Hello cypherpunks email list,
My new article today at the Daily Dot looks at the latest Tribal
Broadband Bootcamp taking on the digital divide that's undercutting
internet access on tribal lands. Rather than await better services from
others, tribes are building their own ISPs. The section of the article
titled "Changing the whole framework" discusses the shift in Indian
Country perspective from enforced dependency on the U.S. federal
government to home rule, to tribal digital sovereignty. Against the
backdrop of longstanding, ongoing injustices against Indigenous people,
this article discusses what improved internet access on tribal lands
might mean as the grass-touching, mutual aid-style bootcamps come to
meet the selfie-driven, AI spam-clogged dystopia of today's internet.
Here it is:
https://www.dailydot.com/news/digital-divide-indigenous-indian-country/
Douglas
