The Pyramid Lake Piaute Tribe has received a $70,000 grant for a feasibility study of development of a tribally owned Internet service provider, and the Ely Shoshone Tribe has received a $20,000 grant to study the feasibility of economic development projects in woodlands.
Both grants come from a U.S. Department of Agriculture program to encourage rural business development.
The Pyramid Lake Tribe has built more than 44 miles of fiber optic cable with 29 anchor sites. Now it will study the possibility of providing Internet service to residents and tribal enterprises and perhaps extending the service to Fernley.
The Ely Shoshone Tribune will study the feasibility of business opportunities associated with pine-nut gathering, wood-cutting operations and other woodland projects.
