Op-Eds & Publications
Time for the ‘well-meaning man’ to return spectrum rights to Native American tribes
Nov. 29, 2019
For tribal lands ravaged by COVID-19, broadband access is a matter of life and death
May 9, 2020
Local Opinion: FCC, UA could do more to allow tribes spectrum rights be recognized
Feb. 28, 2020
Darrah Blackwater: Indigenize the Internet How to close the digital divide by respecting tribal sovereignty
April 29, 2020
Vice News: Why the Internet needs the Navajo
Rightscon Chat with FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel
In July 2020 Rightscon, an international human rights conference, asked me to interview Commissioner Rosenworcel. I was honored by the invitation, so I took a day off from hiking the Colorado Trail and found a steady internet connection in Silverton, Colorado. The Commissioner and I covered the topics of the digital divide, Indigenous telecommunications policy, and spectrum sovereignty.
In the News
3 Fundamental Fixes Needed for Tribes to Bridge the Digital Divide
April 17, 2020
Darrah Blackwater 