California Tribes Get Waivers for 2.5 GHz Licenses
The FCC Wireless Bureau approved a waiver giving the Ione Band of Miwok Indians in California rights to pursue a license under the 2.5 GHz rural tribal window on trust lands. Trust lands would otherwise be excluded. The Ione Band…
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showed “the trust lands in question are held for the specific benefit of the Tribe, and the Tribe’s authority over the lands is adequately demonstrated by the fact that the Tribe is actively planning to develop the land,” said Tuesday's order. “Based upon the showing made by Ione Band, treating this undisputedly rural land as eligible Tribal land under the Tribal Window would be consistent with the Tribal Window’s purpose.” The bureau approved a similar waiver for California’s Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation.