All Indian Pueblo Council, Inc. presents:
Pueblo Nations
Statewide Technology Assessment Plan

April, 2001
By:
Internet
Technology Service, LLC
http://www.InternetTechnologyService.net
Evans Craig, Internet Technology Consultant
evans@evanscraig.com
The Philosophy of The All Indian Pueblo Council is:
To promote
justice and encourage the common welfare, to foster the social and economic
advancement of all the Pueblo Indians, and to preserve and protect our common
interest.
The Philosophy of Internet Technology Service is:
To provide
& become a one-stop Internet Solution Provider for Tribes, Native American
organizations and businesses to include online marketing and online business
solutions to help sustainability and promote Tribal Sovereignty.
The Philosophy of The Pueblo Nations Project is:
To engage
in a 12-month project designed to expand economic opportunities for New
Mexico's 19 Pueblos by accessing world-wide Internet markets.
Rachel Lopez, EDA Program Coordinator of All Indian Pueblo Council, requested a State-wide Community-based Tribal Technology Assessment. The New Mexico Native American Business Development Center spearheaded the effort to have an Internet Technology Consultant, Evans Craig of Internet Technology Service, LLC to be interviewed to conduct the Statewide Technology Assessment. The initial visit laid out the Technology Assessment process for the 19 Pueblo Tribes in three phases over twelve months:
Phase 1 Onsite Assessments (Week One - Fourteen) - A statewide 19 Pueblo on-site visits on April to August, 2001 will be used to assess the community resources available.
Phase 2 Technology Assessment Compilations (Week Four - Eighteen) - A system-wide technology assessment compilation on May to September, 2001 will be used to satisfy initial technology & educational grant opportunities to pool the resources of approximately 19 Pueblo Tribal Communities and the All Indian Pueblo Council in the State of New Mexico and plan a "Statewide Tribal Broadband network."
Phase 3 Collaborative Website (Week Four - Twenty) - A Collaborative Website on May to October, 2001 that connects 19 separate Pueblo websites utilizing a "Tribal Cooperative Store" model and an "Online Economic Development" model to create the community-based hubs for an "Online Pueblo e-Commerce" website.
For complimentary research, see "Wireless/Satellite Internet Access Connection & Community-wide Node Models - Creating the Pathway to a Statewide Wireless Tribal Broadband Network" at http://www.eot.ahpcc.unm.edu/Community/StatewideWirelessTribalBroadbandNetwork2.html
The All Indian Pueblo
Council consists of nineteen separate Pueblo's:
Governor: Cyrus J. Chino,
Tribal Office: (505) 552-6604, Fax
(505) 552-7204
MIS Contact: Rosemary Nieto,
552-6659 or 9874
Location: 52 miles west of
Albuquerque on I-40. Take exit 108, then south 12 miles on CR 12A.
Governor: Regis Pecos
Tribal Office: (505) 465-0234, Fax (505) 465-1135
MIS Contact: Lee Suina
Location: 33 miles north of
Albuquerque on I-25. Take exit 259, then north 14 miles on NM 22
Governor: Alvino Lucero
Tribal Office: (505) 869-3111, Fax (505) 869-4236
MIS Contact: Terry Honeycut
Location: 12 miles south of
Albuquerque on I-25. Take exit 213, then south 2 miles on NM 314 to the
junction with NM 147, 1 mile south on NM 147.
Governor: Joe V. Cajero
Tribal Office: (505) 834-7359, Fax (505) 834-7331
MIS Contact: Vincent Toya
Location: 16 miles north of
Albuquerque on I-25. Take exit 242, then northwest 25 miles on NM 44, junction
with NM 4 at San Ysidro, 4 miles northeast on NM 4.
Governor: Harry Early
Tribal Office: (505) 552-6654, Fax (505) 552-6941
MIS Contact: Sherry Kye
Location: 46 miles west of
Albuquerque on I-40. Take exit 114, then west 1 mile on NM 124.
Governor: David A. Perez
Tribal Office: (505) 455-2036, Fax (505) 455-2038
MIS Contact:
Location: From Albuquerque, take
I-25 north to Santa Fe, 84/285 north of Santa Fe 16 miles, junction with NM 503
north of Pojoaque, east 2 miles on NM 503.
