Network sovereignty : building the Internet across Indian Country

Summary: "The histories of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are intertwined with U.S. histories of colonization, and the sovereignty and self-determination of Native peoples. This book examines case studies of tribal governments building out broadband infrastructures--the infrastructures that undergird uses of ICTs such as mobile phones, computers, databases, and streaming radio--to reveal how the processes of network design and deployment embed these information and communication infrastructures within the ongoing exercise of tribal sovereignty in the U.S."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780295741819
ISBN: 0295741813
ISBN: 9780295741826
ISBN: 0295741821
Physical Description: print
xiii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Network thinking -- Reframing ICTs in Indian Country -- The overlap between technology and sovereignty -- Sociotechnical landscapes -- TDVnet -- Red Spectrum Communications -- Many voices, many solutions at the 2012 Tribal Telecom and Technology Summit -- Lakota network -- Self-determination -- Navajo Nation -- Internet for self-determination -- Network sovereignty -- Decolonizing the technological -- Conclusion.