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OCR Page 1 of 74[email protected]
12/08/99 01:00:46 PM
Record Type:
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To:
Mary L. Smith/OPD/EOP
CC:
[email protected]
Subject: REVISED draft of DOC native american initiatives
Economic Development Administration (EDA):
To ensure that Native American communities have sufficient funds available
for economic development and future economic prosperity, we are appealing for
$37 million in new money for a Native American Technology Development
Program. These funds will allow EDA to fund technology-based economic
development programs that are needed to stimulate the growth of modern
communication facilities, high-tech business incubators, distance
learning/skill training facilities and to otherwise support
globally-competitive Native American communities.
A recent EDA study on the technology needs of Native communities found that
only 39 percent of rural Native households have telephones compared to 94
percent of nonNative rural communities; only 22 percent have cable
television, 9 percent have personal computers, and of those, only 8 percent
have Internet access; and only 17 percent of the tribes studied had a
technology infrastructure plan.
Besides working with Tribal government utility authorities and, where
appropriate, cooperating public utilities, EDA would work with Native
American community organizations to help create skill development centers - a
particular problem on Native American reservations.
Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI):
This initiative is especially important to addressing the unique needs of the
31 Tribal Colleges and Universities, which serve not only as degree-giving
institutions, but also as centers for continuing adult education, community
economic development and business incubation. Increased funding will enable
the Department to fully support the work of the White House Initiative on
Tribal Colleges & Universities by focusing on two of its four priorities: 1)
increase the number of Indian students and professionals in science and
technology careers, and 2) attract innovative business development programs
into those communities served by the Tribal Colleges and Universities. In
order to accomplish these goals, the Department will continue to work in
partnership with two major organizations serving Tribal Colleges and
Universities, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) and
the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC).
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