Governor: Clarence Chile
Tribal Office: (505) 587-2519, Fax (505) 587-1071
MIS Contact:
Location: From Albuquerque, take
I-25 north to Santa Fe, 84/285 north of Santa Fe 24.3 miles, junction with NM
68 in Española, 20 miles north on NM 68, junction with NM 75 in the vicinity of
Dixon, 13 miles east on NM 75.
Governor: Jacob Viarrial
Tribal Office: (505) 455-2054, Fax (505) 455-2950
MIS Contact:
Location: From Albuquerque, take
I-25 north to Santa Fe, 84/285 north of Santa Fe 15 miles.
Governor: Stuwart Paisano
Tribal Office: (505) 867-3317, Fax (505) 867-9235
MIS Contact: Ken Hargis
Location: 8 miles north of
Albuquerque on I-25. Take exit 234, then northwest 2 miles on NM 556 to the
junction with 313, north 3 miles on 313.
Governor: Perry Martinez
Tribal Office: (505) 455-2273, Fax (505) 455-7351
MIS Contact:
Location: From Albuquerque, take
I-25 north to Santa Fe, 84/285 north of Santa Fe 15 miles, junction with NM 502
in Pojoaque, 6 miles west on NM 502.
Governor: Lawrence Trancosa
Tribal Office: (505) 867-3381, Fax (505) 867-3383
MIS Contact:
Location: 26 miles north of
Albuquerque on I-25. Take exit 252, then north 2 miles on local road.
Governor: Wilfred Garcia
Tribal Office: (505) 852-4400, Fax (505) 852-4820
MIS Contact:
Location: From Albuquerque, take
I-25 north to Santa Fe, 84/285 north of Santa Fe 24.3 miles, junction with NM
68 in Española, 4 miles north on NM 68, junction with NM 74, 1 mile west on NM
74.
Governor: Bruce Sanchez
Tribal Office: (505) 867-3301, Fax (505) 867-3395
MIS Contact:
Location: 16 miles north of
Albuquerque on I-25. Take exit 242, then northwest 10 miles on NM 44.
Governor: Denny Guiterrez
Tribal Office: (505) 753-7330, Fax (505) 753-8988
MIS Contact:
Location: From Albuquerque, take
I-25 north to Santa Fe, 84/285 north of Santa Fe 24 miles, junction with NM 201
in Española, 1 mile southwest on NM 30.
Governor: Ramon C. Garcia
Tribal Office: (505) 465-2214, Fax (505) 465-2688
MIS Contact:
Location: 33 miles north of
Albuquerque on I-25. Take exit 259, then north 4 miles on NM 22, and west 1
mile on local road.
Governor: Nelson J. Cordova
Tribal Office: (505) 758-9593, Fax (505) 758-4604
MIS Contact:
Location: From Albuquerque, take
I-25 north to Santa Fe, 84/285 north of Santa Fe 24.3 miles, junction with NM
68 in Española, 48 miles north on NM 68 to junction with US 64 in Taos, 1 mile
north on US 64.
Governor: Charlie Dorame
Tribal Office: (505) 983-2667, Fax (505) 983-2331
MIS Contact:
Location: From Albuquerque, take
I-25 north to Santa Fe, 84/285 north of Santa Fe 9 miles.
Governor: William Toribio
Tribal Office: (505) 867-3304, Fax (505) 867-3308
MIS Contact: Ken Lucero
Location: 16 miles north of
Albuquerque on I-25. Take exit 242, then northwest 18 miles on NM 44.
Governor: Malcolm Bowekaty
Tribal Office: (505) 782-4481, Fax (505) 782-2700
MIS Contact: Jeffery Adakai
Location: 78 miles west of
Albuquerque on I-40. Take exit 81, then south/southwest 76 miles on NM 53; OR
138 miles west of Albuquerque on I-40.Take exit 20, then south on NM 602, jct.
in 33 miles with NM 53, then 10 miles southwest on NM 53.
