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My "newest" venture
First Nations Cafe'
My Web Galleries
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An Exceptional Sunset at
Imperial Beach
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My 2002 Christmas in
San Diego w/ my kids from the Navajo Reservation
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My "first"
time to surf, ever!
Article
in "Indian Voices" in San Diego, CA
Creating a Media
Technology Center in Imperial Beach, CA in only 45 DAYS!
My Native Digital Divide:
contains a summary of my work on the
Native Digital Divide, as well as links
to newspaper articles and magazine publications about it during the year, 2000.
Creating
the Pathway to a Statewide Wireless Tribal Broadband Network
Wireless Research in and around Indian Country is at its high point. Wireless has
always been a viable option, but has had limited applications in the past. Today, there
are high-speed wireless options backbones, high-speed access options, and community-wide
node methods being explored, researched and tested, that provide broadband Internet
solutions to remote areas of the country.
American Indians try to bridge 'digital divide'
Indian Country Today (Nov 1, 2000)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - These days at small community gatherings and large-scale pow wows
someone brings it up. In American Indian conferences it usually becomes a topic of
conversation. Tribal councils and politicians keep warning Indian country about it.
Indians seek on-ramp
to information highway
The Denver Post (Oct. 16, 2000) The
American Indian Higher Education Consortium, Whitehouse' Tribal College Initiative, and
American Indian College Fund, joined private companies and federal officials,
educators, American Indian leaders and other stakeholders in finding ways to help tribal
colleges acquire state-of the-art information technology.
Havasupai Tribe, at the bottom of the Grand
Canyon, gets thier "first" Internet connection
Grand Canyon, Arizona
(Sept. 8, 2000) - Pictures and historic e-mail from the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
A Strong but Sensitive Computing Initiative for Native American
Communities
PROJECT LEADER: Evans Craig, UNM
As Internet technology has permeated nearly every aspect of
everyday life, the "Digital Divide" separating citizens into "haves"
and "have-nots" has become a hot topic of discussion and policymaking.
Statistically, Native Americans are technological have-nots, as Internet access is
uncommon--if not impossible--on reservation lands where telephones are sometimes rare, and
few Native Americans pursue careers as computer scientists or technologists. An impulse,
then, is to "fix" this situation by bringing universal access to all Native
Americans. However, cultural issues affect the number of tribal people who wish to pursue
education and careers in the field. Other factors, including the rural nature of
reservation lands and the structure of the Tribal Colleges system, limit the opportunities
available to Native Americans. Increasing the inclusion of Native Americans in computer
science, then, requires a program that addresses both cultural and technological issues
"Research
Foundations on Successful Participation of Underrepresented Minorities in Information
Technology" : a Final Report from a Cyberconference
Evans Craig, the EOT Manager from AHPCC participated in compiling a Final Report (Word or PDF &/or
an Executive
Summary) from the virtual workshop addressing research foundations to increase
participation of underrepresented minorities in IT, 1999.
In the News
President Clinton made a return
trip to New Mexico for his third New Markets Tour – From
Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity. The president's visit was on April 17th in
Shiprock, NM. Mr.Clinton focused on the digital divide among minority and
non-minority communities.
National Public Radio RealAudio Stream on the Digital Divide and
Shiprock, NM |
