Setting up for Sovereignty by Designing Statewide Systems for Tribal Nations
(www.internettechnologyservice.net/What_s_New/Setting_up_for_Sovereignty.htm )
with Evans Craig,

Manager – High Performance Computing & Education Center at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM
Owner – Internet Technology Service, LLC ‘virtually’ in Albuquerque, NM & San Diego, CA
Partner – First Nations Café in Imperial Beach, CA

Evans started out with a ‘dawning song’ on his traditional cedar flute. He compared the “Tribal Technology” that the urban Indians want, to the “Internet Technology” that the rural Indians want. He followed that with a personal introduction, and went on to presented a Tribal Vision through current online research, to obtain Tribal Goals of; 1) Self-Governance, 2) Self-Sustainment, & 3) Sovereignty.

Evans presented and browsed online through collaborating Tribes, such as the Pueblo Nations, 18 New Mexico Tribes and the Tribal Digital Village, 19 California Tribes, to experience Sovereign Tribal Network These design concepts that come directly from the collaborating Tribes being utilized. He showed how Tribal Vision happens through Self Governance of Tribal Networks (Santa Ana Pueblo at www.santaana.org ) , Self Sustainment through Tribal Education (Kumeyaay Community College Online at www.KumeyaayCommunityCollege.com  and the BRIDGE: Indian Training Trust Fund at www.IndianTraining.org ) & Tribal Businesses (First Nations Café at www.FirstNationsCafe.com ) and through Sovereignty, by owning it all! (Sovereign Tribal Network Design at www.internettechnologyservice.net/What_s_New/PuebloNations-EXEC.htm )

Online Resources:

Sovereign Tribal Network Design submitted to Dept. of Commerce - Economic Development Admin (www.internettechnologyservice.net/What_s_New/PuebloNations-EXEC.htm)

Wireless/Satellite Internet Access Connection & Community-wide Node Models
(www.eot.ahpcc.unm.edu/Community/StatewideWirelessTribalBroadbandNetwork2.html)

Evans Craig’s “Virtual Office” (http://www.evanscraig.com )
& “Virtual Company” ( www.internettechnologyservice.net)

My Native Digital Divide (http://www.evanscraig.com/NativeDigitalDivide/)

First Nations Café  (http://www.firstnationscafe.com)

Tribal Mall (http://www.TribalMall.com)