navajo Nation Off-Reservation Trust Land | 7 |
| Arizona | Navajo Nation Reservation | 1,477 |
| Arizona | Salt River Reservation | 627 |
| Arizona | Tohono O’odham Nation Reservation | 3,123 |
| Arizona Totals | 5,236 | |
| Maine | Passamaquoddy Trust Land | 47 |
| Maine Totals | 47 | |
| Michigan | L’Anse Off-Reservation Trust Land | 5 |
| Michigan | L’Anse Reservation | 386 |
| Michigan Totals | 391 | |
| Minnesota | Leech Lake Reservation | 2,913 |
| Minnesota | Minnesota Chippewa Trust Land | 1 |
| Minnesota | Red Lake Reservation | 1,932 |
| Minnesota | White Earth Off-Reservation Trust Land | 7 |
| Minnesota | White Earth Reservation | 745 |
| Minnesota Totals | 5,598 | |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Choctaw Off-Reservation Trust Land | 1 |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Choctaw Reservation | 155 |
| Mississippi Totals | 156 | |
| Montana | Blackfeet Indian Reservation | 185 |
| Montana | Crow Off-Reservation Trust Land | 3 |
| Montana | Crow Reservation | 1,287 |
| Montana | Fort Peck Indian Reservation | 3,247 |
| Montana | Turtle Mountain Off-Reservation Trust Land | 8 |
| Montana Totals | 4,730 | |
| North Dakota | Lake Traverse Reservation | 90 |
| North Dakota | Spirit Lake Reservation | 1,427 |
| North Dakota | Turtle Mountain Off-Reservation Trust Land | 722 |
| North Dakota | Turtle Mountain Reservation | 1,691 |
| North Dakota Totals | 3,930 | |
| Nebraska | Omaha Reservation | 57 |
| Nebraska Totals | 57 | |
| Oklahoma | Caddo-Wichita-Delaware OTSA | 2,377 |
| Oklahoma | Cherokee OTSA | 1,560 |
| Oklahoma | Cheyenne-Arapaho OTSA | 157 |
| Oklahoma | Chickasaw OTSA | 1,550 |
| Oklahoma | Choctaw OTSA | 2,596 |
| Oklahoma | Creek OTSA | 1,530 |
| Oklahoma | Kiowa-Comanche-Apache-Fort Sill Apache OTSA | 789 |
| Oklahoma Totals | 10,559 | |
| South Dakota | Cheyenne River Reservation | 41 |
| South Dakota | Crow Creek Reservation | 705 |
| South Dakota | Lake Traverse Reservation | 2,964 |
| South Dakota | Lower Brule Reservation | 284 |
| South Dakota | Pine Ridge Reservation | 4,805 |
| South Dakota | Rosebud Indian Reservation | 2,812 |
| South Dakota | Rosebud Off-Reservation Trust Land | 467 |
| South Dakota | Standing Rock Reservation | 111 |
| South Dakota | Yankton Reservation | 317 |
| South Dakota Totals | 12,506 | |
| Utah | Goshute Reservation | 58 |
| Utah | Uintah and Ouray Reservation | 27 |
| Utah Totals | 85 | |
| Wisconsin | Ho-Chunk Nation Off-Reservation Trust Land | 7 |
| Wisconsin | Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation | 633 |
| Wisconsin Totals | 640 | |
| Wyoming | Wind River Reservation | 308 |
| Wyoming Totals | 308 | |
| Tribal Totals | 44,243 |
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