New
Mexico Statewide Contacts: All Indian Pueblo Council, Inc. :
Rachel Lopez, (505) 883-7360 Ext.506
Jenny Sanchez, (505) 881-1992
Southern Pueblo Council:
Flo Gutierrez, (505) 346-2424
Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council:
Bernie Teba, (505) 852-4265
Indian Health Service:
Joe Lucero, (505) 248-4610
Bureau of Indian Affairs:
John Ashley, (505) 346-7124
Internet Technology Service, LLC :
Evans Craig, (505) 247-4306
So a Statewide Assessment of the All Indian Pueblo Council Pueblos’ Systems would consist of nineteen rural Pueblos within the State of New Mexico and the All Indian Pueblo Council organization within the city of Albuquerque providing educational and business opportunities to remote Indian locations based on the following research.
Below Quoted from:
http://www.eot.ahpcc.unm.edu/Community/StatewideWirelessTribalBroadbandNetwork2.html
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Current
Research: Statewide Wireless Tribal Broadband
Network
( Oct. 2000 - Jan. 2001)
Identifying current
wireless projects affecting Indian Country and utilizing the various approaches
to create “Wireless/Satellite Internet Access Connection & Community Node
Models.” Conduct Community Technologies Assessments with the Tribes that
are/could be affected by the Wireless Access options and Wireless Community
Nodes options, as a way to access broadband (high-speed) Internet access. The
approaches will help identify various models, according to specific Tribally
defined requirements. The nodes will be able to implement EOT programs, from
both Alliance & NPACI, a way for the both groups to start collaborating and
implementing EOT programs across the groups, and is a pathway for providing
high speed Internet access to Tribal Communities.
1.
Identifying
current wireless projects affecting Indian Country and utilizing the various
approaches to create broadband (high-speed) Internet solutions.
2. Conduct Community Technologies Assessments with the identified Tribes (19 Pueblo Nations in New Mexico and the 18 Bands of Mission Indians in Southern California) that are/could be affected by the Wireless Access options and Wireless Community Nodes options, as a way to access broadband (high-speed) Internet access.
3. The resulting design & implementation of a broadband (high-speed) wireless network, consisting of a 100 Mbs duplex wireless backbone with 10 Mbs duplex throughput (two way) access points, will become the proof-of-concept to create “Wireless Grid Nodes” by utilizing a “Statewide Wireless Tribal Broadband Network.”
4. The “Wireless Access Grid Nodes” (community nodes) will be able to implement Education Outreach & Training (EOT PACI) programs, from both Alliance & NPACI, on an enabled technology for the both groups to collaborate and implement EOT PACI programs across the groups.
Creating the Pathway to a Statewide
Wireless Tribal Broadband* Network
The Albuquerque High Performance Computing Center of the University of New Mexico has been initiating work with the Pueblo Tribal Nations of New Mexico and the Bands of Mission Indians in California to be testbeds for a Statewide Wireless Tribal Broadband Network proof of concept. The AHPCC’s Education, Outreach & Training Department has been working with the Tribal Colleges over the last three years to get high-speed internet (Broadband*) technology to the 32 Tribal Colleges. (See the EOT poster - “Distributing Grid Technologies Across the Southwest” )
The identified methods will be a way to create models for a “Statewide Wireless Tribal Broadband Network” so that initial funding can be identified to create a pathway for providing high speed Internet access to Tribal Communities. The approaches will help identify various models, according to specific Tribally defined requirements.
Past Research Projects:
1.
Dec., 1999 - Native Digital Divide
Summarizes the thirteen various online reports here in the “Native American Distance Education Community’ website and answers the question; “What are the obstacles to integrating technology for improving education into Native cultures?”
2.
June, 2000 - “Research Foundations on Successful
Participation of Underrepresented Minorities in Information Technology”: a
Final Report from a Cyberconference
U.S. demographics predictions indicate that African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian/Pacific Islanders together will constitute the majority of the population in both schools and the work environment by the year 2030; the State of California is experiencing this shift in 2000. To address this change in society, a recent Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) workshop report, “Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students in Computer Science,” offers 25 practical suggestions for university computer science departments to attract and retain minority students.
