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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$57,298,683

Department of Commerce·National Telecommunications and Information Administration

to SANTA FE INDIAN SCHOOL, INC.

telecomactive
ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_NT22TBC0290054_013
Award description

THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT PROJECT PROPOSES TO INSTALL FIBER CONNECTING THE 700 STUDENTS IN GRADES 7-12 FROM THE 19 PUEBLOS, NAVAJO AND APACHE TRIBES OF NEW MEXICO, ZUNI TRIBE, PUEBLO OF ACOMA, PUEBLO OF ISLETA, PUEBLO OF JEMEZ, PUEBLO OF SANTO DOMINGO, AND THE PUEBLO OF ZIA WITH FIBER-TO-THE-HOME 1 GBPS/I GBPS SERVICE.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Deploy fiber-to-the-home broadband infrastructure serving 700 students across 19 Native American tribes and pueblos in New Mexico.

Sub-sectors
broadband-infrastructurerural-connectivitytribal-communities
Why this matters

Closes digital divide for underserved tribal communities, enabling educational access and economic opportunity in rural areas.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for fiber-optic deployment contractors, network equipment suppliers, and rural broadband infrastructure providers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. domestic broadband infrastructure resilience and reduces reliance on foreign telecom equipment in critical rural regions.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001471.

Period of performance
Start
2022-08-01
End
2027-06-30
Status
activein 412 days
Sources

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