The Tribal priority window to claim unlicensed 2.5 GHz spectrum is an unprecedented opportunity for Tribal communities to claim this precious resource. The window is now closed.
| Applicant Name | State | Applicant Name | State |
| Akiak Holdings, LLC | AK | Fort Belknap Indian Community | MT |
| Algaaciq Tribal Government | AK | Ft. Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes | MT |
| Aniak Traditional Council | AK | Northern Cheyenne Tribe | MT |
| Asa’carsarmiut Tribe | AK | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | NC |
| Chignik Lagoon Village Council | AK | Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation | ND |
| Curyung Tribal Council | AK | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians | ND |
| Metlakatla Power & Light | AK | Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate | ND, SD |
| Nanwalek IRA Council | AK | Standing Rock Telecommunications, Inc. | ND, SD |
| Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Tribal Government | AK | Nebraska Indian Community College | NE |
| Native Village of Chenega | AK | Fort Sill Apache | NM |
| Native Village of Marshall | AK | Jicarilla Apache Nation Power Authority | NM |
| Native Village of Paimiut | AK | Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico | NM |
| Native Village of Port Heiden | AK | Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Council | NM |
| Orutsararmiut Traditional Native Council | AK | Pueblo de San Ildefonso | NM |
| Pilot Station Traditional Village | AK | Pueblo of Acoma | NM |
| Port Graham Village Council | AK | Pueblo of Laguna | NM |
| Ruby Tribal Council | AK | Pueblo of Nambe | NM |
| Tatitlek Village IRA Council | AK | Pueblo of Picuris | NM |
| Yupiit of Andreafski | AK | Pueblo of Pojoaque | NM |
| Poarch Band of Creek Indians | AL | Pueblo of Tesuque | NM |
| Gila River Telecommunications, Inc. | AZ | Pueblo of Zia | NM |
| Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation | AZ | Santa Clara Pueblo | NM |
| Hopi Telecommunications, Inc. | AZ | Taos Pueblo Utility Service | NM |
| Hualapai Indian Tribe | AZ | Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation | NM, AZ |
| Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians | AZ | Ely Shoshone Tribe | NV |
| San Carlos Apache Telecommunications Utility, Inc. | AZ | Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe | NV |
| Tohono O’odham Utility Authority | AZ | Lovelock Paiute Tribe | NV |
| White Mountain Apache Tribe | AZ | Moapa Band of Paiutes | NV |
| Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe | AZ | Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe | NV |
| Colorado River Indian Tribe | AZ, CA | Summit Lake Paiute Tribe | NV |
| Berry Creek Rancheria | CA | Te-Moak Bands of Western Shoshone Indians of the State of Nevada | NV |
| Big Pine Paiute Tribe of The Owens Valley | CA | Te-Moak Bands of Western Shoshone Indians of the State of Nevada | NV |
| Bishop Indian Tribal Council | CA | Te-Moak Bands of Western Shoshone Indians of the State of Nevada | NV |
| Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians | CA | Te-Moak Bands of Western Shoshone Indians of the State of Nevada | NV |
| Fort Independence Community of Paiutes of the Fort Independence Indian | CA | Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation | NV, UT |
| Jackson Rancheria Band of the Miwuk Indians | CA | Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe | NY |
| Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria | CA | Seneca Nation | NY |
| La Posta Band of Mission Indians | CA | Seneca Nation | NY |
| Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe | CA | Seneca Nation | NY |
| Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeno Indians | CA | Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes | OK |
| Manchester Point Arena Band of Pomo | CA | Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | OK |
| Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians | CA | Citizen Potawatomi Nation | OK |
| Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians | CA | Kaw Nation | OK |
| Resighini Rancheria | CA | Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | OK |
| Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians | CA | Sac and Fox Nation | OK |
| Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians | CA | Seneca-Cayuga Nation | OK |
| WIYOT TRIBE | CA | Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | OK |
| Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation | CA | Trace Fiber Networks | OK |
| Yurok Tribe | CA | Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), OK | OK |
| Timbisha Shoshone Tribe | CA, NV | Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon | OR |
| Southern Ute Indian Tribe | CO | Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | OR |
| Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | CO, NM, UT | Coquille Indian Tribe | OR |
| Seminole Tribe of Florida | FL | Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians | OR |
| Seminole Tribe of Florida | FL | Warm Springs Telecommunications Company | OR |
| Department of Hawaiian Home Lands | HI | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority dba CRST Telephone Authority | SD |
| Department of Hawaiian Home Lands | HI | Rosebud Sioux Tribe | SD |
| Department of Hawaiian Home Lands | HI | Yankton Sioux Tribe | SD |
| Meskwaki Nation – Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa | IA | Oglala Sioux Tribe | SD, NE |
| Coeur d’ Alene Tribe | ID | Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas | TX |