3.
Ongoing (1998-2001) - Tribal College Internet Status
A summary of the Tribal Colleges capable of utilizing some sort of Distance Education technologies, as well as an updated Tribal College President’s contact list.
4.
January, 2001 - “My Native Digital Divide”
A summary documentation of all my activities over the last 10 years affecting Indian Country. There are also links to all the news articles and magazine articles written about those activities just over this last year, 2000.
Current
Wireless/Satellite Connection Models
1) Global Wireless Education
Consortium with the University of New Mexico (UNM)
The Electrical and Computer
Engineering (EECE) Department of the University of New Mexico is a member of
the “Global Wireless Education Consortium” formed by Lucent, Ericsson,
Motorola, Vodafone, Verizon, AT&T Wireless, Nortel Networks, Nokia,
Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore), Raytheon, and Agilent Technologies
to increase the quality and quantity of students in the wireless and
Information Technology field. The EECE Department already offers courses in
multimedia, networking, digital signal processing, wireless communications,
optical communications, computer hardware, software engineering, watermarking
for transmitting secure documents over the Internet, increasing Internet
bandwidth, sensors, telemedicine, etc...
The UNM Wireless Communications Group is researching all of the above
wireless technologies.
Model - laptop access via the two-way
wireless high-speed hub connecting classroom’s full of single PC’s.
2)
Starband with Northern Arizona University (NAU)
The Havasupai Tribe at the bottom
of the Grand Canyon and 110 chapters of the Navajo Nation. - StarBand
Communications Inc. (formerly known as
Gilat-To-Home Inc.), America’s first consumer, always-on, two-way, high-speed
satellite Internet service provider, today announced it has joined forces with
Northern Arizona University (NAU) to provide its StarBand(SM) service to 120
locations within the Navajo, Hopi and Havasupai Indian reservations in some of
the most remote areas of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. In conjunction with the
Southwest Navajo Nation Virtual Alliance (SNNVA) and Navajo Nation agencies,
StarBand will enable Native Americans of all ages to access NAU’s distance
education programs. (Quoted from http://www.gilat2home.com/news/indiannations.html
)
Model - access via the two-way satellite
high-speed Internet service connected to a single PC.
3) Tachyon & Dandin Group with
Advanced Networking Project with Minority Serving Institutes (AN MSI)
One or more tribal colleges and
universities will soon benefit from a project to test wireless technology. As
part of the Advanced Networking Project with Minority-Serving Institutions
(AN-MSI), the pilot will test technology to provide multi-service IP—enabling
voice, data, and video to be converged on a single IP network—to typically
under-served areas. The project will also immediately benefit its participants
by providing the hardware, software, and training to implement wireless
solutions. (Quoted from http://www.anmsi.org/000818pr.html
)
The Network Technology Committee of
the AN-MSI project has completed the first draft of its highest priority
project: guidelines to assist campus networkers in planning initial
installations and upgrades of their campus architecture. The guidelines are
based on practical experience, and offer examples of “best practices.” The
first draft includes notes to the Committee on improvements to be made to this
living, continually evolving document, but because interest in the guidelines
is very high, the Committee elected to issue the guidelines now.
A necessary element in any wireless
Internet network is the ability to connect local user sites together. One
method to tie these user sites together is to use highspeed wireless linking
radios. The Dandin Group’s HighSpeed Internet Linking Radio is such a device.
It will allow highspeed connection to occur between these user local loop access
points.
Model - Dandin has partnered with
Interlink Products in the development of a High Speed Internet linking radio
that can provide connection speeds from 1.54Mbps (T1) up to 6Mbps. Operating with the appropriate radio segment,
this data radio will provide high speed Internet backbone capabilities over a
wide range of operating spectrum. When used in conjunction with the TDR-900, it
will provide all the necessary networking infrastructure for wireless Internet
local loop access. ( Quoted from http://www.dandin.com/linkingr.html
)
4)
Tachyon & Tamsco with American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC)
ADEC NSF - Advanced Internet
Satellite Extension Project will develop and deploy advanced Internet services
and technologies over satellite infrastructure for purposes of enhancing
research, instruction and learning in a diverse set of institutions of higher
education. This will be deployed with 70 rural/remote MSI & Native American
sites, yet to be identified.
