Why the ‘digital divide’ persists within Indigenous communities

Billions have gone to connecting rural tribal lands with reliable online access, but complicated infrastructure and longstanding skepticism slow the connection.

In 2020, amid a global pandemic that highlighted a staggering digital divide among Americans, the federal government pledged to do something.

Its solution? Some promising tech subsidies and a wave of funding for internet access initiatives, specifically high speed broadband. This money included the …