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Tribal Broadband Survey 2021

The New Mexico Indian Affairs Department (NM IAD) is working with the New Mexico Broadband Collective to better understand current efforts by Pueblos, Tribes, and Nations in New Mexico to improve broadband access and identify how we and other entities can provide more support. We know that you may have recently completed another broadband survey by NM IAD. We made sure that this survey does not duplicate the previous survey questions. We appreciate your willingness to share this additional information.
1.Please enter your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation contact details.
2.Is the development and implementation of Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation-wide broadband solution a priority for your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation’s leadership?
3.Please share the name and email address of the person your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation has designated to coordinate your efforts to implement broadband solutions:
4.Does your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation have a formal committee or coalition working on broadband initiatives?
5.If you answered yes to Question 4, does your committee or coalition have a web page or social media page to share info or progress updates? If so, please list any web or social media pages with web addresses:
6.Is your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation working with counties and/or cities/towns/villages/municipalities in your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation that are developing or implementing broadband solutions?
7.If you answered yes to Question 6, can you share which counties and/or cities/towns/villages/municipalities you’re working with and the name and email addresses of your points of contact for their broadband efforts:
8.Is your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation working with any electric co-operatives that are developing or implementing broadband solutions?
9.If you answered yes to Question 8, can you share which electric co-operatives you’re working with and the name and email addresses of your points of contact for their broadband efforts:
10.Which broadband meetings are representatives from your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation currently attending?
11.Has your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation developed any of the following tools to support broadband? (Check all that apply and identify the release date, if known)
12.Has your Pueblo, Tribe or Nation hired a broadband consultant to help expand your broadband connectivity?
13.If you answered yes to Question 12, what is the scope of their work:
14.If you answered yes, to Question 12, who is/are your consultant(s)?
15.Does your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation have a community outreach and education initiative and “Adoption and Use” plan? (e.g., Adoption and Use plan refers to a plan for expanding home-based Internet access to all families in the community and supporting digital skills and confidence to use the Internet effectively and safely.)
16.What broadband grants/awards has your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation received?
17.What broadband grants applications does your Pueblo, Tribe or Nation have pending?
18.Does your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation plan to submit additional funding applications for broadband solution funding?
19.If not, why?
20.Are there obstacles to deploying your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation’s preferred broadband solution?
21.If yes, please list those obstacles:
22.Is your Pueblo, Tribe or Nation currently working on broadband solutions with a public sector entity (e.g. state agencies)?
23.If so, please list the name of the state agency or agencies and the nature of the project.
24.Are you aware of broadband funding available through local banks through the Community Reinvestment Act?
25.Please list the internet carriers your Pueblo, Tribe or Nation is working with and any projects you’re working on with them:
26.Please feel free to provide any other comments or concerns related to providing affordable, high-speed fiber connectivity in your Pueblo, Tribe, or Nation.