A combined effort of the American
Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) and Tachyon, Inc. will extend the benefits
of Internet2 to a broader set of institutions and provide experience with
advanced satellite-based Internet technology.
The NSF/ADEC Project Overview
Discussing the Digital Divide, Dr. Janet Poley, President, ADEC.
(Real Video)
Model: Two-Way High-Performance IP -
Tachyon started with a clean slate and set out to deliver efficient two-way
TCP/IP over a satellite link, so every aspect of the system is optimized for
TCP/IP traffic. The TCP/IP shortcomings in the typical satellite environment -
degradations due to slow-start, window size and acknowledgment frequency - are
well-known. There have been attempts to deliver IP over satellite but the
satellite technologies have focused on connection-oriented transmission
protocols that are better suited for voice traffic than IP, unnecessarily
squandering expensive capacity. Network traffic is carried via satellite between
Tachyon Access Points (TAPs) at subscriber premises and a Tachyon Satellite
Gateway connecting to service partner IP backbone capacity. (Quoted
from http://www.tachyon.net/network.html
)
5)
Ensemble with High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN)
at San Diego Supercomputing Center (SDSC)
Through the NSF funded High
Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) is providing three
Tribes in Southern California; Pala Band of Mission Indians, Rincon Band of
Mission Indians and the La Jolla Band of Mission Indians, in San Diego County,
California with Internet access via a high-speed wireless backbone. The High
Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) team is creating,
demonstrating, and evaluating a non-commercial, prototype, high-performance,
wide-area, wireless network in San Diego county. The NSF-funded network
includes backbone nodes on the UC San Diego campus and a number of “hard to reach”
areas in San Diego county. The HPWREN will not only be used for network
analysis research, but will also provide high-speed Internet access to field
researchers from several disciplines (geophysics, astronomy, ecology) and
educational opportunities, such as rural Indian reservations and schools.
Though many rural towns have access
to the Internet via dial-up or cable modems, there are several areas in the
country (including San Diego county) that lack stable, affordable commercial
Internet services. In an effort to help bridge this potential “digital divide”,
the HPWREN project is working toward delivering high-speed Internet
connectivity to several remote communities in east San Diego. (Quoted from http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/ )
The HPWREN team recently provided a
wireless link for the Pala Native American Indian reservation, which is home to
more than 600 tribal members - including more than 150 children who attend
elementary school on the reservation.
La Jolla Native American
Reservation Collaborates with UC San Diego - Located just below Palomar
Mountain at 2400 feet, the La Jolla Native American Reservation’s Learning
Center serves both young and old - with a rather extensive book selection and a
computer lab that now has high-speed Internet access via UC San Diego’s High
Performance Research and Education Network (HPWREN).
Although the establishment of
wireless connectivity is a great benefit to these communities, education
programs are also an important aspect of any outreach project. To ensure that
tribal members are fully aware of the opportunities available to them via
high-speed Internet access, the HPWREN team is currenlty establishing an
education program for each reservation’s learning center. (Quoted from http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/education.html
)
Models: HPWREN Solar Power Relay Station
Design - La Jolla Indian Reservation HPWREN Solar Power Relay Station Design -
Rincon Indian Reservation.
More
research areas are in progress, check back for the final report on
“Wireless/Satellite Internet Access Connection & Community Node Models”
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This assessment will identify the current resources available to speed
the implementation of having all Pueblo members become technologically
literate, with reading, math, science, and other core academic skills that are
essential for success in the 21st century. It will also suggest options available to
identify needed resources to connect Pueblo leaders, administrators, teachers
and Tribal members to work together, link members to careers, colleges, and
community resources to provide lifetime learning opportunities anytime, as well
as after school and during the summer. It will also identify the resources
available and needed to create a "Statewide Tribal Network."