| Kootenai Tribe of Idaho | ID | Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas | TX |
| Nez Perce Tribe | ID | Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah | UT |
| Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation | ID, NV | Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation | UT |
| Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska | KS, NE | Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation | WA |
| Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana | LA | Hoh Indian Tribe | WA |
| Jena Band of Choctaw Indians | LA | Kalispel Tribe of Indians | WA |
| Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe | LA | Makah Tribe | WA |
| Bay Mills Community College | MI | Nisqually Indiana Tribe | WA |
| Keweenaw Bay Indian Community | MI | Quinault Indian Nation | WA |
| Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians | MI | Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe | WA |
| Prairie Island Indian Community | MN | SITE, Inc. | WA |
| Red Lake Nation | MN | Spokane Tribe of Indians | WA |
| Upper Sioux Community | MN | Yakama Power | WA |
| Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians | MS | Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Government | WI |
| Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Reservation | MT | Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | WI |
| Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation | MT | Mole Lake Broadband Corporation | WI |
| Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation | MT | Oneida Nation WI | WI |
| Crow Tribe of Indians | MT | St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | WI |
More application approvals will be announced through the FCC’s Daily Digest and we will update it here periodically. They will follow the same timeline as this first round of accepted applications – petitions to deny within 30 days
- oppositions to a petition to deny within 10 days after filing date for petition to deny
- replies to opposition 5 business days after the filing date for oppositions.
Here is the public notice: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/
Mutually exclusive applications – the Commission will provide the time period and procedures for resolving mutual exclusivity. Those not accepted for filing are essentially slight changes to applications are possible, application areas or number of channels can be reduced.
To figure out eligibility, answer two questions: Who? and Where?
Who?
- Federally-recognized American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages
AND
- Entities owned and controlled by a federally-recognized Tribe OR a consortium of such Tribes
- The entity must be more than 50% owned by one or more federally-recognized Tribes or Tribal consortia.
- The entity must be actually controlled by one or more federally-recognized Tribes or Tribal consortia.
- This means that entities such as Tribal colleges, universities, and utilities (and others) could be eligible.
- WITH “local presence” in the land where they want a license.
- Local entities are those “institutions and organizations that are physically located in the community, or metropolitan area, where service is proposed.”
- The applicant must demonstrate that it is physically located within the license area it is applying for.
Where?
The land where the license is available must be rural and Tribal.
- Rural.
- Land must not be part of an urbanized area or urban cluster area with a population of 50,000 or more.
- Tribal lands.
- a federally-recognized Tribe’s reservation, pueblo or colony;
- a former reservation in Oklahoma;
- an Alaska Native region established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or Indian Allotments;
- a Hawaiian Home Land under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act;
- Off-reservation lands are eligible if the land was designated as “Tribal land” by the FCC as of July 10, 2019.
PRO TIP: If you have questions about whether a tribe or entity qualifies OR whether certain land qualifies, email RuralTribalWindow@fcc.goeligibility
Apply early and monitor applications that might conflict with yours. There is a short settlement period before the close of the tribal priority window. Applications can be adjusted throughout the window.
Below is a state-by-state dashboard to monitor applications.
Step 6: Plan networks, find partners meet the buildout requirements and connect people!
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO KEEP THE LICENSE?
- Mobile or Point-to-Multipoint Service:
- 50% of the population in your license area must be covered by Year 2.
- 80% of the population in your license area must be covered by Year 5.
- Fixed point-to-point Service:
- 20 links per million (one link per 50,000) by Year 2.
- 40 links per million persons (one link per 25,000) by Year 5.
- Broadcast Service:
- 50% of the population in your license area must be covered by Year 2.
- 80% of the population in your license area must be covered by Year 5.
WHAT IF WE DON’T MEET THE BUILD-OUT REQUIREMENTS?
The good news is you do not have to pay money for missing the deadline BUT…
- If you do not meet the requirement by Year 2, your final deadline speeds up. You will have to meet the final requirement by Year 4 instead of Year 5.
- If you do not meet the final requirement by Year 5, your license will automatically terminate.
- If you won a license and see that you will not be able to meet a build-out deadline, contact the FCC to see if it is possible to get an extension on the deadline. But do not count on extensions, because it is up to the FCC.