Conduct on-site assessment interviews & inventories 2 days on-site at each Pueblo Nation
1. Drive To/From AIPC, Inc. 2 days total
2. Drive To/From Isleta Pueblo 1-day travel (30 miles) 3 days total
3. Drive To/From Sandia Pueblo 1-day travel (23 miles) 3 days total
4. Drive To/From Laguna Pueblo 1-day travel (94 miles) 3 days total
5. Drive To/From Acoma Pueblo 1-day travel (128 miles) 3 days total
6. Drive To/From Zuni Pueblo 1-day travel (362 miles) 3 days total
X1. Drive To/From Navajo Nation 1-day travel (180 miles) 4 days total
One Week off
7. Drive To/From Jemez Pueblo 1-day travel (90 miles) 3 days total
8. Drive To/From Santa Ana Pueblo 1-day travel (42 miles) 3 days total
10. Drive To/From San Felipe Pueblo 1-day travel (56 miles) 3 days total
11. Drive To/From Santo Domingo Pueblo 1-day travel (78 miles) 3 days total
12. Drive To/From Zia Pueblo 1-day travel (68 miles) 3 days total
One Week Off
13. Drive To/From Cochiti Pueblo 1-day travel (94 miles) 3 days total
14. Drive To/From Tesuque Pueblo 1-day travel (158 miles) 3 days total
15. Drive To/From Pojoaque Pueblo 1-day travel (170 miles) 3 days total
16. Drive To/From Nambe Pueblo 1-day travel (176 miles) 3 days total
17. Drive
To/From San Ildefonso Pueblo 1-day
travel (182 miles) 3
days total
18. Drive To/From Santa Clara Pueblo 1-day travel (190 miles) 3 days total
19. Drive To/From San Juan Pueblo 1-day travel (200 miles) 3 days total
20. Drive To/From Picuris Pueblo 1-day travel (256 miles) 3 days total
21. Drive To/From Taos Pueblo 1-day travel (290 miles) 3 days total
GRAND TOTAL (2687 MILES TOTAL) 60
WORK DAYS TOTAL
X2. Drive To/From Mescalero Apache 1-day travel (295 miles) 3 days total
X3. Drive To/From Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo 1-day travel (356 miles) 3 days total
One Week Off
1)
AIPC, Inc. 10
days
2)
Isleta Pueblo 3-5
days
3)
Sandia Pueblo 3-5
days
4)
Laguna Pueblo 3-5
days
5)
Acoma Pueblo 3-5
days
6)
Zuni Pueblo 3-5
days
7)
Jemez Pueblo 3-5
days
8)
Santa Ana Pueblo 3-5
days
9)
Zia Pueblo 3-5
days
10)
San Felipe Pueblo 3-5
days
11)
Santo Domingo Pueblo 3-5
days
12)
Cochiti Pueblo 3-5
days
13)
Tesuque Pueblo 3-5
days
14)
Pojoaque Pueblo 3-5
days
15)
Nambe Pueblo 3-5
days
16)
San Ildefonso Pueblo 3-5
days
17)
Santa Clara Pueblo 3-5
days
18)
San Juan Pueblo 3-5
days
19)
Picuris Pueblo 3-5
days
20)
Taos Pueblo 3-5
days
TWENTY
SITES 67-105 DAYS (17.2 WEEKS TOTAL)
Presentation
of Results:
1. Drive
To/From AIPC, Inc. 1 day on-site 1 days total
Present Technology Assessment & Technology Plan,
present next steps, and Collaborative Websites
1.
Collaborative website for AIPC, Inc.
One Collaborative website 5
days 5
days total
2.
Collaborative Tribal websites for Pueblos.
19 Collaborative websites 5
days * 19 95 days
total
TWENTY WEBSITES 100 DAYS (20 WEEKS TOTAL)
Compressed
Time Estimates - Phase I, II & III: 100 DAYS TOTAL
Approximately :
5 months (20 weeks) - 3 Full time
Persons (Consultant, Tech Writer, & Webmaster)
Real Time
Estimates - Phase I, II & III: 265 DAYS TOTAL
Approximately :
12 months (56 weeks) - Full time or
24 months (112 weeks) - Half-time
Time Saved
Estimates - Phase I, II & III: 165 DAYS TOTAL
Tribal
Community Model